Te Rou

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Author: John White

Publisher:

Published: 1874

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13:

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"A series of set pieces based on the life of a Māori tribe in the Hokianga region. Much on love, war and cannibaliam, presented by named characters within a pattern of Victorian expression and convention, which the numerous footnotes and elaborate textual explanaions of custom humanise only in part. Intended to be the first of a series. Revenge (W1065) was the only (posthumous) sequel"--Bagnall.

Te Rou

Te Rou PDF

Author: John White

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020378799

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White's groundbreaking ethnography of the Maori people provides a detailed and insightful look at the social, cultural, and political practices of this important indigenous population. This is an important and informative work for anyone interested in the history and culture of New Zealand. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Maori Race (Classic Reprint)

The Maori Race (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Edward Tregear

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780282425029

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Excerpt from The Maori Race Fire and Water 433 Fire (jumping through) Fire-goddess 437 Fire (sacred) 138 Fire-walking 608 First-born 152 First Man and Woman) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Aryan Maori

The Aryan Maori PDF

Author: Edward Tregear

Publisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : G. Didsbury

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Attempt to prove, by linguistic comparison, that the Māori people are of Aryan descent and, after 4,000 years of migration, speak the language of their Aryan forebears in India "in an almost inconceivable purity". Cf. Bagnall.