NZMaori

All Prices are in NZ$

Title

Sub-title

Author

Publisher

Published

Pages

Size

Condition

Price

Comment

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In Polynesia

 

Alpers, Antony

Hazard Press

2001

303

8vo

P-B Fine

35

With map and chronology, a collection of Polynesian tales and fables interleaved with chapters which give a Western perspective of the islands

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Maori String Figures

 

Andersen, JC

Steele Roberts

2007 reprint edition (1927)

xi 173p

4to

Red plasticised boards, kowhaiwhai decorations  Slight bump fore-corner  Near Fine

38

With illustrations, a reprint of the 1927 original, a study of the use of string in Maori traditional games

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35.000000

35.000000

Myths and Legends of the Polynesians

 

Andersen, Johannes C

Charles E Tuttle

1969 New Edition (1928)

(frontis) 513p (1p) (folding map)

8vo

D-J (slight fading spine, clipped flap)  Boxed (rubbing, slight marks)  Red cloth, spine label   Near Fine

65

In its original box, a nice copy of the new edition, with additional glossary and index, plates and illustrations

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26.000000

54.000000

58.000000

62.000000

Maori Music with its Polynesian Background

 

Andersen, Johannes C

Polynesian Society

1934

x 483p (1p)

4to

Cloth binding with decorated card laid-on front board Light bumping top, bottom spine VG - Near Fine

165

With illustrations, an historical study of the Polynesian whence of Maori music, then the instruments, Maori dance, and the qualities of Maori music

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28.000000

68.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Te Ao Tawhito   the old world 3000 BC - AD 1830

 

Anderson, Atholl

Bridget Williams Books

2017

216

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

55

With maps, figures and illustrations, Part One of the 'Tangata Whenua', here dealing with the Pacific journeying and settlement of New Zealand

5.500000

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When all the moa-ovens grew cold

 

Anderson, Atholl

Otago Heritage Books

1985 2nd printing 1983

52

8vo

P-B Laminated covers Browning spine VG

25

With map and illustrations, a short history of the pre-European Southern New Zealand Maori, based on the archaeological evidence, an important contribution to Southern archaeology

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Vastly Ingenious  The archaeology of Pacific Material Culture   in honour of Janet M Davidson

 

Anderson, Atholl (et al, eds)

Otago University Press

2007

319

4to

D-J Cloth binding Near Fine

40

A wide-ranging survey of past and present material culture in the Pacific, origins, the movement of peoples, and the development of technologies, with maps, illustrations and drawings

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49.000000

54.000000

58.000000

Tangata Whenua  an illustrated history

 

Anderson, Atholl ; Binney, Judith ; Harris, Aroha (eds)

Bridget Williams Books

2017 reprint edition (2014)

543

4to

D-J (slight fading spine) Laminated boards Near Fine

75

With maps and illustrations, a magnificent work, weaving together the various strands of historical and cultural evolution of a people

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140.000000

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135.000000

Tangata Whenua  an illustrated history

 

Anderson, Atholl ; Binney, Judith ; Harris, Aroha (eds)

Bridget Williams Books

2023 Reprint edition (2015)

viii 536p

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

48

With maps and illustrations, a magnificent work, weaving together the various strands of historical and cultural evolution of a people

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33.000000

77.000000

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kai tahu taoka

treasures from the Otago Museum

Anon

Reed, Otago Museum

2006

199

4to

D-J Cloth binding Fine

55

Featuring a collection of Ngai Tahu treasures held in the Otago museum, including jewellery, carvings, and garments, crafted in wood, bone, pounamu, feathers and fibre, a lovely creation

5.500000

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Maori and Pakeha in Church and Community 

A Symposium

Anon

Presbyterian Bookroom, Maori Synod of the Presbyterian Church

1960

27

8vo

P-B Staples rusting  Near Fine

35

A scarce booklet of articles from a symposium held at a retreat in the Meeting House of the Maori Synod dealing with Maori and pakeha race relations in New Zealand

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The Colony of Fiji 1874-1924

 

Anon

Govt Print

1925 3rd imp (1924)

(16p ads) 167 (11p ads)

Small 4to

Paper covers Repaired spine Slight foxing on heavy paper Gd - VG

85

Full of information, advertising, and illustration

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Papa o te Aroha Marae  Tokoroa

 

Anon

Tokoroa Catholic Maori Society

1987

60

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, the making of this Tokoroa marae and descriptions of its carvings and their whakapapa

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35.000000

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The Maori Land Courts  Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry 1980

 

Anon

Govt Print

1980

xiii 149p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

40

Set up initially to inquire into the structure and operation of the Maori Land Court and the Maori Appellate Court and to report on possible changes to them, or even disposal

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Waitara 1859-1936  Hui whakamahara ki a Maui Pomare Souvenir of Pomare Memorial Meeting Manukorihi Pa Waitara June 27th 1936

 

Anon

McLeod & Slade (printers)

1936

94p (2p)

8vo

P-B  Top corner front cover, bottom corner back cover missing Writing on back cover Good

30

With illustrations, includes Parliamentary tributes to Pomare, the report of the 1926-7 Royal Commission on Taranaki land confiscations, the Waitara Runanga House, and Maori songs and haka, with translations. Scarce

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Maori Games and Hakas  

Instructions, Words and Actions

Armstrong, Alan

Reed

1964

182

Small 4to

P-B Sigs crossed out FEP VG

20

Illustrated actions for songs

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Maori Land

 

Asher, George ; Naulls, David

New Zealand Planning Council

1987

(4p) 96p (5p)

4to

P-B Light fading spine Near Fine

35

With map, figures and tables, planning paper No 29, a study of Maori perceptions of 'land', both pre- and post- European contact, and its potential future 'value'

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Mana Tuturu

Maori treasures and intellectual property rights

Barclay, Barry

AUP

2005

vii 268p

8vo

P-B Fine

35

A 'meditation' upon the value of culture, and cultural treasures, and who establishes the value of indigenous treasures

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The Struggle for Maori Fishing Rights

 

Bargh, Brian

Huia Publishers

2016

ix 211p

4to

P-B Near Fine

40

With illustrations, Maori traditional fishing rights, their ignoring by successive governments in New Zealand and the struggle to reestablish the rights

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A Hidden Economy  Maori in the privatised military industry

 

Bargh, Maria

Huia Publishers

2015

xi 159p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, how Maori worked in the privatised military industry, including interviews with five who have worked in the industry

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Maori and Parliament  diverse strategies and compromises

 

Bargh, Maria (ed)

Huia Publishers

2010

vii 288p

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

38

With tables, a collection of essays dealing with the various ways Maori have 'altered' the New Zealand Parliament in the past and with the advent of MMP

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Tikanga Whakaaro  key concepts in Maori Culture

 

Barlow, Cleve

OUP

2013 reprint edition

xvii 187p
8vo

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, explanations of key words in Maori culture, in Maori and English

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Some Modern Maoris

 

Beaglehole, Ernest & Pearl

NZCER

1946

xxi (5p) 350p

8vo

Red cloth binding, spine paper label  Fading spine, top edge VG

25

A far-ranging survey of opinions expressed in the district of Otaki, identified as 'Kowhai' in the book, with forward by Te Rangi Hiroa/Sir Peter Buck

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New Zealand Jade  The story of greenstone

 

Beck, Russell J

Reed

1970

106

8vo

D-J Fine

22

With drawings and illustrations, a study of 'jade' in general, and the New Zealand varieties, along with how to cut and process 'greenstone'

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Discovery of the Maori

 

Beckham, AJ

Pekama Press

ND

127p (1p)

8vo

D-J (patches of fading) Plasticised boards  VG

25

With maps and illustrations, a compilation of the works of the first European writers on the Maori, showing the culture 'pre-contact'

