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• 50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal

  Whakamana I Te Tiriti

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  The Waitangi Tribunal has been a unique and integral part of the Aotearoa New Zealand judicial and legislative process, upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing expertise on historical claims, Māori language, land, resources and contemporary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tuhoe

  the Children of the Mist : a Sketch of the Origin, History, Myths, and Beliefs of the Tuhoe Tribe of the Māori of New Zealand, With Some Account of Other Early Tribes of the Bay of Plenty District

  Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931

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  ncludes prefaces to the first edition by Elsdon Best, the fourth edition by Jeffrey Sissons, and a new preface by Rāpata Wiri to this fifth edition.

• New Zealand Place Names

  Common, Contested and Curious Names From Aotearoa to Zalatown

  Dowling, Peter (Peter Brian)

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  Fully updated info with approved Māori spellings -

• Wharekawa to Opoutere and Ohui

  Untold Stories of the Coromandel

  Furey, Louise

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  Settled by Māori in the 1300s, the area later became an often dangerous place of exploitation and opportunity.

• Kei Te Pēhea Koe?

  How Are You?

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  Te reo Māori feelings for the very young.

• Kim

  a Journey Between Worlds

  Logan, Kim Rangiaonui, 1952-

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  Now in his seventies, living in Queenstown and reconnecting with his Māori world, this is no misery memoir, nor merely another mountaineering book.

• William & Tiraha

  a Biographical Novel

  Littlewood, Michael, 1960-

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  Michael Littlewood has taken historical evidence and family lore and produced a compelling work of biographical fiction for adventure-seekers, seafarers and anyone intrigued by the earliest days of Pakeha-Maori relations.

• Taku ikura tuatahi

  Matata-Sipu, Qiane

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  A gentle and powerful story that reclaims the sacredness of a girl’s first ikura (period) through a Māori lens. English edition is called 'My First Ikura: A story for growing girls and their whanau'.

• The Spirit of Manaaki: Maata, a Living Library of Maori Wisdom and Medicine Practices

  Mines, Stephanie

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  Maori elder Maata Wharehoka’s teachings on birth, death, climate, and healing

• Ngā Mōteatea

  He Maramara Rere Nō Ngā Waka Maha = The Songs : Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas

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  New editions of the definitive treasury of Maori waiata, preserving the essence of language, culture and soul in Aotearoa.

• Birdsong

  鸟儿的歌 : a 1 to 10 Counting Book : 从1数到10 : He Korihi : He Pukapuka Tatau I Te 1 Ki Te10

  O'Rourke, Maris

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  Chinese, English and Māori counting picture book.

• A Potent Way of Talking

  Colin McCahon and the Urewera Triptych

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  A Potent Way of Talking charts a course deep into the Ureweras to Maungapohatu, the scorched earth years of the 1860s, the arrest of the prophet Rua Kenana, the formation of the vast national park and Tuhoe’s attempts to assert their agency as mana…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raukura Turei

  Takoto Ai Te Marino : Selected Works 2018-2025

  Turei, Raukura

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  The first monograph on the work of Aotearoa artist Raukura Turei (Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Taranaki, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki)

• Whenua

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  "The relationship between tākata and whenua - people and land - is a long thread that weaves through the art history Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Hoods Landing

  Vincent, Laura

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  The debut novel from Laura Vincent (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāpuhi)

• Isaac Featherston 'Petatone'

  a Colonial Life

  Martin, John E., 1951-

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  Known amongst Māori as 'Petatone' and with a reputation for directness and honesty, he was at the very centre of Pākehā-Māori relations, and in his 1857 official portrait is depicted alongside leading rangatira Te Puni and Wi Tako.