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Book The Lore of the Whare w  nanga

Download or read book The Lore of the Whare w nanga written by H. T. Whatahoro and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15.

Book Memoirs of the Polynesian Society

Download or read book Memoirs of the Polynesian Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tikanga M  ori

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sidney M. Mead
  • Publisher : Huia Publishers
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781877283888
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book Tikanga M ori written by Sidney M. Mead and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Relationships between and among people need to be managed and guarded by some rules'. Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori custom) is the most substantial of its kind every published. Ranging over topics from the everyday to the esoteric, it provides a breadth of perspectives and authoritative commentary on the principles and practice of tikanga Maori past and present.

Book The Lore of The Whare Wananga

Download or read book The Lore of The Whare Wananga written by Hoani Te Whatahoro and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Semiotics and Hermeneutics of the Everyday

Download or read book Semiotics and Hermeneutics of the Everyday written by Gregory Paschalidis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linchpin of the momentous paradigm shift that produced the new hermeneutics of everyday life was a focus on people as active agents in various cultural contexts, uses and practices, the merging of the conventional distinctions between the private and the public, the local and the global, the material and the symbolic, and the bridging of the agency/structure divide marking grand historical and cultural narratives. In their place, a wealth of new kinds of narratives were produced out what ...

Book The Journal of the Polynesian Society

Download or read book The Journal of the Polynesian Society written by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.

Book The Museum Journal

    Book Details:
  • Author : University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book The Museum Journal written by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Maori Tales And Legends

Download or read book Maori Tales And Legends written by Kate McCosh Clark and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following tales are an outcome of a long residence in New Zealand, and of many opportunities whilst travelling amongst the Maoris of becoming acquainted with their folk-lore, superstitions, and customs. From a vast mass of legendary tales, rich in variants, and recorded often in a fragmentary manner, I have chosen those in this little volume as the oldest and best known amongst the natives. I have endeavoured to adhere to the true spirit of the tales themselves, and to give them the form, expression, and speech characteristic of the country and clever native race. The Maoris, as a rule, are eloquent, and their language is full of metaphor and poetical allusion, and musical with open vowels. Every syllable ends with a vowel, every vowel is sounded, and that according to the Italian method. Though the Maori practice of cannibalism in times past is revolting to a higher civilisation, it may, to a certain extent, have been due to the entire absence of any quadrupeds larger than a rat, and to the craving for flesh food so well described in Stanleys accounts of some of the races in Central Africa. The Maoris are a strong race both physically and mentally. Revengeful and cruel to their enemies, they were passionate in love and ever fearless in war. Religious, they venerated their gods, and believed in an atzkn, or spiritual essence, their deities being rarely represented by any image. Their priests were consulted on all great occasions and their mandates obeyed, especially when they spoke as the oracle making known to the people the will of the gods. Whence came the race, with their strange superstitions their worship of Tane, the creation-god, of the sun-god. I must leave for others to discuss. But it is an accepted fact that the natives of New Zealand, and of some of the groups of Pacific Islands, in many respects show evidence of a common origin for instance, their general appearance, long straight hair, ignorance of bows and arrows, of the art of pottery, and their knowledge of the same legends and folk-lore, though told in various forms. When Captain Cook first visited New Zealand he had a native of Hawaii who acted as interpreter. In ancient New Zealand tradition, the Maoris are said to have come from Hawaii in four large war-canoes, about the twelfth or thirteenth century. For these reasons I have not hesitated to include in this book four South Sea tales, which, though not told by New Zealand natives, will, I hope, be acceptable for their beauty and peculiarities, They are specified in the Notes. The illustrations are by the late Mr. R. Atkinson, and are of special value, as they were drawn by that able artist Preface from sketches of natives and native surroundings made by him while staying amongst the Maorjs both in the remote King country and in the hot-lake district Rotorua. His picture of the little grandchild of Ic-heu-heu, the well known war-chief of Lalie Taupo, was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1891. I regret that the size of the book does not make it possible to do full justice to the beauty of the original drawings.