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The Polynesians  Prehistory of an Island People

 

Bellwood, Peter

T&H

1987 Revised edition (1978)

175

8vo

P-B  Slight inscription HTP  VG

20

The revised edition of this study of the peopling of Polynesia, on the basis of archaeology, history and linguistic evidence, with many illustrations

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Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago

 

Bellwood, Peter

Academic Press Australia

1985

x (2p) 370p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With maps and illustrations, the prehistory of modern Indonesia and Malaysia, from about two million years ago till 1000AD

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Linguistic Factors in Maori Education

 

Bender, Byron W

NZCER

1971

xvii 72p

8vo

P-B VG

28

An NZCER Study in Education whose basic question is whether the education of Maori childrencan be improved by a better understanding of the linguistic factors involved

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Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns  home thoughts abroad

 

Bennett, Judith A (ed)

Otago University Press

2015

390

8vo

P-B Near Fine

40

With maps and illustrations, 12 essays dealing  with human mobility in the Pacific Islands, the interconnections of culture, identity and academic research

5.500000

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Geheimnisvolle Inseln Tropen-Afrikas  Frauenstaat und Mutterrecht der Bidnogo

 

Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf

Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft

1933

220p (4p)

Small 8vo

Leather spine, decorated paper over boards  Gilt titles, decoration spine  Rubbing extremities  VG

35

With 67 illustrations and a map, a study of the people between the White and Blue Nile

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The Pa Maori

an account of the fortified villages of the Maori in pre-European and modern times

Best, Elsdon

Dominion Museum, W&T

1927

viii 339p

4to

Paper wraps, fading spine  VG

200

Dominion Museum Bulletin number 6, an important survey of archaeological field evidence with a classification system for pa sites, with many illustrations, drawings and maps

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Maori Agriculture

the cultivated food plants of the natives of New Zealand

Best, Elsdon

Govt Print

1976 reprint edition (1925)

315

4to

D-J (fading spine) Plasticised boards VG - Near Fine

50

With illustrations and drawings, a reprint edition of this major early study of traditional Maori agriculture, the produce and the methods

6.500000

29.000000

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55.000000

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The Maori School of Learning

Its Objects, Methods and Ceremonial

Best, Elsdon

Govt Print

1986 Reprint edition

31

8vo

P-B Signature TP Near Fine

15

A reprint edition of  the author's discussion of the Maori Whare Wananga, based on his own research and wide reading

6.500000

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Maori Marriage  an essay in reconstruction

 

Biggs, Bruce

Reed, Polynesian Society

1970 reprint edition (1960)

(frontis) xix 108p

8vo

D-J (chip top spine, in archival wrapper)  Plasticised boards  VG

50

A collation of material from published and unpublished sources, placing marriage in its wider context, including its sexual and procreative aspects

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Maori Marriage  an essay in reconstruction

 

Biggs, Bruce

The Polynesian Society

1960

(frontis) xix 108p

8vo

D-J (chips, short tears, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding  VG - Near Fine

32

With illustrations, a collation of material on Maori marriage from many sources, both published and unpublished

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Mihaia The Prophet Rua Kenana and his community at Maungapohatu

 

Binney, Judith (et al)

Bridget Williams Books

2011 Reprint edition

210

4to

P-B  Near Fine

30

With many illustrations, the story of Rua Kenana in the heart of the Urewera, the community he founded, and of its destruction during WW1

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Nga Morehu The survivors  The life histories of eight Maori women

 

Binney, Judith ; Chaplin, Gillian

Oxford University Press

2004 Reprint edition

218

4to

P-B Slight marks base VG- Near Fine

35

With maps and illustrations, the life stories of 8 Maori women as well as their connection to the Ringatu religion, based on the teachings of Te Kooti Arikirangi

7.500000

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65.000000

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The Tattooed Land

 

Brailsford, Barry

Stoneprint Press

1997

x 262p

4to

Laminated boards  Near Fine

48

The reprint edition of this ground-breaking study of the archaeology of the early Southern Maori, with many illustrations and maps in colour and B-W

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The Tattooed Land  The Southern Frontiers of the Pa Maori

 

Brailsford, Barry

Reed

1981

x 262p

4to

D-J (fading spine)  Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

75

The first edition of this ground-breaking study of the archaeology of the early Southern Maori, with many illustrations in colour and B-W

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34.000000

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Te Maori

Treasures of the Maori

Brake, Brian ; Simmons, David R

Reed

1998 (1986)

79

4to

P-B Near Fine

20

The reprint edition of the catalogue of the Te Maori exhibition, with colour illustrations

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Melanesia  A geographical interpretation of an island world

 

Brookfield, HC ; Hart, Doreen

Methuen

1971

lx 464p

8vo

D-J (in plastic)  Name blacked out FEP VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, maps and tables, a study of the ecology and development of the Melaneasin area

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The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs

 

Brougham, AE ; Reed, AW ; Karetu, Timoti (rev)

Penguin Group

2012 5th edition (1963)

187

8vo

P-B Near Fine

15

An A-Z of several hundred Maori proverbs

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Te Puna

Maori Art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland

Brown, Deidre ; Ellis, Ngarino (eds)

Reed

2007

160

Oblong 4to

D-J Cloth binding Fine

42

With illustrations and reproductions, a gathering of pieces on the art out of Northland Te Tai Tokerau, painting, carving, weaving, architecture, ceramics, including Shane Cotton, Ralph Hotere

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Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol One

 

Brown, Helen ; Norton, Takerei (eds)

Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, Bridget Williams Books

2022 reprint edition (2017)

352

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

45

With illustrations, an A-Z of 50 people important to Ngai Tahu, from the 18th to the 21st century

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37.000000

89.000000

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Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol Two

 

Brown, Helen ; Stevens, Michael J

Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, Bridget Williams Books

2022

440

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

45

With illustrations, an A-Z of another 50 people important to Ngai Tahu, from the 18th to the 21st century

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43.000000

106.000000

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The Maori History & Place Names of Hawke's Bay

 

Buchanan, JDH ; Simmons, DR (ed)

Reed

1973

xii 215p

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  Slight foxing Fes Near Fine

90

With illustrations and maps, including aerial maps, a nice copy of this scarce Hawke's Bay title, with a large gazetteer of place names

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Te Motunui Epa

 

Buchanan, Rachel

Bridget Williams Books

2022

251p (1p)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

40

With illustrations, the journey home to Taranaki of five ancient Maori panels

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35.000000

75.000000

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The Fiji of Today

 

Burton, John Wear

Charles H Kelly

1910

(frontis) 364p (4p catalogue)

8vo

Green cloth binding, illustration laid on front cover  Gilt titles, decoration Teg  Slight foxing FE Nice inscription verso FEP  VG - Near Fine

145

With illustrations,  a study of turn of the century Fiji from a European Protestant point of view, a nice copy

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The Call of the Pacific

 

Burton, Rev JW

Charles H Kelly

1912

(frontis, tissue guard) xiv 286p (folding map) (1p)

Small 8vo

Olive green cloth binding, white titles  Spine sunned  Light foxing FEs  Slight signature FEP EPs browned  VG

30

Nine years a missionary in Fiji, the author presents a comparative survey of what has been accomplished in the Christian mission fields in the Pacific Islands (including NZ) and what is yet to be done, with 48 illustrations and a map

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Life & Times of Te Rauparaha

By his son Tamihana Te Rauparaha

Butler, Peter (ed)

Alister Taylor

1980

84

4to

Laminated, decorated paper over boards  Light fading top spine, top front cover Prize award plate FEP  VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the edited manuscript of Te Rauparaha's son, giving another insight into the leader as a primary resource

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The Stir in Samoa

 

