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Book Te Rautakitahi o Tuhoe ki Orakau

Download or read book Te Rautakitahi o Tuhoe ki Orakau written by Pou Temara and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Te Rautakitahi o Tuhoe ki Orakau is an account of Tuhoe involvement in the battle of Orakau in the New Zealand wars by Sir William Te Rangiua &‘ Pou' Temara. Written in te reo Maori and based on oral sources, Ta Pou asks the big questions about the Tuhoe men and women who went to fight with Ngati Maniapoto at Orakau. Who were they? Why did they go and what did they do there? What was the nature of their alliance with Ngati Maniapoto?Ta Pou gives this account as a man from Ruatahuna, where most of the Tuhoe who went to Orakau came from, through the stories told to him by his grandfather, great-grandmother and other kuia and koroua when he was young. He tells the story of Rewi Maniapoto visiting Tuhoe at Ruatahuna in 1862 and 1864 to ask if Tuhoe would become involved in the war to help Ngati Maniapoto and the King movement. He recounts the warriors, women and children who went, and then tells what happened to their authority and reputation in Tuhoe after the party returned, defeated, from Orakau. The book includes significant Tuhoe whakapapa for those who went to Orakau. Ta Pou compares his account of events to those of Pakeha writers like Elsdon Best, Judith Binney and Vincent O' Malley.This is a major new account of a key episode in the New Zealand wars written by one of our leading Maori thinkers and writers.

Book Whakarongo Ki o Tupuna

Download or read book Whakarongo Ki o Tupuna written by Darryn Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kia toa, e hine ma, e tama ma, kia kaua hoki koutou e whakama. Me waiata koutou ki nga manu o to koutou tupuna, o Tane-mahuta. Be bold now, girls and boys, it's no time to be shy. Sing to the birds of your ancestor, The Great Forest." This poignant story is set in a school and then rest home environment, following the life lessons passed from a teacher to her pupils, and aligning these with the example set by Maori gods and ancestors. As the story unfolds the teacher ages and retires, and we see the beautiful and caring relationship between 'Nan' and her granddaughter. Nan passes away; we are reminded of the circular nature of life as her granddaughter begins to teach her own pupils lessons from the ancestors.

Book How Do I Feel

Download or read book How Do I Feel written by Rebekah Lipp and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential emotional literacy tool for children with 60+ definitions inside! Join Aroha and her friends as they share how different emotions feel in the body and find the words for how they truly feel! A useful resource for parents, carers and educators to help children recognise, label and understand their many emotions. Notable Book in the Storylines Children's Literature Trust of NZ Book Awards 2021 Finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults (Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction) ‘This book is a much-needed tool for children and those caring for them. By showing that a wide range of emotions each have their own unique value and purposes, this book helps to both normalise and encourage understanding towards the big emotions and feelings that, although sometimes demonised, are experienced by each and every one of us at some point in our lives.’ — DANIELLE WHITBURN, Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

Book Manawa Hine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Queenie Rikihana
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN : 9780995125605
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book Manawa Hine written by Queenie Rikihana and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of adventure-packed stories celebrating the feats of fearless Māori women within the domain of Hinemoana. Kahe Te Rau o te Rangi swims a treacherous channel in the dark of night to save her people, with her baby on her back. Hinepoupou, left for dead by her abusive husband, sets out on a long-distance swim home accompanied by her dolphin ancestors and fuelled by thoughts of revenge. Hūria Mātenga battles through raging seas to rescue sailors from a sinking ship. Pānia of the Moana turns the tables on her husband, refusing to let him control her. Through Kuini Rikihana's creative re-telling of these women's stories, we learn what is possible with a healthy measure of self-belief and the unwavering conviction that we are never acting alone."--Publisher's website.

