Ngā Kupu Wero

Ngā Kupu Wero PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143778625
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Book Description
Ngā Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative non-fiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to mātauranga Māori, over 60 writers explore the power of the word. Accept the challenge of the wero. Join the kōrero. Ngā Kupu Wero is a companion volume to Te Awa o Kupu, which presents recent poetry and fiction. Together these two passionate and vibrant anthologies reveal that the irrepressible river of words flowing from Māori writers today shows us who and what we are.

Ngā Kupu Wero

Ngā Kupu Wero PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143778625
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Book Description
Ngā Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative non-fiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to mātauranga Māori, over 60 writers explore the power of the word. Accept the challenge of the wero. Join the kōrero. Ngā Kupu Wero is a companion volume to Te Awa o Kupu, which presents recent poetry and fiction. Together these two passionate and vibrant anthologies reveal that the irrepressible river of words flowing from Māori writers today shows us who and what we are.

Te Awa o Kupu

Te Awa o Kupu PDF Author: Vaughan Rapatahana
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143777963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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Book Description
Over 80 contemporary Māori writers explore a vast array of issues that challenge, stimulate and intrigue. With originality and insight, these poems and short stories express compassion, concern, curiosity, suffering and joy. Te Awa o Kupu is a companion volume to Ngā Kupu Wero, which focuses on recent non-fiction. Together these two passionate and vibrant anthologies reveal that the irrepressible river of words flowing from Māori writers today shows us who are want we are.

Nga Kupu Wero

Nga Kupu Wero PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780143778615
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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From over 60 Maori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to matauranga Maori, this anthology explores the power of the word. Accept the challenge of the wero. Join the korero. Nga Kupu Wero is a companion volume to Te Awa o Kupu, which focuses on recent poetry and fiction. Together these two passionate and vibrant anthologies reveal that the irrepressible river of words flowing from Maori writers today shows us who and what we are as we surge into the future.

White Lies

White Lies PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775533077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Book Description
A powerful, prize-winning novella from the much-loved author of The Whale Rider, plus a moving screenplay, film stills and commentary on writing and movie making. A medicine woman — a giver of life — is asked to hide a secret that may protect a position in society, but could have fatal consequences. When she is approached by the servant of a wealthy woman, three very different women become players in a head-on clash of beliefs, deception and ultimate salvation. This compelling story tackles moral dilemmas, exploring the nature of identity, societal attitudes to the roles of women and the tension between Western and traditional Maori medicine. This book, though, is also about the richness of creativity, illustrating the way a single story can take on different lives. The original novella, Medicine Woman, has been rewritten and expanded by Witi Ihimaera to become White Lies. It has also evolved into a screenplay by internationally acclaimed director and screenwriter Dana Rotberg, which has been made into a superb film by South Pacific Pictures. Thus this book offers an intriguing insight into the process of adapting work, as well as offering new versions of this potent story. Nga Kupu Ora – Aotearoa Maori Book Awards 2013, winner of the Te Pakimaero / Fiction category

Bulibasha

Bulibasha PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742288103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Book Description
Caught in the middle of the clash between two great Maori clans, Simeon, grandson of Bulibasha and Ramona, struggles with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage . . . This award-winning novel is being reissued to tie in with the release of Mahana, the stunning film adaptation of the novel. Also available as an eBook

The Tribes of Muriwhenua

The Tribes of Muriwhenua PDF Author: Dorothy Urlich Cloher
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775582124
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 141

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Book Description
This compilation of myths, legends, and oral histories from the far north of New Zealand is the story of the people who make up the tribes of Muriwhenua. The author provides whakapapa (genealogy and history) as well as a variety of lively and dramatic stories for each tribe. All have been discussed and agreed on with local kaumatua (elders) and expertly translated by Merimeri Penfold, a kaumatua of the University of Auckland who is widely respected for her knowledge and feel for the Maori language. Photographs of the Muriwhenua landscape enhance the text.

I've Been Thinking About You, Sister

I've Been Thinking About You, Sister PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775534162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
A wry, touching short story from one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. When Uncle Rangiora visits his sister and dances with her in the garden, she knows she has to visit the place where he died, and where he and other of his comrades from the Maori Battalion were buried during the Second World War. His sister is an old woman now, her husband is even older, but that's not going to stop them from setting off across the world alone, to the great consternation of their children who wonder if they will ever get there and back. This moving and entertaining story is a fictionalised version of the trip to Tunisia taken by the author's elderly parents. Musing upon postcolonial politics and perspectives, it also considers the lyrical form the author used at the beginning of his literary career and the wit, style and drama that readers can discover in his newer works.

Uncle's Story

Uncle's Story PDF Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742288138
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 405

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Michael Mahana's personal disclosure to his parents leads to the uncovering of another family secret – about his uncle, Sam, who had fought in the Vietnam War. Now, armed with his uncle's diary, Michael goes searching for the truth about his uncle, about the secret the Mahana family has kept hidden for over thirty years, and what happened to Sam. Set in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam and in present-day New Zealand and North America, Witi Ihimaera's dramatic novel combines the superb story-telling of Bulibasha, King of the Gypsies with the unflinching realism of Nights in the Gardens of Spain. A powerful love story, it courageously confronts Maori attitudes to sexuality and masculinity and contains some of Ihimaera's most passionate writing to date. Also available as an eBook

Imagining Decolonisation

Imagining Decolonisation PDF Author: Rebecca Kiddle
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
ISBN: 1988545757
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
Decolonisation is a term that alarms some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and often bewildering concept for many New Zealanders. This book seeks to demystify decolonisation using illuminating, real-life examples. By exploring the impact of colonisation on Māori and non-Māori alike, Imagining Decolonisation presents a transformative vision of a country that is fairer for all.

The Value of the Maori Language

The Value of the Maori Language PDF Author: Rawinia Higgins
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 1775502821
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : mi
Pages : 301

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Book Description
Twenty-five years ago the Māori Language Act was passed, but research still finds that the Māori language is dying. This collection looks at the state of the language since the Act, how the language is faring in education, media, texts and communities and what the future aspirations for the language are.