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Book Rangatira

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paula Morris
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2011-10-31
  • ISBN : 1742532217
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Rangatira written by Paula Morris and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story Auckland, June 1886. Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu spends long sessions, over three long days, having his portrait painted by the Bohemian painter Gottfried Lindauer. Hearing of Lindauer's planned trip to England reminds him of his own journey there, twenty years earlier, with a party of northern rangatira. As he sits for Lindauer, Paratene retreats deeper and deeper into the past, from the triumphs in London and their meetings with royalty to the disintegration of the visit into poverty, mistrust, and humiliation. 'Morris' research is both thorough and thoughtful . . . With its light, often wry tone, much of the story-telling is amusing, albeit desperately poignant.' —Margie Thomson, Canvas 'An extraordinary literary achievement and probably the best of recent New Zealand historical novels.' —Nicholas Reid, New Zealand Books '[An] adroitly told historical novel . . . Paratene – old, forgetful but wise and generous in his appraisals – is our lens, and he's a triumph of characterisation, his voice genial and flawlessly authentic.' —John McCrystal, New Zealand Listener Also available as an eBook

Book Transactions and Proceedings

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Old Time Maori

    Book Details:
  • Author : Makereti Papakura
  • Publisher : Read Books Ltd
  • Release : 2011-03-23
  • ISBN : 1446546624
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book The Old Time Maori written by Makereti Papakura and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a fascinating and insightful account of the 'old-time' Maori of New Zealand, written by Makereti, the sometime chieftainess of the Arawa Tribe of the Maori of New Zealand. This text will appeal to anyone with an interest in the Maori of New Zealand or in the life and mind of Maggie Papakura, and it would make for a great addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: Social Organization and Relationship Terms, Marriage, Children, Food, Fire, Houses, Weapons, Full Description of the Photographs, and Principal Genealogies. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Book Transactions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1896
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 906 pages

Download or read book Transactions written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tears of Rangi

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  • Author : Anne Salmond
  • Publisher : Auckland University Press
  • Release : 2017-06-24
  • ISBN : 1775589242
  • Pages : 559 pages

Download or read book Tears of Rangi written by Anne Salmond and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-24 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers, who inhabited a cosmos in which islands sailed across the sea and stars across the sky, arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remote, beautiful archipelago, settlers from Polynesia and Europe (and elsewhere) have clashed and forged alliances, they have fiercely debated what is real and what is common sense, what is good and what is right. In this, her most ambitious book to date, Dame Anne Salmond looks at New Zealand as a site of cosmo-diversity, a place where multiple worlds engage and collide. Beginning with a fine-grained inquiry into the early period of encounters between Maori and Europeans in New Zealand (1769–1840), Salmond then investigates such clashes and exchanges in key areas of contemporary life – waterways, land, the sea and people. We live in a world of gridded maps, Outlook calendars and balance sheets – making it seem that this is the nature of reality itself. But in New Zealand, concepts of whakapapa and hau, complex networks and reciprocal exchange, may point to new ways of understanding interactions between peoples, and between people and the natural world. Like our ancestors, Anne Salmond suggests, we too may have a chance to experiment across worlds.

Book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.

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 1896 with total page 900 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 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.

Book Thinking Through Things

Download or read book Thinking Through Things written by Amiria Henare and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - this collection expands on the concerns about the place of objects and materiality in analytical strategies, and the obligation of ethnographers to question their assumptions and approaches. The team of leading contributors put forward a positive programme for future research in this highly original and invaluable guide to recent developments in mainstream anthropological theory.

Book Leadership and Change Management

Download or read book Leadership and Change Management written by Daphne Halkias and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leader’s role in the management of change is a critical issue for successful outcomes of strategic initiatives. Globalization and economic instability have prompted an increase in organizational changes related to downsizing and restructuring in order to improve financial performance and organizational competitiveness. Researchers agree that a leader’s inability to fully understand what is needed in order to guide their organization through successful change can be a reason for failure. Proper planning and management of change can reduce the likelihood of failure, promote change effectiveness, and increase employee engagement. Yet, change in organizations must be viewed as a continuous activity that affects both organizational and individual outcomes. If change management can be considered as an event induced by socio-cultural factors, the cultural variable gains greater significance when applied to the quality of the relationship between a leader and their team. Many organizations today are on the verge of internationalization. It is here that the cultural context can affect behaviors and, in the same way, leadership style. The research presented in this book by an eminent group of scholars explores the influence of culture – ethnic, regional, religious – on how leaders manage change within organizations.

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 1921 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book This Horrid Practice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Moon
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2008-08-04
  • ISBN : 1742287050
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book This Horrid Practice written by Paul Moon and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have considered it a subject best kept quiet about in public. Paul Moon brings together an impressive array of sources from a variety of disciplines to produce this frequently contentious but always stimulating exploration of how and why Maori ate other human beings, and why the practice shuddered to a halt just a few decades after the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand. The book includes a comprehensive survey of cannibalism practices among traditional Maori, carefully assessing the evidence and concluding it was widespread. Other chapters look at how explorers and missionaries saw the practice; the role of missionaries and Christianity in its end; and, in the final chapter, why there has been so much denial on the subject and why some academics still deny that it ever happened. This Horrid Practice promises to be one of the leading works of New Zealand history published in 2008. It is a highly original work that every New Zealand history enthusiast will want to own and read.

Book History of New Zealand

Download or read book History of New Zealand written by George William Rusden and published by London ; Chapman and Hall : Melbourne;$bG. Robertson. This book was released on 1883 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Decolonisation and the Pacific

Download or read book Decolonisation and the Pacific written by Tracey Banivanua Mar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the previously untold story of the mobility of Indigenous peoples across vast distances, vividly reshaping what is known about decolonisation.

Book Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books

Download or read book Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: