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Ngā kōrero a Pita Kāpiti = The teachings of Pita Kāpiti / translated, edited and annotated by Anaru Reedy.

Nā: Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextReo: Maori Original language: English Reo: English, mri Kaiwhakaputa:Christchurch [N.Z.] : Canterbury University Press, 1997.Whakaahuatanga: 152 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0908812485 (paperback)
  • 9780908812486 (paperback)
Tētahi atu taitaia:
  • Teachings of Pita Kāpiti
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 306.08999442 21
LOC classification:
  • DU423.R55 K37 1997
Contents:
Ngā whakataukī o Ngāti Porou -- Introduction -- Ngā kōrero a Pita Kāpiti -- The teachings of Pita Kāpiti.
Summary: In the late nineteenth century, the leading tohunga Pita Kapiti, at Waiapu on the East Coast, dictated an account of the rituals surrounding the cultivation of kumara and hue (gourds) and the hunting of kiore (rats), kereru (pigeons) and kaka. He also recorded many karakia and accounts of ritual and tradition, particularly those relating to the ancestors of Ngati Parou. This publication of Pita Kapiti's teachings includes the Maori text in full, an English translation, an introduction and extensive annotations.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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"No. 3 in the Canterbury University Press series of early Māori writing"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150).

Ngā whakataukī o Ngāti Porou -- Introduction -- Ngā kōrero a Pita Kāpiti -- The teachings of Pita Kāpiti.

In the late nineteenth century, the leading tohunga Pita Kapiti, at Waiapu on the East Coast, dictated an account of the rituals surrounding the cultivation of kumara and hue (gourds) and the hunting of kiore (rats), kereru (pigeons) and kaka. He also recorded many karakia and accounts of ritual and tradition, particularly those relating to the ancestors of Ngati Parou. This publication of Pita Kapiti's teachings includes the Maori text in full, an English translation, an introduction and extensive annotations.

Maori and English.

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