Iwi

Iwi PDF

Author: Angela Ballara

Publisher: Victoria University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780864733283

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Ngā mōteatea

Ngā mōteatea PDF

Author: Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9781869403218

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This classic text on Maori culture collects indigenous New Zealand songs recorded over a period of 40 years by a respected Maori leader and distinguished scholar. The essence of Maori culture and its musical tradition is exhibited in the original song texts, translations, audio CDs, and notes from contemporary scholars featured in this new edition. This rare cultural treasure makes accessible a fleeting moment in Maori history when traditional practices and limited experience with the outside world allowed indigenous songs and customs to flourish.

Te Matau a Maui

Te Matau a Maui PDF

Author: C. D. Paulin

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780473328696

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"Te Matau a Maui discusses the form and function of the traditional Maori fishhook, customary fishing, and development of commercial fishing in New Zealand since European settlement (including the adoption of the rotating hook design as a re-discovery of the innovative and highly effective Maori hook design by present day commercial long-line fisheries), and changes in Maori lifestyle associated with the increasing availability of European agricultural cultivars and domestic animals in the nineteenth century, and urbanisation in the twentieth century that led to a decline in Maori fishing activity and the loss of indigenous knowledge"--Publisher information.