Tawhaki Nui a Hema

Tawhaki Nui a Hema PDF Author: Sidney M. Mead
Publisher: Raupo
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
In Māori legend, the deeds and achievements of Tāwhaki are as awesome as those of the more famous Māui. Like Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod whose accomplishments exceeded those of mere mortals. He came back to life, having apparently been killed by his brothers; he miraculously restored his grandmother's sight; and most famously of all he succeeded against the odds in ascending to the heavens in search of his wife Tangotango."--Back cover.

Tawhaki Nui a Hema

Tawhaki Nui a Hema PDF Author: Sidney M. Mead
Publisher: Raupo
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
In Māori legend, the deeds and achievements of Tāwhaki are as awesome as those of the more famous Māui. Like Māui, Tāwhaki was a demigod whose accomplishments exceeded those of mere mortals. He came back to life, having apparently been killed by his brothers; he miraculously restored his grandmother's sight; and most famously of all he succeeded against the odds in ascending to the heavens in search of his wife Tangotango."--Back cover.

The Journal of the Polynesian Society

The Journal of the Polynesian Society PDF Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.

Dancing with the King

Dancing with the King PDF Author: Michael Belgrave
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775589390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719

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After the battle of Orakau in 1864 and the end of the war in the Waikato, Tawhiao, the second Maori King, and his supporters were forced into an armed isolation in the Rohe Potae, the King Country. For the next twenty years, the King Country operated as an independent state – a land governed by the Maori King where settlers and the Crown entered at risk of their lives. Dancing with the King is the story of the King Country when it was the King's country, and of the negotiations between the King and the Queen that finally opened the area to European settlement. For twenty years, the King and the Queen's representatives engaged in a dance of diplomacy involving gamesmanship, conspiracy, pageantry and hard headed politics, with the occasional act of violence or threat of it. While the Crown refused to acknowledge the King's legitimacy, the colonial government and the settlers were forced to treat Tawhiao as a King, to negotiate with him as the ruler and representative of a sovereign state, and to accord him the respect and formality that this involved. Colonial negotiators even made Tawhiao offers of settlement that came very close to recognising his sovereign authority. Dancing with the King is a riveting account of a key moment in New Zealand history as an extraordinary cast of characters – Tawhiao and Rewi Maniapoto, Donald McLean and George Grey – negotiated the role of the King and the Queen, of Maori and Pakeha, in New Zealand.

Indigenous Autoethnography

Indigenous Autoethnography PDF Author: Kelli Te Maihāroa
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 981996718X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary PDF Author: Edward Tregear
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionaries. Maori-Polynesian
Languages : en
Pages : 710

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Book Description
"Māori dictionary with English definitions and Polynesian comparisons"--BIM.

Book & Print in New Zealand

Book & Print in New Zealand PDF Author: Douglas Ross Harvey
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733313
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Book Description
A guide to print culture in Aotearoa, the impact of the book and other forms of print on New Zealand. This collection of essays by many contributors looks at the effect of print on Maori and their oral traditions, printing, publishing, bookselling, libraries, buying and collecting, readers and reading, awards, and the print culture of many other language groups in New Zealand.

Hawaiki: the Whence of the Maori

Hawaiki: the Whence of the Maori PDF Author: Stephenson Percy Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaiian language
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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A Book in the Hand

A Book in the Hand PDF Author: Penelope Griffith
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 9781869402310
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Book Description
As we find ourselves in a technological revolution and the computer screen takes over the printed page, the history of the book has become a subject of study throughout the world. This collection of 15 essays looks at at a wide variety of topics from the history of the printed word in New Zealand.

Hawaiian Mythology

Hawaiian Mythology PDF Author: Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824840712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609

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Book Description
Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations of mankind, both those who are to come and those already born. The Hawaiian gods were like great chiefs from far lands who visited among the people, entering their daily lives sometimes as humans or animals, sometimes taking residence in a stone or wooden idol. As years passed, the families of gods grew and included the trickster Maui, who snared the sun, and fiery Pele of the volcano. Ancient Hawaiians lived by the animistic philosophy that assigned living souls to animals, trees, stones, stars, and clouds, as well as to humans. Religion and mythology were interwoven in Hawaiian culture; and local legends and genealogies were preserved in song, chant, and narrative. Martha Beckwith was the first scholar to chart a path through the hundreds of books, articles, and little-known manuscripts that recorded the oral narratives of the Hawaiian people. Her book has become a classic work of folklore and ethnology, and the definitive treatment of Hawaiian mythology. With an introduction by Katherine Luomala.

Revivalistics

Revivalistics PDF Author: Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190097035
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Book Description
In this book, Ghil'ad Zuckermann introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration. Applying lessons from the Hebrew revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to contemporary endangered languages, Zuckermann takes readers along a fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revival and provides new insights into language genesis. Beginning with a critical analysis of Israeli-the language resulting from the Hebrew revival-Zuckermann's radical theory contradicts conventional accounts of the Hebrew revival and challenges the family tree model of historical linguistics. Revivalistics demonstrates how grammatical cross-fertilization with the revivalists' mother tongues is inevitable in the case of successful "revival languages." The second part of the book then applies these lessons from the Israeli language to revival movements in Australia and globally, describing the "why" and "how" of revivalistics. With examples from the Barngarla Aboriginal language of South Australia, Zuckermann proposes ethical, aesthetic, and utilitarian reasons for language revival and offers practical methods for reviving languages. Based on years of the author's research, fieldwork, and personal experience with language revivals all over the globe, Revivalistics offers ground-breaking theoretical and pragmatic contributions to the field of language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration.