"Author Bagele Chilisa updates her groundbreaking textbook to give a new generation of scholars a crucial foundation in indigenous methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. Addressing the increasing emphasis in the classroom and in the field to sensitize...

"In Plastic, Stacey Teague reaches beyond the frame of her known world to find a way back to te ao Māori. Hers is a complicated, joyful route, full of conversations with ancestors, old places and herself. In form these poems range from plain-speaking prose and...

"After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pākehā with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation...

"The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important to New Zealand as the civil wars were to England...

Rosenthal's debut young adult novel blends coming of age drama with historical fantasy and political thriller in an exciting action filled tale that will appeal to teenagers and adults alike. Adele, Ben and Mark are three home school teenagers, each with their...

BEYOND THE COLOUR LINE will help you gain a better understanding of how ideas and practices of race and racism came into being. It explores the history of racism, unpacks the theories that led to the idea of white supremacy, and how the notion was used to...

"Understanding Te Tiriti: A Handbook of Basic Facts about Te Tiriti o Waitangi" by Roimata Smail distills essential information for every individual in Aotearoa. Leveraging her two-decades of legal expertise in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Smail presents the facts in...

"Nuku is a powerful and important snapshot of Indigenous wāhine today. Through wide-ranging voices this ambitious social documentary showcases diverse representations of leadership, systems change and success. Readers obtain authentic insight into life as an...

"A useful book of time-tested Māori herbal therapies. By quoting the words of many skilled practitioners of the art of herbal medicine, and by describing some of the spiritual practices and karakia associated, the book becomes a useful compendium of proven...

This thesis examines wāhine Māori in leadership and specifically, their engagement with positions in the private sector. The main purpose of this research was to understand the influences on their decision-making in terms of leadership choices, which in turn...

"Kai and Kindness is for people who are passionate about food and wellbeing and want to eat and live well. Paul Rangiwahia, a health advocate and artist, and Jane Rangiwahia, a cook, have combined their skills to produce this book that nourishes the body and...

"Atakohu Middleton explores the history of Māori journalism, examines what makes Māori journalism distinctive and what it is today, analyses news stories to show how Māori perspectives are expressed, and talks with a host of Māori reporters to bring together...

These works (some conceived during Covid lockdowns and others influenced by seismic shocks) are ofte spiced with huour and always come from a place of aroha - never far from ocean and mountain. In this volume Te Awhina's poems and stories are exquisitely...

"Te Kahui is a creative writing programme that works in collaboration with Youth Arts New Zealand to create safe and accessible wananga for underserved rangatahi. The focus of the program is to create points for creativity and art to flourish, so that young...

"The concept of a braided river - He Awa Whiria - inspired the creation by pioneering educational researcher Professor Angus Macfarlane of a framework connecting Indigenous and Western perspectives. The He Awa Whiria framework has been used to support...

About a hākari held on May 11th, 1844 in Remuera, Auckland. "The feast was a political response by Māori to demonstate mana to the growing settlement of Auckland and its impact on their customary rights. A primary reason for the feast was the need for Ngāti...

"This book is packed with suggestions on pukao modes of play, the equipment to use, games whakapapa and an in-depth glossary. It is also liberally illustrated with 30 full-colour photographs. Rituals were once performed daily and seasonally to remind us to...

"For the last year I have been working on portraits and life histories of our Kaumātua which started in Owairaka (Mt.Albert), Tamaki Auckland with the initial support from Albert-Eden community Arts. It is now on its way to encompassing kaumātua across...

"To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and...

"Take your Māori language learning to the next level. This intermediate course teaches twenty key sentence patterns in te reo Māori to extend beginners' language skills. Dr Rāpata Wiri is a Māori language expert who has developed this course to teach people to...

Hikoi is a photographic history of Maori protest - the public face, the rationale, the organisation and the toil behind the scenes. The images and accompanying text tell the story of protests that were turning points: Springbok Tour demonstrations and Raglan,...

