Navigating the Stars - Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture | Reading Level: very good
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 ...Show more
Allies Rangihuna Comes to Town by Allies Rangihuna; Billie Taylor
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
Nga Kete Matauranga - Maori Scholars At The Research Interface: 2021 by Jacinta Ruru; Linda Waimarie Nikora
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how mātauranga is positively influencing the Western-dominated disciplines of knowledge ...Show more
Whatu Kākahu - Māori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ...Show more
Te Manu Huna a Tane: The hidden bird of Tane by Jennifer Gillam
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership between co ...Show more
Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand: The Maori Portraits by Ngahiraka Mason
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Arts & Culture
An exquisite piece of art publishing that showcases Bohemian artist Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand in 75 plates and detailed contextual essays. From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and – c ...Show more