Maori Tribes of New Zealand

Maori Tribes of New Zealand

Author: Te Ara Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781869539900

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A guide to the main Maori tribes written especially for visitors and students, combining great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art and history. Written by New Zealand's top Maori historians, this is a perfect compact guidebook to the tribes of New Zealand.


Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Author:

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0947518991

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In May 2017 the exhibition He Tohu opened at the National Library in Wellington. This celebrates three founding documents in New Zealand’s history – He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (1835), the Treaty of Waitangi: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) and the Women’s Suffrage Petition (1893). The originals of these documents are on display at the National Library, in a wonderful exhibition that tells the history of the times and the story of the documents themselves. Three slim paperbacks showcase each of the documents, published by BWB in conjunction with the National Library and Archives New Zealand. Each book is focused on the document itself, and feature a facsimile of the document (or part of it). The documents are framed by an introduction from leading scholars (Claudia Orange, Vincent O’Malley and Barbara Brookes), and a Māori perspective on the document in te reo. Short biographies of many signatories are included – showing the wide range of people who signed. The books are printed in full colour so that the richness of these significant, old documents is shown.


Maori Peoples of New Zealand

Maori Peoples of New Zealand

Author: Neuseeland Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Publisher:

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781869536220

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Who are the Maori of New Zealand? How did they get here and how did they settle the country? What are the main tribal groups in New Zealand, and where are they based? The first publication to come out of the online Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand project tells the story of the tangata whenua of Aotearoa, from their journeys across the vast Pacific Ocean to the histories of all the major iwi, including the contemporary issues they face today. No other book brings together in one place all these tribal histories. Based on the latest research and generously illustrated in full colour with superb mapping and photographs, this rich resource is an essential part of 'our' nation's story and fills an important gap in the history of New Zealand.


The Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi

Author: Claudia Orange

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2015-12-21

Total Pages: 1009

ISBN-13: 1877242489

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"The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by over 500 chiefs, and by William Hobson, representing the British Crown. To the British it was the means by which they gained sovereignty over New Zealand. But to Maori people it had a very different significance, and they are still affected by the terms of the Treaty, often adversely.The Treaty of Waitangi, the first comprehensive study of the Treaty, deals with its place in New Zealand history from its making to the present day. The story covers the several Treaty signings and the substantial differences between Maori and English texts; the debate over interpretation of land rights and the actions of settler governments determined to circumvent Treaty guarantees; the wars of sovereignty in the 1860s and the longstanding Maori struggle to secure a degree of autonomy and control over resources." --Publisher.


Outcasts of the Gods?

Outcasts of the Gods?

Author: Hazel Petrie

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2015-09-25

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 177558786X

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‘Us Maoris used to practice slavery just like them poor Negroes had to endure in America . . .' says Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors. ‘Oh those evil colonials who destroyed Maori culture by ending slavery and cannibalism while increasing the life expectancy,' wrote one sarcastic blogger. So was Maori slavery ‘just like' the experience of Africans in the Americas and were British missionaries or colonial administrators responsible for ending the practice? What was the nature of freedom and unfreedom in Maori society and how did that intersect with the perceptions of British colonists and the anti-slavery movement? A meticulously researched book, Outcasts of the Gods? looks closely at a huge variety of evidence to answer these questions, analyzing bondage and freedom in traditional Maori society; the role of economics and mana in shaping captivity; and how the arrival of colonists and new trade opportunities transformed Maori society and the place of captives within it.


The Aryan Maori

The Aryan Maori

Author: Edward Tregear

Publisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : G. Didsbury

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13:

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Attempt to prove, by linguistic comparison, that the Māori people are of Aryan descent and, after 4,000 years of migration, speak the language of their Aryan forebears in India "in an almost inconceivable purity". Cf. Bagnall.


Native Nations

Native Nations

Author: Sharlotte Neely

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781926476179

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Within Native Nations: The Survival of Fourth World Peoples (2nd edition), Dr. Sharlotte Neely (Professor of Anthropology and Director, Native American Studies, Northern Kentucky University) has put together an impressive examination pertaining to the survival strategies employed by Indigenous Peoples, within the world's most advanced nations, in order to discern how Native Peoples have maintained their traditional culture, language, sacred lands, and identity. Herein nine anthropologists, one linguist, one historian, one geographer, and one political scientist focus on nine groups of Fourth World Peoples within twelve First World nations (the: Native North Americans, Aborigines, Native Hawaiians, Maori, Ainu, Natives of Taiwan, Sámi, Basques, and Bretons) and, for comparison, one Indigenous group in a Second World nation (the: Yanomami), and one in four Third World nations (the: San). All are compared and contrasted in regard to their strategies for survival.


The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars

The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars

Author: Samuel C. Duckett White

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9004464298

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This book offers an exploration of unique laws and customs placed around warfare throughout history, from Indigenous Australians to the American Civil War.


Bible & Treaty

Bible & Treaty

Author: Keith Newman

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1743486804

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Bible & Treaty: Missionaries among the Māori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand. It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and understanding, to the dramatic events that unfolded around the Treaty of Waitangi and the disillusionment that led to the Land Wars in the 1860s. While some missionaries clearly failed to live up to their high calling, the majority committed their lives to Māori and were instrumental in spreading Christianity, brokering peace between warring tribes, and promoting literacy – resulting in a Māori-language edition of the Bible. This highly readable account, from the author of Ratana Revisited: An Unfinished Legacy (2006) and Ratana: The Prophet (2009), shines a new light on the ever-evolving business of New Zealand's early history.