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Contains fishing tales by Syd Cormack, who was a commercial fisherman in Moeraki and Kaikoura for much of his adult life. He describes himself as being 'four generations from Maoridom' because he was descended from an influential Moeraki woman and a European whaler.

A history of Kai Tahu Whanui in Otago, 1844-1944, the book is published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the sale and purchase of the Otago Block. It tells the Maori side of the region's history. Sources include interviews, letters, journals, archives, land deeds, and newspaper accounts....

Harry Evison re-examines New Zealand colonial history in the light of a number of original documents, particularly the ten Ngai Tahu deeds by which the Crown acquired Maori title to the southern half of New Zealand from 1844 to 1864. A unique feature of the book is its handsome colour reproductions...

A statement of Ngai Tahu beliefs and values which be taken into account in the preparation of ... policy ... and district plans under the Resource Management Act"-- P. 7.

In 1848, eight million hectares of land in Te Waipounamu - the South Island - was purportedly sold for just GBP2000. Hipa Te Maiharoa was a charismatic prophet who in the 1870s led his people in the fight against the injustice of this land deal by occupying the land they believed had not been sold....

Though it begins with [an] ... account of the peninsula's geology, flora and fauna, this is principally a people-centred view of the region's history. It covers several waves of Maori occupation, the grim days of the Ngai Tahu civil war and Te Rauparaha's visitations. Banks Peninsula had a...

Hana Potiki is a young Ngai Tahu woman, who writes eloquently on the question of identity, and her own experience. Photographs and Ngai Tahu stories are included.

Southern People features over 1200 individuals and families, from the notable to the notorious, the eminent to the eccentric. Included are Maori warriors, first contact trade and explorers, as well as those who lived through the dramatic years of colonisation, gold rush, depression and war, and...

The dominant tribal group of southern New Zealand is Ngai Tahu. While Western historians interpret most of their history from written sources, Ngai Tahu's past (as we know it today) is a collection of oral traditions transmitted over generations, and finally written down by tohunga between the late...

Offers a summary of the historical basis for the Ngai Tahu claim.