Chappell, AB

Author Pub

1928

62

8vo

Yapp card covers, slight chip Slight foxing VG

125

"'An independant review' of the actions and speeches of O E Nelson and the traders in Samoa and their calls against the New Zealand Administration

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New Zealand Education and Treatyism

 

Christie, Walter

Wyvern Press

1999

130p (1p)

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

22

The author's third book dealing with the Treaty of Waitangi, furthering his thesis of the Treaty and its modern users, here targeting the role of academia

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A New Fijian Grammar

 

Churchward, C Maxwell

Govt of Fiji

1941

94

Small 8vo

Brown cloth binding, slight fading, wear spine  Signature, circular stamp FEP  VG

45

Written for the Govt of Fiji to help the Allies understand the language

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Living Relationships

The Treaty of Waitangi in the New Millennium

Coates, Ken S ; McHugh, Paul

Victoria University Press

1998

270

8vo

P-B Fine

40

A collection of essays dealing with the 'living' relationships between Maori, the Crown and other New Zealanders, including a piece by Paul McHugh on Aboriginal Identity and Relations in North America  and Australasia

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Seeds of the Word  nga kakano o te kupu

 

Cody, Philip

Steele Roberts

2004

134

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, examining the differences and similarities between Maori spirituality and Christianity

6.500000

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Bernatzik South Pacific

 

Conru, Kevin

5 Continents Editions

2002

(frontis) 250p (1p)

Folio

D-J Paper over boards  Fine

65

One hundred and fifty of Hugo Bernatzik's photographs in his South Pacific ethno-studies of the early thirties, covering the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and Bali

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Taonga Maori

a spiritual journey expressed through Maori art

Cooper, Wiremu (et al)

Te Papa Press

2007 reprint edition (1989)

100

4to

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, an exhibition catalogue which traces questions of Maori importance through art, including carving and weaving

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Taonga Maori

Treasures of the New Zealand Maori People

Cooper, Wiremu (et al)

The Australian Museum

1989

100

4to

Soft card covers with flaps VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, an exhibition catalogue which traces questions of Maori importance through art, including carving and weaving

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Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills

 

Cowan, James

Whitcombe & Tombs

1923

(folding map) 73p

8vo

Yapp paper covers, fading spine  Owner's stamp verso folding map  VG

30

With map and illustrations, the various features of Christchurch's Port Hills and the Maori stories attached to them

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Maori Place Names of the Thermal Regions and their Meanings

 

Cowan, James

Rotorua Printers

1945

20

Small 8vo

P-B Slide fading spine  VG - Near Fine

15

With illustrations, the stories behind some of the place names of the Rotorua region, a nice copy

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Kotahitanga  the search for Maori Political Unity

 

Cox, Lindsay

OUP

1993

xi 238p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With maps, tables and illustrations, a discussion of the various Maori political movements through New Zealand's history designed to unite disparate, tribal entities

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Lau-Tonga 1977

Reports from the Royal Society of New Zealand Expedition

Cresswell, MM (ed)

Royal Society of New Zealand

1978

(frontis) vii 228p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

45

With maps, figures and illustrations, a collection of twelve essays on the archaeology, flora,  fauna and geology of this island group

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Pacific Journeys   Essays in Honour of John Dunmore

 

Cropp, Glynnis (et al, eds)

VUP

2005

232

8vo

P-B Near Fine

28

A collection of essays in English and French dealing with the French presence and influence in the Pacific, especially the Islands, including whaling in New Zealand waters

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Nga Pou Arahi

a tribal inventory of manuscripts

Curnow, Jenifer (comp)

Auckland Institute and Museum

1995

vii (2p) 311p

4to

P-B Signature TP  Near Fine

70

With maps and illustrations, a tribe by tribe (North to South, including the Chatham Islands) 'inventory' of manuscripts generally available relating to Maori trteasures, language, genealogy, songs, history, customs and proverbs

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Arts of the Pacific Islands

 

D'Alleva, Anne

Yale University Press

1998

176

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a survey of the traditions and arts of the Pacific Island groups, seen within their culture and practices, and the foreign influences of contact

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Treasured Taonga

traditional and contemporary techniques and concepts in bone carving

Davis, Ropata

Random House

1994

106

4to

P-B Near Fine

50

With beautifully photographed illustrations, both a guide to the carving of bone objects and a history of the objects as Maori designs and concepts, a nice copy

6.500000

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Nga Tohu Pumahara the survey pegs of the past

understanding Maori place names

Davis, Te Aue (et al, comps)

New Zealand Geographic Board

1990

48

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A useful guide to beginning to pin down what Maori place names might mean, and an introduction to the local history which might have given rise to the name

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Fred Graham creator of forms Te Tohunga Auaha

 

De Jong, Maria ; Graham, Fred

Huia

2014

186

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

48

With illustrations, a retrospective of this Maori sculptor, revealing the stories behind his work and art

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The Fiji Islands  A Geographical Handbook

 

Derrick, RA

Govt Press

1957 2nd ed (1951)

xviii 334p xix

4to

D-J (slight chips, owner's stamp front) Owner's name stamp prelims, Eps VG - Near Fine

50

Deals with the history, then the physical structure of the islands and the contemporary life of Fiji, with illustrations, charts, maps

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A History of Fiji

 

Derrick, RA

Govt Press

1957 3rd ed (1946)

xii (plate) 250p xxviii

4to

D-J (slight chips, slight marks)  Owner's name stamp on prelims, EPs  Circular stamp FEP VG

40

An authoritative history of the Island group until 1874, when the islands were ceded to the British Crown, with some illustration

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Kamehameha and his Warrior Kekuhaupi'o

 

Desha, Reverend Stephen L ; Frazier, Frances N (trans)

Kamehameha Schools Press

2000

xxvii 559p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

85

Originally published in 1920, the exploits of two famous Hawaiian warriors, their traditions and values that guided them and other Hawaiians in earlier times

8.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

Maori Health and Government Policy 1840-1940

 

Dow, Derek A

VUP, Historical Branch DIA

1999

280

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

32

With illustrations, a description of how successive governments responded to Maori health needs in New Zealand, and the growing effect of these ad hoc policies

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Pacific Explorer

 

Dunmore, John

Dunmore Press

1985

318

8vo

D-J  Book plate IC Pocket inside back cover Fine

42

The life of Jean-Francois de la Perouse 1741-1788, great French Pacific explorer, whose expedition disappeared in 1788; with maps and illustrations

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Maori Rock Art

 

Dunn, Michael

Reed

1972

32

4to

Laminated boards Owner's stamp FEP, TP VG

25

With illustrations, rock drawings from around New Zealand made by prehistoric and contact-period Maori

6.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Face Value

a study in Maori portraiture

Dunn, Michael (et al)

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

1975

22 leaves (+ interleaves)

Oblong 8vo

Soft card covers with spine clip  VG

35

With illustrations in colour and B/W, includes essays  by Michael Dunn (Aspects of Portraiture), Michael King (Moko) and LC Lloyd (Goldie and Lindauer)

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Nga Tai Matatu  Tides of Maori Endurance

 

Durie, Mason

Oxford University Press

2006 reprint edition

ix 278p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

The author describes and analyses the current position of the Maori people and Maori interests

8.000000

27.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

Nga Kahui Pou  Launching Maori Futures

 

Durie, Mason

Huia

2003

x 356p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

With tables, a collection of the author's pieces on Maori initiatives in health, education and Treaty settlements, and considers aspirations to develop a vision for Maori futures

8.000000

28.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

A Short History of Rotuma

 

Eason, WJE

Govt Print, Fiji

1951

ix 127p (iii Index)

4to

D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding  Signature FEP VG

60

With folding map and illustrations, a history of this Polynesian outlier in the Fiji group and its people