"This richly illustrated publication examines the last 25 years of the influential Toioho ki Āpiti programme at Massey University, its global indigenous pedagogical reach, and its ongoing impacts on national and international contemporary art and cultural...

"The purpose of this guide is to empower anyone undertaking restoration in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland to achieve their ecological restoration goals and to further enable the biodiversity of our region to heal and flourish. This resource was created in...

"Twenty years ago, the Ngāi Tahu Development Corp contracted Dr Clydesdale to write a strategy to enhance the prosperity of its members. This triggered a life-long motive to raise Māori welfare. In this book, he explores the reasons for Māori marginalisation...

Here are the best short fiction stories, short non-fiction pieces and poetry from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2023 as judged by Emma Espiner, Carol Hirschfeld, Maiki Sherman, Mike Ross, Hemi Kelly and Robert Sullivan. This competition, run by the...

"Pākehā-Māori narratives is a collection of 20 first-hand accounts written or dictated by European men who voluntarily crossed cultures to live and trade among the Māori tribes of New Zealand during the 1800s. ... With notes that provide biographical,...

"The narrative of the Parihaka community sheds light on a critical period in Aotearoa’s colonial past. As the government seized their land, Māori communities across the region engaged in non-violent resistance, with Parihaka emerging as a powerful symbol of...

"Senior Māori artist Selwyn Muru (Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Te Pātū, Ngāti Rēhia, Muri Kahara, Te Whakatōhea) was once described as one of the most original Māori thinkers of his time. While moving with ease between ancient and contemporary realms of thought,...

"In November 1863 at the battle of Rangiriri, over 180 Māori defenders were taken prisoner. They were marched up the Great South Road to Ōtāhuhu, from where they were transferred onto the Waitematā Harbour. There they were held captive on the prison ship...

"Working across painting, drawing and sculpture, Ayesha Green (Ngati Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Kai Tahu) examines histories of Māori and Pakeha representation. Green's work focuses on imagery where intercultural relationships intersect, overlap or diverge-from...

"Ngā Hurihanga Ako Kōhungahunga - Transformative teaching practices in early childhood education introduces current innovations in early childhood education teaching practice in New Zealand and discusses various aspects of pedagogical practice in ways designed...

"The rise of an impressive ceramics movement is one of the more striking developments in contemporary Māori art. Clayworking and pottery firing was an ancient Pacific practice, but the knowledge had largely been lost by the ancestors of Māori before they...

Together: te oranga o te katoa provides a fresh approach to New Zealanders' wellbeing. Learn new bite-sized strategies for building and maintaining personal and whanau wellbeing to make a ripple in your community.

"Written in te reo Maori, Te Puka Tataki Haumaru Pu is the official guide that details New Zealand firearm safety practices, whether readers are using a firearm for hunting, target shooting, pest control or food collection. Existing license holders should read...

"Over 80 contemporary Māori writers explore a vast array of issues that challenge, stimulate and intrigue. With originality and insight, these poems and short stories express compassion, concern, curiosity, suffering and joy. Te Awa o Kupu is a companion...

Collection of Māori proverbs with translations and explanations.

Neither is the first collection of poems from Liam Jacobson (Kai Tahu). Written among shadows of Tamaki Makaurau, it honours fog and bus-rides, being broke and public dreams. It's an intimate attempt to chronicle a long remembering among the city's blurry...

"Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that great architecture is crafted through careful consideration of people and place. This book brings together a...

Following on from the successful He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes, Hona Black's new book explores the rich vein of humour in Māori life. Want to know how to call a silly person a 'roro hipi / sheep's brain', or bring out 'same old, same old' when...

"This textbook concentrates on the language needed for everyday situations, such as meeting people, having meals, going shopping, making arrangements, telephone conversations and going to a hui. Maps help locate the main tribal areas and the Māori names of...

Tāmati Te Ito Ngāmoke, a renowned Taranaki prophet, played a significant role in colonial New Zealand's political landscape. While some, including most settlers and officials, viewed him as an 'imposter', a 'wizard', a 'fanatic'; others, including major...

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"Ngā Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative non-fiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to mātauranga Māori, over 60 writers explore...