Book Sleeps Standing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Witi Ihimaera
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2017-08-28
  • ISBN : 0143771124
  • Pages : 223 pages

Download or read book Sleeps Standing written by Witi Ihimaera and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both fiction and fact, this fascinating book is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the Battle of Orakau. During three days in 1864, 300 Maori men, women and children fought an Imperial army and captured the imagination of the world. The battle marked the end of the Land Wars in the Waikato and resulted in vast tracts of land being confiscated for European settlement. Instead of following the usual standpoint of the victors, this book takes a Maori perspective. It is centred around Witi Ihimaera’s moving novella, Sleeps Standing, which views the battle through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy named Moetu. Alongside the novella are non-fiction narratives from Maori eyewitnesses, together with images and a Maori translation by Hemi Kelly, further giving voice to and illuminating the people who tried to protect their culture and land. It is estimated that, at the height of the battle, 1700 immensely superior troops, well-armed and amply resourced, laid siege to the hastily constructed pa at Orakau. The defenders were heavily outnumbered with few supplies or weapons but, when told to submit, they replied: ‘E hoa, ka whawhai tonu matou, ake, ake, ake!’ ‘Friend, I shall fight against you for ever, for ever!’

Book The Best of e Tangata

Download or read book The Best of e Tangata written by Tapu Misa and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated digital magazine e-Tangata is home to some of the most incisive and profound commentary on life in New Zealand. Māori, Pasifika and Pākehā writers grapple with topics that range from politics and social issues to history and popular culture. The best of these are collected together here into this BWB Text by the magazine’s editors, Tapu Misa and Gary Wilson.

Book Illustrated M  ori Myths and Legends

Download or read book Illustrated M ori Myths and Legends written by Queenie Rikihana and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queenie Rikihana Hyland here brings together a collection of her favourite Maori myths and legends - from the creation and the ever-popular mischief-making of Maui, to the great love stories of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and Turongo and Mahinarangi. The stories are brought to life by the vivid illustrations of Patrick puru. Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends is a stunning addition to any bookshelf, be that of a child or an adult. Experience it as part of a group being read to or read it alone - either way the stories and the illustrations will fascinate, interest and intrigue readers of all ages.

Book Shifting Grounds

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lucy Mackintosh
  • Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
  • Release : 2021-11-15
  • ISBN : 1988587301
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Shifting Grounds written by Lucy Mackintosh and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. This stunning book unearths these histories in three iconic landscapes: Pukekawa/Auckland Domain, Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill and the Ōtuataua Stonefields at Ihumātao. Approaching landscapes as an archive, Lucy Mackintosh delves deeply into specific places, allowing us to understand histories that have not been written into books or inscribed upon memorials, but which still resonate through Auckland and beyond. Shifting Grounds provides a rare historical assessment of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's past, with findings and stories that deepen understanding of New Zealand history.

Book The New Zealand Wars   Ng   Pakanga o Aotearoa

Download or read book The New Zealand Wars Ng Pakanga o Aotearoa written by Vincent O'Malley and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation’s history. Fought between the Crown and various groups of Māori between 1845 and 1872, the wars touched many aspects of life in nineteenth century New Zealand, even in those regions spared actual fighting. Physical remnants or reminders from these conflicts and their aftermath can be found all over the country, whether in central Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, or in more rural locations such as Te Pōrere or Te Awamutu. The wars are an integral part of the New Zealand story but we have not always cared to remember or acknowledge them. Today, however, interest in the wars is resurgent. Public figures are calling for the wars to be taught in all schools and a national day of commemoration was recently established. Following on from the best-selling The Great War for New Zealand, Vincent O'Malley's new book provides a highly accessible introduction to the causes, events and consequences of the New Zealand Wars. The text is supported by extensive full-colour illustrations as well as timelines, graphs and summary tables.

Book Indigenous Intergenerational Resilience

Download or read book Indigenous Intergenerational Resilience written by Lewis Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that there is a need to develop greater indigenous-led intergenerational resilience in order to meet the challenges posed by contemporary crises of climate change, cultural clashes, and adversity. In today’s media, the climate crisis is kept largely separate and distinct from the violent cultural clashes unfolding on the grounds of religion and migration, but each is similarly symptomatic of the erasure of the human connection to place and the accompanying tensions between generations and cultures. This book argues that both forms of crisis are intimately related, under-scored and driven by the structures of white supremacism which at their most immediate and visible, manifest as the discipline of black bodies, and at more fundamental and far-reaching proportions, are about the power, privilege and patterns of thinking associated with but no longer exclusive to white people. In the face of such crisis, it is essential to bring the experience and wisdom of Elders and traditional knowledge keepers together with the contemporary realities and vision of youth. This book’s inclusive and critical perspective on Indigenous-led intergenerational resilience will be valuable to Indigenous and non-Indigenous interdisciplinary scholars working on human-ecological resilience.