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

40.000000

Solomon's Islands Bibliography to 1980

 

Edridge, Sally

Institute of Pacific Studies, ATL, Solomon Islands National library

1985

xvi 476p

4to

Red paper over boards, gilt titles  Slight chip top spine  VG

60

Signed by the author, a useful bibliography, set out in sections, from Voyages to Literature

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

Te Kohititanga Marama

 New Moon, New World  The Religion of Matenga Tamati

Elsmore, Bronwyn

Reed

1998

103

8vo

P-B Fine

25

Matenga Tamati saw himself as the successor to Te Kooti, and the religious movement he founded had great influence in the Wairoa district

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Like Them That Dream

The Maori and the Old Testament

Elsmore, Bronwyn

Reed

2000

216

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A study of the effects of Mission teaching on Maori, and the identification with the Israelites of the Old Testament by Maori religious movements, with illustrations

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Iwi

Aspects of Pre-European Maori Culture through Proverb, Image and Verse

Eriksen-Sohos, Maria

Reed

1996 2nd edition (1995)

79p (1p)

Small 8vo

Card box D-J Paper over boards Fine

25

With the author's illustrations, a nice creation, a selection of proverbs which cover aspects of Maori traditional life

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

International Indigenous Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Erueti, Andrew (ed)

Victoria University Press

2017

232

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

A collection of essays which places the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of New Zealand rights around such issues as Treaty Settlements, mining policy and the status of Maori children

5.500000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Ngatokimatawhaoru a  the biography of a canoe

 

Evans, Jeff

Massey University Press

2023

263p (1p)

8vo

D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine

35

With illustrations, the making and the crewing of the canoe that sits on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi

8.000000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

The Discovery of Aotearoa

 

Evans, Jeff

Reed

1998

128

8vo

P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine

25

With maps, drawings and illustrations, a study of Polynesian migration and the final discovery, that of New Zealand

8.500000

27.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

The Long Dispute    Maori Land Rights and European Colonisation in Sthern NZ

 

Evison, Harry

CUP

1997

399

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

30

Abridged revision of 'Te Waipounamu; The Greenstone Island'; discusses closely the fate of the Southern Maori at the hands of the gathering crowd of European settlers

8.500000

25.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Land of Memories

A contemporary view of places of historical significance in the South Island of New Zealand

Evison, Harry ; Adams, Mark

Tandem Press

1993

(114p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

35

A collection of 50 sites of special significance to Ngai Tahu in the South Island, with text by Harry Evison

6.500000

26.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Mau  Samoa's struggle against New Zealand oppression

 

Field, Michael J

Reed

1984

xviii 262p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Slight pen marks on some pages VG

30

With maps and illustrations, the rise of the peaceful struggle against the New Zealand colonial rule in Samoa after New Zealand troops took over from the German forces in August 1914

5.000000

19.000000

34.000000

38.000000

40.000000

South Pacific

 

Fields, Jack & Dorothy

Reed

1975

249p (3p)

4to

D-J Decorated paper over boards Near Fine

25

With illustrations, Oceania (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) in the 1970s

8.500000

35.000000

85.000000

80.000000

85.000000

Economics of the New Zealand Maori

 

Firth, Raymond

Govt Print

1973 Reprint edition (1929)

(frontis) 519p

8vo

D-J Hardcover VG - Near Fine

30

With map and illustrations, a study of traditional Maori work and development of economic resources

5.000000

21.000000

41.000000

47.000000

50.000000

History and Traditions of Tikopia

 

Firth, Raymond

The Polynesian Society

1961

viii 203p

4to

D-J (chips, small pieces missing, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  Owner's label covered FEP Slight underlining on four pages in first chapter VG

40

With maps, tables and folding chart, a further study of Tikopia, looking at the traditional tales of island creation, miraculous feats and of struggles for land and power, and how much the traditions are still part of island thought

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

Island at the End of the World

the turbulent history of Easter Island

Fischer, Steven Roger

Reaktion Books

2005

304

6vo

D-J Fine

45

With illustrations, a comprehensive history of Easter Island, from its Polynesian roots to its contemporary tourism success

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Just One House

A Description and Analysis of Kinship in the Palau Islands

Force, Roland W and Maryanne

Bishop Museum Press

1972

xx 143p

4to

Paper wraps  Small stain from original price sticker on front cover  VG - Near Fine

50

A VG copy of this Bishop Museum Bulletin (#235) covering Kinship, the meaning of Kinship, the Language of Kinship and Kinship change in the modern age

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Maori Songs of New Zealand

A complete collection arranged for piano and vocal

Freedman, Sam ; Siers, James ; Ngata, WT

Sevenseas Publishing

1974 (1967)

(frontis) 164p

8vo

P-B Short inscription inside front cover  VG

25

With text on Maori society, legends and music, the music and words for 52 Maori songs and chants, including 'Ka mate' and 'Hine e Hine', with illustrations

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Te Toki me te Whao  the story and use of Maori tools

 

Fugill, Clive

Oratia Books

2017 reprint edition (2016)

150

4to

P-B Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a study of the origin and use of tools by Maori, including their manufacture

6.000000

18.000000

36.000000

38.000000

40.000000

Letters from Private Henare Tikitanu

 

Fussell, James C

Worthington & Co

1917 2nd edition (1917)

28

Small 8vo

P-B Rusting staples Water stain to covers from spine Signature TP Gd

20

The 'letters' home from a Maori soldier on his way to WW1, and in action, told in his humorous English, leading to a sequel, where he wins the VC, now quite scarce

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Maori Dunedin

 

Goodall, Maarire ; Griffiths, George

Otago Heritage Books

1980

56

8vo

P-B Slight brown marks covers VG

35

With illustrations and maps, a record of the Maori presence in the Dunedin and Otago area, including place names

8.000000

24.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

Earth, Sea, Sky  images and Maori proverbs from the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Grace, Patricia and Waiariki

Huia, Craig Potton Publishing

2004 reprint edition (2003)

96

Oblong 8vo

D-J Paper over boards Fine

25

With Craig Potton's lovely illustrations, a collection of Maori sayings from mostly traditional sources, proverbs, songs and chants

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Adaptation and Change in Maori Culture

 

Green, RC

Dr W Junk BV, Stockton House

1977

48

8vo

P-B  Slight signature TP VG

25

With illustrations, maps and diagrams, the reprint of this study of the response in isolation of a Polynesian culture to a non-tropical environment

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

World's End

Life and Laughter in the South Seas

Grey, Capt JR

Robertson&Mullens

1944

166 (1p)

8vo

Red cloth binding, black titles  Fading spine  Signature IC VG

40

British colonial experience, ending in Fiji

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

The Changing Pacific  essays in honour of HE Maude

 

Gunson, Niel (ed)

Oxford University Press

1978

xiv 351p

8vo

D-J Cloth binding  VG - Near Fine

30

With maps and illustrations, a series of essays dealing with the changing societies in the Pacific Islands, their institutions and customs

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

39.000000

43.000000

Legends of the Land

Living stories of Aotearoa as told by ten tribal elders

Hakaraia, Jacob (et al)

Reed

2000

142

4to

D-J Near Fine

32

With lovely photographs by Ralph Talmont, 10 stories by Maori elders from North to South, telling their tales of Maori and the land of New Zealand

5.000000

20.000000

33.000000

37.000000

39.000000

Horouta  The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast

 

Halbert, Rongowhakaata ; Te Nonoikura Haronga (et al)

Reed

1999

496

4to

D-J (slight rubbing edges) Paper over boards Owner's small stamp covered on Eps Inscription whited out FEP VG

125

The detailed tribal and family history of the Eastern Maori descended from the Horouta canoe, with whakapapa/genealo gical tables and maps

