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Ko Te Hiakai Tangata: Te Taniwha o Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
Ko Tāwhaki-Nui-a-Hema: Ana Mahi Whakahirahira by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
This book is the te reo Māori editon of Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod Ko Tāwhaki Nui ā Hema: Āna Mahi Whakahirahira recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his w ...Show more
Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna - The Sayings of the Ancestors by Hirini Moko Mead; Neil Grove
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This collection contains over 2500 'pepeha', or 'sayings of the ancestors', that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, 'pepeha' include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard eve ...Show more
People of the Land - Images and Maori Proverbs of Aotearoa New Zealand by Hirini Moko Mead; June Te Rina Mead
30.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
He aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is most precious and important in this world? It is people, it is people, it is people. A collection of poignant pepeha (Maori proverbs) explained in English with images of Maori that embody the messages. This precious gift book opens do ...Show more
Tawhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod (Tāwhaki) by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tāwhaki: The Deeds of a Demigod recalls the miraculous life of Tāwhaki. Similar to Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod who possessed mighty powers. Tāwhaki almost died at the hands of his brothers-in-law but was found by his wife Hine-piripiri and revived. This near-death experience revealed Tāwhaki’s status as ...Show more
Te Hiakai Tangata: The Taniwha of Tuarā-Rangaia by Hirini Moko Mead
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
This is a story of a taniwha that lives beside a track between villages and menaces travellers and the surrounding iwi. When a chief’s son is taken by the taniwha, Te Hiakai, the people devise many plans to trap and kill the taniwha, but each time Te Hiakai outwits them. In the end, Pōhutukawa, a chief’ ...Show more
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