Hiwa is a vibrant, essential collection of contemporary Maori short stories, featuring twenty-seven writers working in English or te reo Maori. The writers range from famous names and award winners - Patricia Grace, Witi Ihimaera, Whiti Hereaka, Becky...

"A te reo Maori translation of Shakespeare's tragic drama of young love between two feuding families. In this book, acclaimed translator Te Haumihiata Mason brings the world of Romeo and Juliet alive in a language flled with wairua Maori. The plays of William...

"This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial waka taua Ngatokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Herangi. In the late 1930s the Waikato leader held a dream to build seven waka...

"So now, this thinker, this gifted communicator, this provocateur, this great role model, this gentleman, this Rangatira is no longer with us. But let's not dwell on that. He has left us with a pathway to follow, work to do. And the way to best honour him is...

"Inhale is a collection of writing from wahine Māori - women whose words offer the world of escape, a breath of motivation, a thought questioning of our priorities." --Back cover.

"Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te Ati Haunui a-Paparangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It...

On 7 March 1870 the prophet and rebel Te Kooti swept out of Te Urewera to Ōpape, east of Ōpōtiki, in what would be his last major action of the New Zealand Wars. His forces abducted 218 Whakatōhea (mostly women, children, and old men) and marched them into the...

Te Ra, which means the sail in te reo Maori, is the last remaining customary Maori sail in the world. Woven from harakeke more than 200 years ago, Te Ra has for many years been held in storage at the British Museum in London. Written by Ariana Tikao from the...

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As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Māori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu, his grand-daughter, has to fight his authority and a thousand years of tradition to fill her destiny...

Where is my tongue? On display, a trophy of war. Where is my tikanga? Kept in the basement. Where is my mana? Locked in the museum. And where are my whanau? Scattered like dandelion seeds, from the grating city, to the harnessed horizon. Drawing moko kauae on...

Covers all aspects of New Zealand history and geography including its wildlife, natural heritage, people, science and culture. Also examines subjects relating to the islands of the South Pacific and Antarctica.

"Discusses Bic Runga's Drive as the foundation for launching her career as an icon of New Zealand popular music"--

"Daniel is a young, idealistic Human determined to make a difference for his people. He lives in a distant future in which Earth has been colonised by aliens. His mission: infiltrate the Alien government called the Hierarch and push for it to honour the...

In these rigorous and challenging essays, writers from Aotearoa and Turtle Island (Canada and the United States of America) explore the well-being of takatapui, two-spirit, and Maori and Indigenous LGBTQI+ communities. Themes include resistance, reclamation,...

A Maori language dictionary of social science relating to the learning and teaching of areas such as geography, history, economics, politics and culture. It contains Maori to English and English to Maori wordlists, as well as detailed explanations and...

A Maori language dictionary of technology relating to the learning and teaching of learning areas such as food technology, digital technology, hard materials and soft materials. It contains Maori to English and English to Maori wordlists, as well as detailed...

"The Ahuwhenua Trophy competition, first held in 1933, has grown to become a prestigious and keenly contested farming event. Through its promotion of excellence in sheep and beef, dairy and horticulture, generations of Māori farmers and farming families have...

Te Pouhere Korero 10 focuses on the new history curricula launched across all schools in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. A number of Pouhere historians have been involved in this process as advisors, writers and developers. The editors of this volume had a...

"Bill Bush (Billy Bush) has a life story unlike any other All Black. A kina diver at primary school, a labourer at the Marsden Point refinery at 14, it took a promise of a Fanta and a pie to get him to play rugby, a sport he initially reckoned was too rough...

"An introduction for readers to marae customs and protocol and answers many questions that first-time marae visitors may have. Highly visual and easily read"--Publisher's description.

"This is a collection of Rapatahana's poetry across several years, written in te reo Māori (with English language translations). He believes this is a unique work of contemporary Māori language poetry, as well as emphasising throughout that the two languages...