10.000000

47.000000

110.000000

105.000000

110.000000

Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique

 

Hall, Susan (ed)

Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Art Gallery

2000

48

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Fine

28

A series of 20 strips of wallpaper manufactured in France (1804-5) depicting the various voyages in the Pacific of the 18th century and scenes from the artists, with illustrations and essays

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

He Tirohanga o Kawa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi

A guide to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi

Hancock, Frances ; Gover, Kirsty

Te Puni Kokiri

2002 Reprint edition (2001)

156

8vo

P-B Fading spine  Near Fine

35

A useful resource for those, both inside and outside Government, who are called upon to formulate policy which impacts on the Crown-Maori relationship and to advise on the application of Treaty principles

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

35.000000

38.000000

Men of Mana

Portraits of three Pacific leaders

Hancock, Kathleen

Steele Roberts

2003

168

8vo

P-B Fine

30

With illustrations, short biographies of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Afioga Va'ai Kolone and Sir Robert Rex, including histories of their societies

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

a name and word index to Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna

 

Harlow, Ray

University of Otago Press

1990

ii 230p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

An index providing references to the occurrences of the names and words in the 1971 edition of George Grey's 'Nga Mahi a nga tupuna'

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History

 

Hawthorne, James

The Capper Press

1974

41

8vo

D-J Near Fine

45

A facsimile reprint of an account of the 'Poverty Bay massacre' in 1865, over the land struggle on the East Coast

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Pacific Islanders under German Rule

a study in the meaning of colonial resistance

Hempenstall, Peter J

Australian National University Press

1978

xii (3p) 264p (1p)

8vo

D-J (fading, repair base front, in archival wrapper)  Paper over boards Signature FEP VG

40

With maps and illustrations, the German colonial Pacific, from Samoa to New Guinea, and the means of the native inhabitants to resist the colonial rulers

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

41.000000

Ratana The Man, the Church, the Political Movement

 

Henderson, J McLeod

Reed, The Polynesian Society

1972 2nd edition (1963)

(frontis) x 128p

4to

D-J (slight rubbing top FE) Red cloth binding, gilt titles  Signature  FEP Near Fine

110

With map and illustrations, the second edition of the life and aftermath of this Maori prophet and leader, a nice copy, scarce

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Indigenous Peopes and the State  international perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi

 

Hickford, Mark ; Jones, Carwyn (eds)

Routlege

2019

vii 205p (1p)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

50

A collection of essays that explore the diversity of meanings that have been ascribed to the Treaty by different interpretive communities

6.000000

20.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

State Authority, Indigenous Autonomy

Crown-Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1900-1950

Hill, Richard S

Victoria University Press

2004

317

8vo

P-B Fine

35

A study of the relationship between Maori groups (tribal/pan-tribal) and the Crown in the first half of the 20th century, the attempts to have Treaty rights confirmed vs attempts to contain these processes

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Coming of the Maori

 

Hiroa, Te Rangi (Buck, Sir Peter)

Maori Purposes Fund Board, Whitcombe & Tombs

1974 Reprint edition (1949)

(10p) 551p (24p plates)

4to

D-J (slight chips) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine

45

With illustrations, a reprint edition of this study of the coming of the Maori to New Zealand, the various arrivals, material culture, social organisation and religion, still an important work

8.000000

33.000000

70.000000

70.000000

70.000000

Lau Islands, Fiji

 

Hocart, AM
Hocart, AM

Bernice P Bishop Museum

1929

(2p) 241p (4p plates)

4to

P-B VG

125

Bulletin 62, with maps and illustrations, a study of the people and cultures of these Polynesian Outlier islands

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

40.000000

A Maori Community in Northland

 

Hohepa, PW

Reed

1974 Reprint edition (1964)

142

8vo

P-B Fine

20

With illustrations, the story of Waima, in the upper reaches of Hokianga Harbour

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Pacific Encounters

Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860

Hooper, Steven

Te Papa Press

2006

287p (1p)

4to

P-B Fine

50

With illustrations, originally to accompany the exhibition of the same name, but a wonderful discussion/discovery of these Polynesian art objects

5.000000

23.000000

50.000000

54.000000

58.000000

Into the World of Light

an anthology of Maori writing

Ihimaera, Witi ; Long, DS (eds)

Heinemann

1982

(8p) 312p

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG

25

A collection of prose, verse and drama writing from the 1970s, including Hone Tuwhare and Keri Hulme

5.000000

18.000000

31.000000

35.000000

37.000000

The History of Melanesia

 

Inglis, KS (ed)

The Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, The University of Papua and New Guinea

1971 reprint edition (1969)

viii (1p) 675p

8vo

P-B Name blacked-out  HTP  Light foxing FE  VG

40

With illustrations and maps, a collection of papers from a seminar in 1968 dealing with the pre- and moden history of Melanesia, and the development of culture

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

An Introduction to Maori Religion

 

Irwin, James

Australian Association for the Study of Religion

1984

viii (1p) 85p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

22

A study of pre-European Maori religious belief and the effects of European contact

6.000000

22.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Maori Land Tenure

studies of a changing institution

Kawharu, IH

OUP

1977

xiv (2p) 363p

8vo

D-J Near Fine

95

A ground-breaking study of Maori land ownership, from traditional tribal land to named owners, the breakdowns in tribal structures, and the effect of the Treaty of Waitangi vs modern law decisions

5.000000

19.000000

36.000000

42.000000

47.000000

Conflict and Compromise  essays on the Maori since colonisation

 

Kawharu, IH (ed)

Reed

1975

219

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With maps, a collection of essays dealing with aspects of race relations in New Zealand, both during the colonial and contemporary periods

8.000000

24.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Waitangi   Maori and pakeha perspectives of the Treaty of Waitangi

 

Kawharu, IH (ed)

OUP

1989

xxiv (1p) 329p

8vo

P-B Owner's plate HTP VG

35

With maps, a collection of essays from both pakeha and Maori writers, covering such topics as claims, the Tribunal and its role, Paul McHugh on Constitutional theory, the Treaty and its legal and social roles

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Company of Heaven   Early Missionaries in the South Seas

 

Kent, Graeme

Reed

1972

xiv 230

8vo

D-J Fine

25

Details who was involved and the effect the missionaries had on the people they 'taught'

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The King Country or, Explorations in New Zealand

 

Kerry-Nicholls, JH

The Capper Press

1974

(frontis) xx 379p (32p catalogue) (map)

8vo

D-J (slight chips, browning spine)  Browning top FE VG

55

Six hundred miles around the King country, with records of the author's travel, his explorations, and a biography of the then Maori King, Tawhiao Te Wherowhero, Potatau II, with illustrations

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

37.000000

Te Ao Hurihuri  The world moves on  Aspects of Maoritanga

 

King, Michael (ed)

Hicks Smith & Sons

1975

233p (2p)

8vo

P-B VG

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays in Maori studies by Maori authors, from Ranginui Walker to Maori Marsden

6.500000

23.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Moko  Maori Tattooing in the 20th century

 

King, Michael ; Friedlander, Marti

David Bateman

2008 reprint edition

111

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

35

With illustrations and photographs by Marti Friedlander, Maori tattooing in the twentieth century, with the women and their moko, and some of the patterns, serving as a sort of requiem to this then-dying art

8.000000

32.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Niuatoputapu  The Prehistory of a Polynesian Chiefdom

 

Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Burke Museum

1988

ix 287p (1p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

80

With illustrations, diagrams and tables, the archaeological investigation of this Tongan site, with analysis

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names they gave

 

