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Hone Heke Ngapua (1869-1909) was one of the foremost Maori leaders of the past two centuries. He received enormous recognition as an MP, working alongside Carroll, Ngata, and Seddon, and emerged as the country's first pan-tribal Maori leader. Paul Moon's long-awaited first biography of Ngapua is as...

Art is the soul of culture. This book is an introduction to the art of whakairo rakau (Maori wood carving) from the Tai Tokerau district, the 'Northland' region that stretches from Auckland to the top of the country.  It discusses the characteristics and definitions of the regional style and the...

Working on a research project into tourism in Muriwhenua, the author felt it was impossible to discuss this topic without starting from the beginning and she describes this book as a story of beginnings, evolution and consolidation, applied to the people who make up the tribes of Muriwhenua."

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

The foremost Maori leader during the years of early European settlement, Hongi Hika led Ngapuhi on their devastating raids durings the Musket Wars. Thousands of Maori were killed using the new weapons, and tribal power balances were radically altered. This striking book by a kinswoman of Hongi's is...

Nga Puriri o Taiamai was first published by the Polynesian Society in 1987 as The Puriri Trees are Laughing. A record of the political history of Nga Puhi tribal groups in the Taiamai and Te Waimate regions of the inland Bay of Islands, this highly regarded work brings together Nga Puhi oral...

Te Whanau Moana is the culmination of one man's lifetime of listening, learning, leading and teaching. It is the message that the much loved and valued kaumatua rangatira McCully Matiu has left for his beloved hapu, Te Whanau Moana of Karikari peninsula in the Far North. Using the traditional Te...

Te Puna brings together essays about the art of Te Tai Tokerau / Northland, including carving, painting, weaving, architecture, moko (tattoo) and waka building.

Based on research from the Native Land Court records this is the story of Te Hamara, a chief of the Ng'ti Rongo. Following the establishment of the British legal system he was successful in finding wealth and security, but eventually unsustainable land sales brought about his financial ruin.

The investigation conducted within this book revealed the pa as a fluid site with different functions changing over time; not a place of permanent settlement but rather a visible sign of power and dominance.

This trail-blazing book rewrites our understanding of the wars between Maori and Pakeha, and of colonial warfare in general. It is the inspiration for the five-part television documentary series of the same name which is written and presented by James Belich.

First published in 1987, this remains one of the most accurate and informative full-length histories of the Hokianga. As one of the areas first to be populated over 600 years before the arrival of Europeans, Lee deals with a vast range of material drawn from careful research of preserved oral...

"On 7 December 1769 Lieutenant James Cook sailed away from this bay, having duly recorded its newly acquired name on the chart he had made during the preceding week ... Within 75 years, the Bay of Islands was to become a focal point in the Pacific for trade and industry, as well as for every sort of...

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...

College students and readers in archaeology and Maori history.

Contains the six published volumes of this tile, the Volume of illustrations and the transcribed manuspcripts that White gathered for further unpublished volumes.