Book Mana Wahine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kitrina Aroha Aubrey
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9780473363741
  • Pages : 45 pages

Download or read book Mana Wahine written by Kitrina Aroha Aubrey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth

Download or read book The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth written by Pania Tahau-Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nuku

    Book Details:
  • Author : Qiane Matata-Sipu
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021
  • ISBN : 9780473584313
  • Pages : 341 pages

Download or read book Nuku written by Qiane Matata-Sipu and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The power of storytelling is evident in our earliest pūrākau. Stories can change the world. It is how our tūpuna passed on their knowledge, the blueprint for living well, for generations. Through telling their stories, the women in this book seek to influence the world around them. The youngest is 14 and the eldest is in her mid-70s. They are wāhine Māori, Moriori, Pasifika, Melanesian, Wijadjuri, Himalayan and Mexican"--Back cover.

Book Manawa Hine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Queenie Rikihana
  • Publisher : Raupo
  • Release : 2006-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780790011141
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Manawa Hine written by Queenie Rikihana and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ki aku tipuna he mihi tenei ki a koutou. Arahitia matou i runga i tenei huarahi. To our ancestors – I greet you – take us on this journey about our women who have gone before and who have achieved marvellous deeds that will inspire our young people of today.' In Manawa Hine (literally, 'stout-hearted women'), Queenie Rikihana celebrates four young women – Kahe te Rau o te Rangi, Hinepoupou, Huria Matenga and Pania of Hukarere – who had the courage to overcome insurmountable odds. In all cases their actions involved swimming in the sea and trusting in their tipuna to be with them in times of peril. Lovingly told, with striking line drawings by artist Sarah Wairau, these are stories that will inspire, entertain and remain with the reader.

Book A Clear Dawn

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alison Wong
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-05-13
  • ISBN : 9781869409470
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book A Clear Dawn written by Alison Wong and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark anthology of creative work - poetry, fiction and essays - by emerging Asian New Zealand writers.This landmark collection of poetry, fiction and essays by emerging writers is the first-ever anthology of Asian New Zealand creative writing.A Clear Dawn presents an extraordinary new wave of creative talent. With roots stretching from Indonesia to Japan, from China to the Philippines to the Indian subcontinent, the authors in this anthology range from high school students to retirees, from recent immigrants to writers whose families have lived in New Zealand for generations.Some of the writers - including Gregory Kan, Sharon Lam, Rose Lu and Chris Tse - have published books; some, like Mustaq Missouri, Aiwa Pooamorn and Gemishka Chetty, are better known for their work in theatre and performance. For many, A Clear Dawn is their first-ever print publication.The 75 writers explore the full range of human experience: from the rituals of food and family to sexual politics; from issues around displacement and identity to teen suicide and revenge attacks; from political chicanery?to?social activism to?childhood misadventures. Funerals, affairs, accidents, friendships, crimes, jealousy, small victories, devastating losses, transcendent moments: all are here. With its diverse voices, styles and points of view, A Clear Dawn maps a new literature of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Book Tuna and Hiriwa

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ripeka Takotowai Goddard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9781775502272
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Tuna and Hiriwa written by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Julia and the Shark

Download or read book Julia and the Shark written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deep beautiful, and true--a classic from cover to cover." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer There are more secrets in the ocean than in the sky... Ten-year-old Julia loves the mysteries of the ocean and marine biology, just like her scientist mother. Her family is spending the summer on a remote island where her mom is searching for the elusive Greenland shark, a creature that might be older than the trees, and so rare that it’s only been seen a few times. But the ocean is reluctant to give up its secrets, and Julia tries not to worry as her mother returns disappointed at the end of each day. Determined to prove that the shark is real, Julia sets off on a quest to find it herself, armed with a set of coordinates, a compass, and her trusty rain jacket. She soon realizes that there are some journeys you shouldn’t go on alone. As Julia comes face to face with the dark and wondrous truths of the sea, she finds the strength to leave the shark in the depths and kick up towards the light. Through a unique blend of poetic prose and stunning illustrations, Julia and the Shark tells an unforgettable story full of dark depths and starry skies, courage and hope. This lyrical, deeply moving middle grade novel about one family’s fierce love and resilience is perfect for starting conversations about mental health and how it’s okay to not be okay.