Kloosterman, Alphons MJ

Cook Islands Library and Museum

1976 2nd revised and augmented edition

102

4to

Soft card wraps with tape spine  Name blacked out front cover Gd - VG

20

With maps and illustrations, a detailed study of Cook Island nomenclature, with an extensive bibliography

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Pacific Pattern

 

Kuchler, Susanne ; Were, Graeme ; Jowitt, Glenn

Thames & Hudson

2005

(frontis) 207p (1p)

4to

D-J  Paper over boards  Near Fine

45

Signed by Glenn Jowitt, a study of the various forms of pattern evident in Pacific art, material, architecture and in body art, a riot of colour

5.000000

23.000000

52.000000

55.000000

59.000000

Te Ahua  Maori Portraits

 

Laugeson, Carl Thorwald

Author Pub

1979

110

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) White cloth binding, gilt titles  Near Fine

85

Forty-eight portraits, both male and female, with short biographies, a nice copy

8.000000

19.000000

36.000000

41.000000

44.000000

Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll

a Polynesian outlier  in the Eastern Caroline Islands

Leach, Foss ; Ward, Graeme

Dept of Anthropology, University of Otago

1981

x 150p

4to

P-B Black cloth spine VG

30

With map, illustrations, drawings and figures, revealing the ancient history of this Pacific Atoll, important research

6.000000

27.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

The Old Land Claims in New Zealand

 

Lee, Jack

Northland Historical Pubs Soc

1993

x 80p

4to

Laminated card covers  Near Fine

35

A useful guide to the land claims made over Maori land pre-1840, and what happened to the claims

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

A Dictionary of Maori words in New Zealand English

 

Macalister, John (ed)

OUP

2005

xxvi 190p

8vo

P-B Fine

35

A useful compilation of the words of Maori origin in New Zealand English which help to make the language a unique variety

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

28.000000

Culture, Kin, and Cognition in Oceania

essays in honour of Ward H Goodenough

Marshall, Mac ; Caughey, John L (eds)

American Anthropological Assoc

1989

132

8vo

P-B Fine

45

With figures, a collection of essays from such as Anne Salmond and Roger Kessing dealing with anthropology in the the Southern Pacific

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Maori Artists of the South Pacific

 

Mataira, Katerina

Nga Puna Waihanga, New Zealand Maori Artists & Writers Society

1984

88

Oblong 8vo

Laminated boards  Small bump on fore-edge  VG - Near Fine

45

Beautifully illustrated, New Zealand Maori painters, carvers, weavers and writers, including Ralph Hotere and Hone Tuwhare

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

String-Figures from the Gilbert Islands

 

Maude, HC and HE

The Polynesian Society

1958

viii 161p

8vo

P-B Cloth strip spine  Near Fine

50

With illustrations, descriptions of over 100 string-figures/cats-cradles and how to form them, as made up till 1958

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Ruahihi Pa - a prehistoric defended settlement  in the south-western Bay of Plenty

 

McFadgen, BG ; Sheppard, RA

National Museum of New Zealand, New Zealand Historic Places Trust

1984

ix 65p

4to

P-B Fine

35

With illustrations and figures, an archaeological study of a pa site on the upper Wairoa River built in the 17th century

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Maori Music

 

McLean, Mervyn

Auckland University Press

1996

xii 418p

8vo

D-J( closed short tear top spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

70

An important book which records and analyses ancient Maori musical tradition and knowledge, and explores the impact of European music on this tradition, with illustrations and musical notation

8.000000

34.000000

80.000000

75.000000

80.000000

An Annotated Bibliography of Oceanic Music and Dance

 

McLean, Mervyn

The Polynesian Society

1977

252

8vo

P-B VG

35

Polynesian Society Memoir No 41, a bibliography of all the published and unpublished texts written about music and dance in the Pacific Islands, including recordings

5.000000

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Tikanga Maori  living by Maori values Revised edition

 

Mead, Hirini Moko

Huia Publishers

2016

xiv 435p

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

35

The revised edition of this discussion of what tikanga Maori means, both traditionally and in the present, and how it can be applied, in the Maori and wider worlds

8.500000

32.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Tikanga Maori  living by Maori values

 

Mead, Hirini Moko

Huia Publishers

2003

x 398p

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

30

A discussion of what tikanga Maori means, both traditionally and in the present, and how it can be applied, in the Maori and wider worlds

8.000000

28.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

Magnificent Te Maori

Te Maori Whakahirahira

Mead, Hirini Moko

Heinemann

1986

(frontis) 126p

4to

Soft card covers  VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations and reproductions, the trip of Te Maori to the USA and the experiences of those accompanying

5.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Landmarks, Bridges and Visions

Aspects of Maori Culture

Mead, Sidney Moko

VUP

1997

(frontis) 266p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

38

With illustrations, essays, articles and speeches written by the author since the 1960s which have at their core the importance of te reo and education in fostering a living tradition and promoting social and political change

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Art of Maori Carving

 

Mead, Sidney Moko

Reed

1967 Reprint edition (1961)

64

8vo

Laminated boards  Fading spine Slight bumps VG

25

With illustrations, a book which both highlights the past history of the art and guides the reader into the present, how to carve, and the meaning of carving

6.500000

24.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Te Maori   Maori Art from New Zealand collections

 

Mead, Sydney Moko (et al)

Heinemann, The American Federation of Arts

1984

244

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) Slight foxing Top FE Near Fine

45

With many illustrations, the first edition of this study of Maori art, compiled to accompany the Te Maori exhibition on its journey into the world beyond New Zealand, a lovely copy

5.500000

23.000000

49.000000

53.000000

58.000000

Maori Sovereignty

the Maori perspective

Melbourne, Hineani

Hodder Moa Beckett

1995

187p (5p)

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

25

A collection of discussions with 17 prominent Maori, each with her/his views of the social, political and economic questions surrounding Maori sovereignty, historically and today

5.000000

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28.000000

Te Manawa o Tuhoe  The Heart of Tuhoe

 

Melbourne, Hirini ; O'Connor, Terry

Craig Potton Publishing

1997

80

Oblong 8vo

P-B VG

30

With illustrations, the photographer's 'vision of Tuhoe people, their land and way of life'

5.000000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

30.000000

In and Out of Touch

Whakamaa in cross cultural context

Metge, Joan

Victoria University Press

1989 Reprint edition (1986)

159

8vo

P-B Signature HTP VG

20

A detailed discussion of a Maori concept that covers, amongst others, shyness, embarrassment and shame, both positive and negative, and which could give rise to much cultural misunderstanding

5.000000

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23.000000

22.000000

New Growth from Old  the Whanau in the Modern World

 

Metge, Joan

VUP

1995

342

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

32

With illustrations, a study of the historical and modern whanau, what it meant, what it means and strategies for handling current tensions and problems

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Infectious Diseases: Colonising the Pacific?

