Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global Culture by Sean Mallon
$80.00 NZD
Category: Maori
When Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams' renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. It told the story of the late Sulu'ape Paulo II, the pre-eminent figure of modern Samoan tattooing. A brilliantly innovative and often controversial man, he saw tatau as an ...Show more
A Bloody Difficult Subject - Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Bain Attwood
$59.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
One historian's research and the transformation of te Tiriti in New Zealand life.
The Fate of the Land | Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira — Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era, 1891-1912 by Danny Keenan
$65.00 NZD
Category: Maori
In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlers poured into Aotearoa demanding land. Millions of acres were acquired by the government or directly by settlers; or confiscated after the Land Wars. By 1891, when the Liberal government came to power, Maori retained only a fraction of their lands. An ...Show more
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (3rd edition) by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
$43.99 NZD
Category: Maori
To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperial ...Show more
He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival by Max Matenga, Moana Aroha Henry, Ruth Smith, David Jones, Wi Pere Mita, Amokura Panoho, Wenarata Tait-Kingi
$69.99 NZD
Category: Maori
"Mā tini, mā mano ka rangatira a kapa haka" Kapa haka flourishes through the efforts of many. Embrace the joy and wonder that is kapa haka through the experiences, people and triumphs of the past 24 festivals, and relive memories that will stir, ignite and uplift the soul. He Tau Makuru: 50 Years of Te ...Show more
Turangawaewae - Identity and Belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2nd Edition by Ella Kahu (Editor); Helen Dollery (Editor); Te Ra Moriarty (Editor); Richard Shaw (Editor)
$60.00 NZD
Category: Maori
What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts of ...Show more
Ngā Whakamāoritanga by Brian Friel
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
Ngā Whakamāoritanga Nā Brian Friel Nā Hēmi Kelly i whakamāori Kei tētahi wharekura i te papakāinga o Baile Beag, i tētahi hapori kōrero Airihi i te whaitua o Tonekāra i te pito o te marama o Ākuhata, i te tau 1833, ngā mahi o te whakaari nei. E hopuni mai ana i tētahi pārae tūtata tētahi wāh ...Show more
Pakeha Ta Moko by Trevor Bentley
$39.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Views on Pakeha receiving Moko have changed over the centuries. While today it is generally considered to be taboo, through the 19th century, Moko were often given to "Pakeha-Maori" - Pakeha men and women who lived within Maori tribes. A Moko on a Pakeha could be a sign of allegiance and belonging. Base ...Show more
Mokorua: Nga korero mo toku moko kauae - My story of moko kauae by Ariana Tikao
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori
One woman’s journey to her moko kauae as an expression of her Kāi Tahu identity. I kā rā o mua, I would know my place in my tīpuna’s time, I would know my face. Mokorua is a revealing and emotional account of one woman receiving her moko kauae. Ariana Tikao grew up in suburban Christchurch in the 1970s ...Show more
Toby Curtis Unfinished Business: Ki Hea Apopo by Sir Toby Curtis
$39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Born into poverty in 1939, Toby Curtis rose to the peak of achievement in Maoridom. His long history of leadership in education, broadcasting and the powerful Te Arawa confederation of iwi belied the challenges he had to overcome, and the legacy of colonisation that still overshadow the fields in which ...Show more
Maori Moving Image by Melanie Oliver and Bridget Reweti (editors)
$34.90 NZD
Category: Maori
A beautifully designed new book that champions recent film, animation and video art made by Maori artists. Whether it be 16mm film, hand-drawn animation, 4K video or footage recorded on a phone, moving image artworks create a unique space for Maori artists to connect the forms, patterns and concepts of ...Show more
Tiakina Te Pa Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing by Leonie Pihama, Jenny Lee-Morgan
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori
Tiakina Te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing discusses the values and successful practices of Māori childrearing that have been maintained and encouraged within many whānau, hapū and iwi for generations. This book is a collaboration of knowledge and insight from a wide range of Māo ...Show more