Author: Elsdon Best
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Owen, Government Printer
ISBN:
Category : Art, Māori
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Author: Trevor Bentley
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143007838
Category : Europeans
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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This book describes one of the most extraordinary and fascinating stories in NZ history. In the early part of the last century several thousand runaway seamen and escaped convicts settled in Maori communities. Jacky Mamon, John Rutherford, Charlotte Badger and many others - this is their largely untold story. They were regarded as unsavoury renegades by the European settlers, but amongst Maori they were usually welcomed. Many Pakeha Maori took wives and were treated as Maori, others were treated as slaves. Some received the moko, the facial or body tattoo. Others became virtual white chiefs and fought in battle with their adopted tribe. A few even fought against European soldiers, advising their fellow fighters about European infantry and artillery tactics. In this, the first-ever book devoted solely to the Pakeha Maori, Trevor Bentley describes in fascinating detail how the strangers entered Maori communities, adapted to tribal life and played a significant role in the merging of the two cultures.

Author: Elsdon Best
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maori
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504016394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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A sweeping historical novel set in nineteenth-century New Zealand from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. The only son of a poor British coal miner, Robert Coffin sets sail for the far ends of the Earth in search of his fortune, leaving his young bride and infant child behind in England. In the sordid and dangerous South Pacific port of Kororareka, on the sprawling island the native Maori call “the Land of the Long White Cloud,” Coffin builds a successful new life as a merchant. He gains an unwavering respect for the aboriginal people and their culture, and finds comfort in the arms of his fiery Irish mistress, Mary. But the unexpected arrival of a China-bound clipper bearing his wife, Holly, and son, Christopher, throws Coffin’s world into turmoil—compounded by the ever-increasing tension between the Maori tribes and the mistrusted “pakehas” who are plundering their land. As the years of a volatile nineteenth century progress, the indomitable family of the stalwart adventurer the Maori have named “Iron Hair” will struggle, sacrifice, and endure through war, chaos, catastrophe, and change.

Author: Elsdon Best
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Description of pre-European Maori culture and traditions by a pioneer New Zealand ethnologist.

Author: Elsdon Best
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Author: Elsdon Best
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Art, Maori
Languages : en
Pages :

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By Elsdon Best. E-book. Original published 1934. A critique of this work by Philip Steer is also available.

Author: J. E. Gorst
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752593105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Or, the story of our Quarrel with the natives of New Zealand.

Author: Alexander Wyclif Reed
Publisher: White Cloud Books
ISBN: 9781877246104
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Maori Myths & Legendary Tales was first published in 1946 as Myths and Legends of Maoriland, and subsequently reprinted four times before the second edition was published in 1958, followed by the third edition in 1961. It went on to become one of New Zealand's most recognised books of the genre, winning an Esther Glen medal for the best children's book in 1947, and enjoyed considerable popularity in London, New York and Australia. This new edition retains the work of illustrator Dennis Turner and is presented with a stunning new cover based on the 'Rangi and Papa' mural, by highly acclaimed artist Cliff Whiting, which now hangs in the Beehive in Wellington.