 

Miles, John

University of Otago Press

1997

123p (1p)

8vo

P-B Fine

20

With maps and tables, a study of the introduction of disease into the Pacific Islands

5.000000

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25.000000

25.000000

Race Conflict in New Zealand 1814-1865

 

Miller, Harold

Blackwood & Janet Paul

1966

xxvii 238p

8vo

D-J (tape stain inside) Paper over boards VG

25

With illustrations, a description of the fifty years between the arrival of the Anglican missionaries and the end of the War in the Waikato, using contemporary sources

8.000000

26.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Maori

 

Mitcalfe, Barry

Coromandel Press

1981

98p (5p)

Oblong 8vo

P-B Slight tea stain base VG

25

With maps and illustrations, the author discusses the origin, the art and the culture of the Maori

5.500000

14.000000

28.000000

32.000000

36.000000

He ringatoi o nga tupuna  Isaac Coates and his Maori portraits

 

Mitchell, Hilary & John

Potton & Burton

2021

388

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

70

With maps and illustrations, the painter's biography, and that of his 58 Maori subjects, building on the Maori and immigrant experiences in the Cook Strait-Nelson district during the earliest years of colonisation

8.000000

49.000000

120.000000

110.000000

120.000000

The Treaty & The Act

 

Mitchell, Robin

Cadsonbury Publications

1990

226

8vo

P-B Fading spine  Signature HTP  VG

30

A consideration of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) and the Treaty of Waitangi Act (1975), published before the 1990 New Zealand Election

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Takitimu

 

Mitira, Tiaki Hikawera (Mitchell, JH)

Reed

1944

271p (1p) xxii tables

8vo

D-J (lightly foxed) Cloth binding Light foxing FEs VG

225

With illustrations and genealogical tables, the history of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe and the Takitimu canoe, with biographies of the important leaders, an edition of 300

5.000000

15.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

Ka Ngaro Te Reo  Maori language under siege in the 19th Century

 

Moon, Paul

Otago University Press

2016

335

8vo

P-B Near Fine

32

A study of the decline of the Maori language during the 19th century, 'under siege' in a European campaign to 'civilise' New Zealand's original inhabitants

5.000000

13.000000

27.000000

29.000000

31.000000

Ngapua

the political life of Hone Heke Ngapua MHR

Moon, Paul

David Ling

2006

398

8vo

P-B Fine

35

With illustrations, a detailed biography of this important 19th century Maori political leader

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Raupo phrasebook of modern Maori

 

Morrison, Scotty

Penguin Group

2011

239

8vo

P-B Near Fine

15

Beginning with some history and discussion of dialects within te reo, useful phrases to be used in almost all social occasions

5.500000

13.000000

26.000000

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30.000000

Mahoe Leaves

being a selection of sketches of New Zealand…

Moser, Thomas

The Capper Press

1974 (1863)

(3p) 100p (4p catalogue)

8vo

D-J (slight patch of discolouring front) VG - Near Fine

24

The facsimile reprint of this collection of stories, especially of Maori, from the Private Secretary to Governor Eyre in the early 1860s

3.000000

11.000000

22.000000

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26.000000

Narrating Indigenous Modernities

transcultural dimensions in contemporary Maori literature

Moura-Kocoglu, Michaela

Rodopi

2011

xxxiii 298p

8vo

Laminated boards Near Fine

70

A nice copy of this study of Maori literature in a cross-cultural and global context

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

Brown or White? A history of the Fiji sugar industry 1873-1973

 

Moynagh, Michael

The Australian National University

1981

xiii 306p

8vo

P-B Rubbing either side of spine  VG

175

With tables, the first study of Fiji and its sugar industry, the role of imported Indian labour, and its impact on modern Fiji, scarce

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

State of the Maori Nation  twenty-first-century issues in Aotearoa

 

Mulholland, Malcolm (et al)

Reed

2006

284

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a collection of twenty-five essays dealing with the status of Maori involvement within contemporary New Zealand society, from health to sport

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

Bone Carving a skillbase of techniques and concepts

 

Myhre, Stephen

Reed

2002 reprint edition

(2p) 116p

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations and drawings, a very useful guide to bone carving, including tools and techniques

4.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Maori Action Songs

Words and music, action and instructions

Ngata, Reupena ; Armstrong, Alan

Reed

2002

136

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With guiding instructions for music and movement, a collection of 30 Maori songs for different occasions

5.000000

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21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Uku Rere Nga Kaihanga and beyond

 

Nicholas, Darcy (et al)

Pataka Art + Museum

2013

32

8vo

P-B Near Fine

22

With illustrations, celebrating the work of five contemporary Maori ceramic artists, Baye Riddell, Manos Nathan, Colleen Waata Urlich, Paerau Corneal, Wi Taepa

3.000000

10.000000

20.000000

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Seven Maori Artists

 

Nicholas, Darcy ; Kaa, Keri

Govt Print

1986

46p (17 leaves plates) (2p glossary)

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

45

Interviews with Cliff Whiting, Sandy Adsett, Fred Graham, Rangi Hetet, Darcy Nicholas, Robyn Kahukiwa, Erenora Puketapu-Hetet, painting, carving, weaving

5.000000

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19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Te Ara Puoro a journey into the world of Maori music

 

Nunns, Richard ; Thomas, Allan

Craig Potton Publishing

2014

176p (CD inside rear cover)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

60

With a compilation CD, and with illustrations, the path the author has taken into playing traditional Maori instruments, along with colleagues, Hirini Melbourne and Brian Flintoff

6.500000

32.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Skilled Handiwork of the Maori 2nd edition

being the Oldman Collection of Maori Artifacts

Oldman, WO

The Polynesian Society

The Polynesian Society

(1p) 41p text (47p plates)

8vo

P-B Browning extremities  VG

275

With illustrations. a tidy copy of the second edition of the Maori artifacts in the Oldman Collection, scarce

5.000000

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25.000000

25.000000

The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts

 

Oldman, WO

The Polynesian Society

1943

(1p) 86p (136 plates)

8vo

Green card covers (slight rubbing, marks)  VG

225

With illustrations, the Tahiti, Austral and Cook Groups artifacts from the Oldman collection, Memoir 15 of the Polynesian Society

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

38.000000

42.000000

Claims to the Waitangi Tribunal

 

Oliver, WH

Dept of Justice, Waitangi Tribunal Division

1991

(2p) 108p

8vo

P-B VG

15

A summary of all the Tribunal's reports up till 1991, covering the waters, the land and the language

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

18.000000

Agents of Autonomy

Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century

O'Malley, Vincent

Huia Pubs

1998

307

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

The author provides a series of insights into many of the ways by which Maori themselves tried to express the 'tino rangatiratanga', an undertaking in the Treaty of Waitangi, and to secure the Crown's recognition of these endeavours, with illustrations

5.000000

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The Treaty of Waitangi Companion

Maori and pakeha from Tasman to today

O'Malley, Vincent (et al)

Auckland University Press

2010

x 422p

8vo

P-B Crease front fore-corner  VG

35

With many illustrations, taking the Treaty of Waitangi as a starting point and studying the history of the peoples and the personalities, then reflecting on its meaning/s to today and the future

8.500000

32.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

The Beating Heart  a political and socio-economic history of Te Arawa

 

O'Malley, Vincent ; Armstrong, David

Huia

2001

xii 354p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards TP Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, Te Arawa's relationship with the Crown, the struggle to fulfil the Treaty agreements and the prospects for the future

6.500000

33.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

The Treaty of Waitangi

 

Orange, Claudia

A&U, Port Nicholson Press

1989 (1987)

x 312p

8vo

P-B  VG

25

A detailed study of the Treaty and its place in New Zealand history, including its contemporary meaning

5.000000

17.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Waiata Maori songs in history

 

Orbell, Margaret

Reed

2005 reprint edition  (1991)

vii (2p) 116p

4to

P-B Signature HTP  VG - Near Fine

15

With illustrations, a collection of 18 Maori waiata in te reo and English, including laments, songs for famous ariki, a rugby song

5.000000

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22.000000

The Natural World of the Maori

 

Orbell, Margaret

Collins, David Bateman

1985

(5p) 230p

4to

D-J (in archival wrapper)  VG - Near Fine

40

With reproductions and illustrations, a study of the pre-European Maori's relationship with the land they called Aotearoa

5.000000

26.000000

54.000000

58.000000

62.000000

Kura Kaumatua he Hokika Mahara  Recalling the Memories

 

O'Regan, Hanah ; Rangipunga, Charisma (comps)

Ake Associates Ltd

2009

216

4to

P-B Near Fine

48

With illustrations, memories and stories from 13 Canterbury Maori leaders

5.000000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

The Maori as an Artist

 

