Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby - Not Here By Chance by Jeff Evans
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
A biography of Hec Busby: businessman, entrepreneur, waka expert and master waka builder, traditional navigator and Te Rararwa elder.
Na Wai Te Waka I Totohu? (Who Sank the Boat? Maori edition) by Pamela Allen; Kawata Teepa (Translator)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Maori
The popular children's picture book Who Sank the Boat? is now translated into te reo Ma-ori. With the same beautiful illustrations as the original book, the te reo Ma-ori translation retains the humour, simplicity and fun of the original story, encouraging readers to decide which animal really did sink ...Show more
Maori Made Easy for everyday learners of the Maori Language by Scotty Morrison
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
The complete and accessible guide to learning the Māori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Māori Made Easy is the one-stop resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Māori language. While dictionaries list words and ...Show more
Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna - The Sayings of the Ancestors by Hirini Moko Mead; Neil Grove
$50.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This collection contains over 2500 'pepeha', or 'sayings of the ancestors', that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, 'pepeha' include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard eve ...Show more
Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century by Michael King
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. Maori subject matter w ...Show more
Matariki by Melanie Drewery
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori
'Tonight we have to go to bed really early,' said Mum. 'Tomorrow morning we are going to have a surprise.' But what event would be so special to get you up in the middle of a cold New Zealand winter? Matariki is rising and the New Year is on its way.
Te Taiao Maori and The Natural World by Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
In traditional Maori knowledge, the weather, birds, fish and trees, sun and moon are related to each other, and to the people of the land, the tangata whenua. It is truly an interconnected world - a vast family of which humans are children of the earth and sky, and cousins to all living things. In this ...Show more
Maori Peoples of New Zealand by Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
The first publication to come out of the online Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand project tells the story of the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa, from their journeys across the vast Pacific Ocean to the histories of all the major iwi, including the contemporary issues they face today. No other book brings t ...Show more
Fun with Flax: 50 Projects for Beginners by Mick Pendergrast
$35.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
These 50 interesting and entertaining projects are designed to teach beginners the basic skills of the Maori craft of plaiting. Fun with Flax shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each project is d ...Show more
Introducing Maori Culture by Don Stafford
$19.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This book answers questions such as: When was Aotearoa discovered? How was Maori society organised in pre-European times? What is traditional Maori art? How does the Treaty of Waitangi affect us today? These are some of the questions commonly asked by New Zealanders and visitors about the Maori people a ...Show more
Te Anuhe Tino Hiakai (The Very Hungry Caterpillar - te reo Maori edition) by Eric Carle; Brian Morris (Translator)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Maori
The te reo Maori translation of Eric Carle's classic and much loved picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has the same beautiful illustrations and dye cut pages as the original book and retains the humour and quirky character of the little caterpillar and simplicity of the story. This classic editi ...Show more
Te Marae: A Guide to Customs and Protocol by Pat Tauroa; Hiwi Tauroa
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritu ...Show more