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This book is a collection of 15 Maori stories and legends about the natural phenomena around Rotorua, including the well known story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. Forty nine black and white drawings illustrate the stories, and an extensive listing of local place names with descriptions is included. This...

Collection of myths and legends from New Zealand's most populous tribe, Ngapuhi told as the author heard them in her childhood.

Don Stafford has lived in Rotorua almost all his life. As a young boy, sitting by the stove in his father's store, he would listen to the stories of the elderly people who came to shop there. Sometimes they were Arawa legends of old, sometimes amusing incidents from Rotorua's more recent history....

The Auckland area has many wondrous landmarks, passageways, caves and pa sites. Accompanying these formations are equally wondrous tales of how they were formed, whether it be by natural forces or by the ancient Maori people who lived in the area. The myths and legends in this collection are retold...

Following He Taonga Tuku Iho, his highly successful first collection of stories from the East Cape, Bob McConnell here presents a further 32 stories for readers young and old. Supported by the dynamic illustrations of Manawa o te Rangi Waipara, the stories take the reader on a journey through the...

He Tuhi Marei-kura is a Maori account of the creation based on the priestly lore of the Tainui people. The Maori story of the creation is characteristic of the tapu (sacred) lore of the race. This account is based principally on priestly recitals from the Wahre Wananga ( Sacred House of Learning )...

Within these pages are the words of our Grandmothers, written in this time to spread the message of Peace and Hope. WHISPERS OF WAITAHA: TRADITIONS OF A NATION is the second book in the Waitaha Histories. "Ata whakarongo ake e moko, Ki enei korero o ou matua tupuna, I haere tawhiti mai ki tata."...

The Taupo Country was a term that was used for the Lake Taupo district early last century much in the same way the King Country is used for that area today. In his 40 years here, Ralph developed a broad understanding of the district's history. The articles are wide-ranging covering early Maori...

Several years ago, Maori in the south of New Zealand had a lifestyle quite distinct from their northern cousins, and different experiences of contact with Europeans. This book provides an insight into those times, covering the period 1650-1850, and focusing on Maori history from Marlborough to...