TY - BOOK AU - Brailsford,Barry TI - Song of Waitaha: the histories of a nation : being the teachings of Iharaira Te Meihana, Wiremu Ruka Te Korako, Taare Reweti Te Maihāroa, Perenara Hone Hare, Heremia Te Wake, Renata Kauere SN - 0958337810 AV - GR375 .S66 2003 U1 - 398.20993 21 PY - 2003/// CY - [Christchurch, N.Z.] PB - Wharariki Pub. Ltd. Trust KW - Māori (New Zealand people) KW - Folklore KW - Songs, Māori KW - Texts KW - Mythology, Māori KW - Waitaha (New Zealand people) KW - History KW - New Zealand KW - South Island KW - Tūpuna KW - reo KW - Tikanga-ā-iwi KW - Iwi KW - Pūrākau KW - Kōrero nehe KW - Waiata N1 - "Barry Brailsford, author ... Derek Lardelli, illustrator"--Page 304; Previous edition: Christchurch, N.Z. : Ngatapuwae Trust, 1994; The trail of understanding -- Song of creation -- Song of the dream makers -- Song of the white whale -- Song of the star walkers -- Song of the peace child -- Song of the weeping waters -- Song of the sacred nest -- Song of the ice mountains -- Song of the god stone -- Song of the broken waka -- Song of the star fires -- Song of the last days -- Trail of the tall trees N2 - "These kete are the treasures of the peoples of the nation of Waitaha ... for they are the sacred songs of our ancestors"--Page [6] ER -