"In a Southern land, where the veil of time and space has worn thin, twins with otherworldly ways are born to a stone carver and his wife. As they grow into themselves, the landscape and its histories will rise up to meet them and change their whanau forever....

Ka Aowhia Te Rangi - 'A Rich History poorly known'. The name Rangi-ao-whia according to our elders, comes from the rich lands of the district being fertilised in the waters not only of the nearby swamps and creeks, but particularly by the rain from the 'clouds...

"Ruth Ross is hardly a household name, yet most New Zealanders today owe the way they understand the Treaty of Waitangi - or te Tiriti o Waitangi as Ross called it - to this remarkable woman's path-breaking historical research. Taking us on a journey from...

"Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the...

"This booklet has been produced by the Taarewanga Marae Committee and Trustees with all rights reserved. We wish to make it clear to the reader that in producing this booklet it is our intention to tell our story, our way, as told to us by our tūpuna. This is...

"I graduated as a doctor in 2020 and arrived into the Covid-19 pandemic with my ta moko on my arm, my hospital lanyard, my stethoscope and a purpose. I don't know why medicine felt like coming home. I had no right to have that experience, but for some reason...

"In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlers poured into Aotearoa demanding land. Millions of acres were acquired by the government or directly by settlers; or confiscated after the Land Wars.By 1891, when the Liberal government came to power, Māori...

"I te wā o te hōtoke, ka ara ake a Matariki i te ata hāpara, kia kitea e te karu tangata. Ko takina ōna karakia ki runga pae maunga, ka whakanuia ki ōna taiopenga, ki āna mahi ā-iwi, ā-hapori, whakangahau hoki. Tēnei rā te kapo atu i te kaupapa nei me ōna tū...

"This collection brings together indigenous thinkers and practitioners from Aotearoa and internationally to discuss the effects of trauma on indigenous peoples across social, economic, political and cultural environments. The authors explore understandings and...

"Te Matatini is the world's largest celebration of contemporary Māori performing arts. This national kapa haka festival is held in Aotearoa New Zealand every two years. In 2022, Te Matatini celebrates its fiftieth year, and this book honours the festival. The...

In 2019 Te Kotahi Research Institute collated and compiled a selection of papers, written between 1999 to 2019 by wahine Maori across a range of discipline, about their experience as wahine Maori in Aoteroa New Zealand. Published in two volumes, Mana Wahine...

In 2019 Te Kotahi Research Institute collated and compiled a selection of papers, written between 1999 to 2019 by wahine Maori across a range of discipline, about their experience as wahine Maori in Aoteroa New Zealand. Published in two volumes, Mana Wahine...

"Ko Te Rautakitahi o Tūhoe ki Ōrākau, he kōrero whakahirahira nā Tā William Te Rangiua 'Pou' Temara i te reo Māori mō tā Tūhoe whai wāhi ki te pae o te riri ki Ōrākau i ngā pakanga o Aotearoa. He mea tuhi te kōrero nei i te reo Māori, ā, e ai ki ngā kōrero...

Resource intended to give students and teachers an insight into past techniques and designs adopted by Māori creating Tāniko. To support years 9-13 of the arts curriculum. Suggested audience: Secondary.

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Learn the history of Haka including step by step instructions explaining how to haka, haka words and much more.

"This book... follows both Māori and English families from their beginnings in the 13th century Aotearoa and England, through to colonial wars with Māori, land confiscations and military settlements in the 19th century New Zealand, especially in Ōpōtiki where...

"Volume two ... shows the extent to which John P. Parkinson from Bristol, and his seven sons each developed a business in Ōpōtiki township and then a farm in the surrounding countryside. The political, social, economic, environmental contexts for these...

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Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, when the Government invoke antiterrorism powers to launch an armed raid on Taffy's remote Urewera community.

"This book is an introduction to the subject of racism for young Kiwis. Using illustrations from students at Pukekohe High School, this is the story of Māori racial segregation in the South Auckland town of Pukekohe from the 1920s to the early '60s. During...

"The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty from its signing in 1840, through the debates and struggles of the nineteenth century, to the gathering political...