Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Maori-English Essentials by A.W. Reed
$34.99 NZD
Category: Maori
In compiling this dictionary A.W. Reed set out to entertain as well as educate. Its succinct entries encompass modern and traditional Māori language and customs, as do the fine illustrations by Roger Hart. These Māori to English definitions delve into a variety of associated meanings and derivations — ...Show more
Instant! Maori by Nick Theobald; Paora Walker
$14.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
INSTANT! MAORI is a pocket-sized Maori-English phrase book packed with hundreds of practical and down-to-earth phrases - made easy. Using phonetics, it enables readers to speak correct Maori in seconds. The content includes the short and long version of what to say on a marae, how to talk to your pets, ...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
Ka Mau Te Wehi: Taking Haka to the World by Bradford Haami (ed. by Katherine Findlay)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Bub and Nen Wehi have achieved what no other partnership has accomplished in a lifetime of kapa haka. With Nen’s tragic passing early in 2011 the family felt their parents’ story needed to be told. Ka Mau Te Wehi is a rare insight into Bub and Nen’s private lives and their journey to enhance the M?ori c ...Show more
Ka Taea e Ahau (I Can) by Katie Kool
$12.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Pera can skip, Dad can dig and baby Hami can cry. Find out what Charlie and the others can do too! These bi-lingual books are aimed at children just starting on their literacy journey. The story structure is simple and uses repetition to help early readers commit words to memory and build their confiden ...Show more
Kia Whakanuia te Whenua: People Place Landscape by Carolyn Hill (ed.)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
Ko Te Hiakai Tangata: Te Taniwha o Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Ko Tāwhaki-Nui-a-Hema: Ana Mahi Whakahirahira by Hirini Moko Mead
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori
This book is the te reo Māori editon of Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod Ko Tāwhaki Nui ā Hema: Āna Mahi Whakahirahira recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his w ...Show more
Ko Tōku Whanau (My Family) by Katie Kool
$12.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Meet the Kool family; Mum, Dad, Pera, Hare and Hami. And let's not forget their cheeky dog Charlie! Join this typical New Zealand family as they go about their everyday lives, and find out what Charlie gets up to next. These bi-lingual books are aimed at children just starting on their literacy journey. ...Show more
Kura Koiwi: Bone Treasures by Brian Flintoff
$39.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
Kura Koiwi is both a personal account of Brian Flintoff’s career as a carver, but also an important exploration of Maori art and how it relates to carving. Heavily illustrated with exquisite examples of his, and other people’s work, this book explains the mythology and symbolism behind his work, and in ...Show more
Kuwi & Friends He Kupu Tauaro: Opposites by Kat Quin; Pania Papa
$17.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Learn the Māori words, and assist with understanding differences visually, for a number of commonly used opposite words. Illustrated with the cutest native birds and critters. A beautifully presented te reo Māori and English bilingual board book. Drawn from the multi-award-winning Kuwi & Friends Māo ...Show more
Living Among the Northland Maori - Diary of Father Antoine Garin, 1844-1846 by Antonie Garin; Peter Tremewan (editor, translator); Giselle Larcome (editor, translator)
$89.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: near fine
A French Marist priest, Father Antoine Garin was sent to run the remote Mangakahia mission station on the banks of the Wairoa River. Living Among the Northland Maori is Garin's diary recording his experiences from 1844 to 1846 as he gets to know the Maori in the region. The diary provides vivid accounts ...Show more