Book Purakau

    Book Details:
  • Author : Various Authors
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2019-05-07
  • ISBN : 014377297X
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Purakau written by Various Authors and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of purakau - Maori myths - by contemporary Maori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . . Ancient Maori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes and tales of engrossing magical beings have endured through the ages. Some hail back to Hawaiki, some are firmly grounded in New Zealand and its landscape. Through countless generations, the stories have been reshaped and passed on. This new collection presents a wide range of traditional myths that have been retold by some of our best Maori wordsmiths. The writers have added their own creativity, perspectives and sometimes wonderfully unexpected twists, bringing new life and energy to these rich, spellbinding and significant taonga. Take a fresh look at Papatuanuku, a wild ride with Maui, or have a creepy encounter with Ruruhi-Kerepo, for these and many more mythical figures await you. Explore the past, from it shape the future . . . The contributors are: Jacqueline Carter, David Geary, Patricia Grace, Briar Grace-Smith, Whiti Hereaka, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera, Kelly Joseph, Hemi, Kelly, Nic Low, Tina Makereti, Kelly Ana Morey, Paula Morris, Frazer Rangihuna, Renee, Robert Sullivan, Apirana Taylor, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Clayton Te Kohe, Hone Tuwhare, Briar Wood.

Book Navigating the Stars

    Book Details:
  • Author : Witi Ihimaera
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2020-10-20
  • ISBN : 0143775006
  • Pages : 552 pages

Download or read book Navigating the Stars written by Witi Ihimaera and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama down into the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores . . . From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars — bright with gods, ancestors and stories — to guide the way. ‘Step through the gateway now to stories that are as relevant today as they ever were.’

Book Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse

Download or read book Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse written by Mandy Burton and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Research Handbook examines the evolution of understandings and legal definitions of domestic abuse, illustrating the importance of expanding these beyond physical violence to encompass coercive control. Drawing on academic literature, legal doctrine and the lived experiences of victims and survivors, it highlights how responses to domestic abuse can be improved in civil, family and criminal justice systems.

Book Tikanga Maori

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hirini Moko Mead
  • Publisher : Huia Publishers
  • Release : 2003-11-01
  • ISBN : 1775500748
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Tikanga Maori written by Hirini Moko Mead and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hirini Moko Mead�s comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori custom) is the most substantial of its kind every published. Ranging over topics from the everyday to the esoteric, it provides a breadth of perspectives and authoritative commentary on the principles and practice of tikanga Maori past and present.

Book Manawa

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nigel Reading
  • Publisher : Raupo
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Manawa written by Nigel Reading and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last six years have been a remarkable journey of discovery for the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver, Canada. Representing Maori art has been an awakening. Manawa coincides with the tenth anniversary of Spirit Wrestler Gallery. Manawa is not intended as a testament to the 'best in Maori art.' Manawa showcases Maori art through three-dimensional work, especially wood, which is a medium shared by both Northwest Coast and Maori artists, and therefore a natural transition for collectors new to Maori art. The final selection of Maori and Northwest Coast exhibiting artists included those who have developed relationships or forged friendships over many years with the gallery. The overall theme of the book contains beautiful objects carved, woven, blown and painted in many different media. The book contains an extensive introduction by Darcy Nicholas, a well-known and respected contemporary Maori painter, sculptor, writer and commentator on tikanga Maori. It has support from Creative New Zealand, toi ihoTM Maori made, Poutama Trust, Tourism NZ and Toi Maori Aotearoa.The authors dedicate this book to June Northcroft Grant in recognition of her vision, her encouragement and her support in Aotearoa in enabling their dream of publishing this book become a reality.

Book Oceanic  mythology

Download or read book Oceanic mythology written by Roland Burrage Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mythology of All Races

Download or read book The Mythology of All Races written by Louis Herbert Gray and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute written by New Zealand Institute and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings or notices of the member institutes of the society form part of the section "Proceedings" in each volume; lists of members are included in v. 1-41, 43-60, 64-

Book More Poems from New Zealand

Download or read book More Poems from New Zealand written by Hugh Lawrence Monroe Wyles and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And yet another poetry book from the untiring pen of Hugh Wyles - times serious, times humorous, times factual... always talented. For those of you who acquired already his previous volumes, this - the forth - volume of poetry, is bound to charm you the way the other volumes did.