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Te Reo Māori: The Basics Explained

David Kārena-Holmes

• E-book | Engels
• The use of te reo Māori in daily New Zealand life is snowballing, as is demand for resources to make learning the language efficient and enjoyable. Th... Lees meer

Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand

David McGee

• E-book | Engels
• Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand provides a detailed description of New Zealand’s parliamentary practice. It is an authoritative text for use by ... Lees meer

The New Zealand Wars

Matthew Wright

• Paperback | Engels | The NZ Series
• Why did the New Zealand Wars occur? Who fought them and how did they proceed? And where were these battles fought? In The New Zealand Wars, Matthew Wr... Lees meer

12 Huia Birds

Julian Stokoe

• Hardcover | Engels
• 12 beautiful huia birds play and sing in the forest. But is that a canoe arriving?A rat sniffling? A ship on the horizon? One by one, as Maori and Eur... Lees meer

Events in the Life of Phillip Tapsell

• Paperback | Engels | New Zealand Classics
• Hans Falk, born in 1790 in Copenhagen, took to the sea as a lad, changed his name to Phillip Tapsell, and after many adventures settled at Maketu in N... Lees meer

Favourite Māori Legends

A.W. Reed

• E-book | Engels
• Māori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yes as Ross Calman point out in his introductio... Lees meer

Squeakopotamus

Dawn McMillan

• Paperback | Engels
• From the Book: Is he a hippo that looks like a mouse? Or, is he a mouse too big for this house? Just who or what is Squeakopotamus? And how will the k... Lees meer

Māori Place Names

A W Reed

• Paperback | Engels
• Pronounce and understand Māori place names with the new fourth edition of A.W. Reed's classic guide to meanings and origins of names across New Zealan... Lees meer

Maori Weapons

Jeff Evans

• Paperback | Engels
• "Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise... Lees meer

Toby Curtis

Toby Curtis, Lorraine Berridge McLeod

• Paperback | Engels
• Born into poverty in 1939, Toby Curtis has risen to the peak of achievement in Māoridom. His long history of leadership in education, broadcasting and... Lees meer

Te Toi Whakairo

Hirini Moko Mead

• Paperback | Engels
• Te Toi Whakairo is the definitive introduction to Maori woodcarving. It explores the evolution of styles and techniques, and provides detailed explana... Lees meer

Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna/Listen to your Ancestors

Darryn Joseph

• E-book | Engels
• One night in June 2016, Massey University language lecturer Darryn Joseph sat in a hospital room minding a teacher who had become a dear friend and me... Lees meer

Ngā Atua

Robyn Kahukiwa

• Hardcover | Engels
• A book to treasure for young and old, Robyn Kahukiwa's Ngā Atua: Mā ori Gods takes the reader on a beautiful visual journey while imparting simple and... Lees meer

Blimmin' Koro

Jill Bevan-Brown

• Hardcover | Engels
• Kotuku notices her grandfather is becoming forgetful. He hides things around the house and has trouble talking. Is Koro sick? Step by step, Kotuku and... Lees meer

He Atua, He Tangata

A W Reed

• Hardcover | Engels
• In this comprehensive collection, now in its third edition, esteemed editor Ross Calman revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) a... Lees meer

Greenstone Carving

Len Gale

• Paperback | Engels
• This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition.... Lees meer

He Iti te Kupu: Māori Metaphors and Similes

Hona Black

• E-book | Engels
• He Iti te Kupu contains nearly 500 sayings that draw a comparison between something (often the natural world) and people, events or contexts. Written ... Lees meer

Life with Cars

Stephen Barnett

• Paperback | Engels
• Life with Cars is a heart-warming collection of memories and snapshots of ordinary New Zealanders and their cars from the 1950s through to the 1980s, ... Lees meer

Hickory Dickory Kick

Peter Millett

• Paperback | Engels
• Hickory Dickory Slick, the halfback pulled a trick. He hid the ball behind the maul ... HICKORY DICKORY SLICK! What's not to laugh about when watching... Lees meer

New Zealand Tattoo

Chris Hoult, Steve Forbes

• Hardcover | Engels
• Tattooing is in the blood in New Zealand, and styles worn with pride here in Aotearoa are appreciated worldwide by admirers of beautiful design. Tatto... Lees meer

Captain Cat

Joan Joass

• Paperback | Engels
• An adventurous tale of two mischievous cats that find themselves in a predicament -- their love for fish leads to an unscheduled journey in their owne... Lees meer

Freyberg

Matthew Wright

• Paperback | Engels
• In this fresh account of one of the 20th-century's great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widel... Lees meer

There's a Moa in the Moonlight

Dawn McMillan

• Hardcover | Engels | Dawn McMillan's Nature Stories
• There's a Moa in the Moonlight. He's in our garden plot. He's munching all our melons. He likes the seeds a lot. Moa and friends are invading the gard... Lees meer

Legends of Rotorua and the Hot Lakes

A W Reed

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1958, this is the classic collection of myths relating to that cradle of Māori culture, Rotorua - with relevance across New Zealand... Lees meer