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Marae : the heart of Māori culture / contributing writers: Malcolm Mulholland and Robyn Bargh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Maori Description: 61 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781775501947
  • 1775501949
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.899442 23
LOC classification:
  • DU423.A1
Contents:
Marae as centres of Māori culture -- Marae in traditional times -- Contemporary marae -- A closer look at a wharenui -- The pōwhiri -- Other types of gathering -- Māori cultural concepts -- Ancestral legacy -- Contemporary issues.
Summary: "Step-by-step guide to a pōwhiri, or welcome ceremony, showing and describing what happens, the people involved, what they do, and the values and understandings underpinning the ceremony. There is also a close look at the outside and inside of a wharenui, or meeting house, showing each of the elements and features that make it up. Māori cultural concepts are explained and discussed and a glossary of Maōri terms is provided"--Publisher information.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's nonfiction Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's Children's nonfiction 919 COUNTRIES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I2167519
Māoritanga Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Nonfiction Māoritanga 305.899 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I2234821
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Marae as centres of Māori culture -- Marae in traditional times -- Contemporary marae -- A closer look at a wharenui -- The pōwhiri -- Other types of gathering -- Māori cultural concepts -- Ancestral legacy -- Contemporary issues.

"Step-by-step guide to a pōwhiri, or welcome ceremony, showing and describing what happens, the people involved, what they do, and the values and understandings underpinning the ceremony. There is also a close look at the outside and inside of a wharenui, or meeting house, showing each of the elements and features that make it up. Māori cultural concepts are explained and discussed and a glossary of Maōri terms is provided"--Publisher information.

Chiefly in English with whakataukī also in Māori.

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