The natural world of the Māori / Margaret Orbell ; photographs by Geoff Moon.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Collins : David Bateman, 1985.Whakaahuatanga: 230 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 30 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0908610300 (hardback)
- 9780908610303 (hardback)
- 0002172194 (hardback)
- 9780002172196 (hardback)
- 0911378529
- 9780911378528
- Natural history -- New Zealand
- Māori (New Zealand people) -- History
- Māori (New Zealand people) -- Social life and customs
- Māori (New Zealand people) -- Ethnozoology
- Māori (New Zealand people) -- Ethnobotany
- Mātauranga tikanga tāngata
- Kai
- Tānemāhuta
- Tangaroa
- Pepeha
- Whakataukī
- Kōrero nehe
- New Zealand -- History -- To 1840
- New Zealand -- Antiquities
- 993.101 19
- DU423.A1 O73 1985c
Contents:
Land and people -- Ways and means -- The world of light -- Shaping the land -- The realm of Tangaroa -- The children of Tane.
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Māoritanga | Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Māoritanga | 993.01 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2224248 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
Land and people -- Ways and means -- The world of light -- Shaping the land -- The realm of Tangaroa -- The children of Tane.
"Drawing upon the work of archaeologists and historians, quoting extensively from the myths and songs recorded by Maori writers of the last century, Margaret Orbell vividly evokes hte Maori experience of Aotearoa, while Geoff Moon's remarkable photographs present the country's landscape, birds, fish, insects, reptiles and plants"--Taken from dust jacket,
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards winners.
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