Padovan, Renzo

Reed

1957

(11p) 45 plates (3p)

Folio

Paper over boards, cloth spine  Rubbing top, bottom spine Fore-corners bumped  Slight foxing EPs  Gd

55

A study of the Maori carvings in the collection of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, with an essay and plates

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Puna kupu  a dictionary & resource for Maori language beginners

 

Pania, Papa (comp)

Te Wananga o Aotearoa

2002

v 124p

4to

P-B Fine

25

An illustrated dictionary (Maori/English-English/Maori) and workbook for those beginning Maori language studies

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Fijian Plant Names

 

Parham, BEV

Govt Print, Fiji

1942

vi (1p) 83p

4to

P-B VG

40

Bulletin 21A, Fiji Dept of Agiculture, Index of Fijian plant names with the species and family, and synopsis of Fijian plant families

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Te Mahi Kete  Maori flaxwork for beginners

 

Pendergrast, Mick

Raupo, Penguin

2008 new edition (1975)

100

Oblong 8vo

P-B  Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a new edition of this excellent guide for those interested in working with flax

8.000000

22.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

Maori Houses and Food Stores

 

Phillipps, WJ

Dominion Museum

1952

(frontis) 211p (1p)

4to

D-J (fading spine, chips, small piece missing base back, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, gilt titles Near Fine

38

With illustrations and drawings, a study of the 'common houses' of the Maori, and food stores from throughout New Zealand

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Maori Carving Illustrated

 

Phillipps, WJ ; Simmons, DR

Reed

1981 3rd edition, revised (1955)

48

8vo

P-B Near Fine

24

Heavily illustrated, the revised edition of this study of Maori carving, from weapons to buildings

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

18.000000

Maori Life and Custom

 

Phillipps. WJ

Reed

1969 reprint edition (1966)

180

4to

D-J (wear, pieces missing, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG

25

With illustrations, a treatment of prehistoric Maori custom, knowledge, learning, arts and crafts

6.500000

32.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Maori Tribes of New Zealand

 

Phillips, Jock (ed)

David Bateman

2008

95

4to

P-B Near Fine

22

With maps and illustrations, a history of the Maori in New Zealand, and the New Zealand Maori tribes

4.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Rapaki Wahine Whakamaumahara  Memories of the Rapaki branch Maori Women's Welfare League

 

Plumridge, Dr Libby

Canterbury University Press

2008

72

8vo

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, member memories of this MWWL branch at Rapaki, on Banks Peninsula

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Hauora  Maori Standards of Health III

a study of the years 1970-1991

Pomare, Eru (et al)

Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora

1995

200

8vo

P-B  Rubber stamp inside front cover, TP  VG

20

With illustrations and tables, Maori health statistics and factors influencing Maori health

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Te Iwi Maori  a New Zealand population past, present & projected

 

Pool, Ian

Auckland University Press

1991

xvi 271p

8vo

P-B Name covered over HTP Near Fine

38

With tables and maps, tracing the demographic history of the Maori and examining the implications of present and future trends for social, cultural and resource policy

5.000000

17.000000

30.000000

34.000000

35.000000

Te Ora Mo Te Maori

he pukapuka hei korerotanga mo nga kura Maori

Pope, James Henry (Hemi H Popi)

Hamuera Kohitare, Kai-ta a  te Kawanatanga (Govt Print)

1896

(2 leaves) 128p

Small 8vo

Red cloth binding, black titles, rules  Fading spine Slight foxing EP Slight underlining on one page VG

75

The revised edition of the translation of the author's 'Health for the Maori', first published in 1884, in two parts, 'the disease' and 'the remedy', and designed for use in 'native schools'.  Scarce

3.000000

12.000000

18.000000

22.000000

20.000000

Nga Tohu Tawhito

Early Maori Ornaments

Prickett, Nigel

David Bateman

1999

32

Small 8vo

P-B Near Fine

15

An illustrated guide to the early Maori 'signs' (ornaments, pendants) found around NZ which evoke a time when NZ was only recently settled and strong links remained with Pacific Island homelands

3.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Orongomai  The Birth of a Marae

 

Rainey, Patricia

Upper Valley Marae Community Centre Cttee

1976

56

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the beginnings and development of this marae in Upper Hutt

3.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The Life of Orongomai

 

Rainey, Patricia

Orongomai Marae Community Centre

2001

72

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the background to, and the development of, Orongomai Marae, in Upper Hutt

3.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Sir Apirana Ngata and Maori Culture

 

Ramsden, G Eric

Reed

1948

(frontis) 111p

8vo

P-B Browning spine VG - Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a discussion of some of the problems on Maori-European relations with an address by Ngata 'Some aspects of Maori culture', an edition of 1500 copies

4.000000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

30.000000

Sir Apirana Ngata and Maori Culture

 

Ramsden, G Eric

Reed

1948

(frontis) 111p

8vo

D-J (chips, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding  VG - Near Fine

75

With illustrations, a discussion of some of the problems on Maori-European relations with an address by Ngata 'Some aspects of Maori culture', an edition of 1500 copies

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The Concise Maori Handbook

Encyclopaedia, dictionary, place names, proverbs

Reed, AH ; Broughan, AE

Reed

1981 reprint edition (1978)

581p (5p catalogue)

Small 8vo

P-B VG

32

A useful compendium and basic guide to Maori language, tradition and culture

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

30.000000

29.000000

Taonga Tuku Iho

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Maori Life

Reed, AW ; Mikaere, Buddy

New Holland Publishers

2002

208

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

35

The revised and up-dated edition of AW Reed's 1963 first edition, with many illustrations and drawings

6.500000

32.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Head Hunters Black and White

three collectors in the Western Solomon Islands 1893-1914

Richards, Rhys

Paremata Press

2012

(frontis) 266p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

80

With maps and illustrations, three Europeans who collected trophies or local lore from 'natives' in the Solomon Islands before WW1, including the diary (with drawings) of Graham Officer 'collecting for museums'

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

40.000000

43.000000

Manu Moriori  human and bird carvings on live kopi trees on the Chatham Islands

 

Richards, Rhys

Paramata Press

2007

96

8vo

P-B Near Fine

65

Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the tree carvings that remain on the Chatham Islands, their historical context and their role as interfaces with the ancestors

4.000000

12.000000

26.000000

30.000000

34.000000

Moriori  Origins, Lifestyles and Language

 

Richards, Rhys

Paremata Press

2018

264

8vo

P-B Near Fine

65

Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a wide-ranging discussion of Moriori, including the 1902 interview with Te Ropiha Areatara, a Moriori 'survivor'

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

Not Quite Extinct

Melanesian bark cloth ('tapa') from western Solomon Islands

Richards, Rhys ; Roga, Kenneth

Paremata Press

2005 Revised edition, limited to 500 copies

100

4to

P-B Near Fine

40

With illustrations and maps, finding living evidence of bark cloth making on Ranongga, and tracing the meanings and motifs from museum collections

6.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Becoming Bicultural

 

Ritchie, James

Huia Publishers

1992

(2p) 214p

8vo

P-B Name crossed off inside front cover  VG

20

The author recounts 40 years of experience and change in the Maori world, and the challenges facing pakeha in making New Zealand bicultural

3.000000

12.000000

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23.000000

22.000000

Te Timatanga tatau tatau

Early stories from founding members of the maori Women's Welfare League

Rogers, Anna ; Simpson, Miria

Maori Women's Welfare League, Bridget Williams Books

1993

xxii 324p (1p)

4to

P-B VG

40

With portraits, interviews with some of the kuia who worked to found the Maori Women's Welfare League

5.000000

23.000000

48.000000

50.000000

53.000000

Ko Rongowhakaata  Ruku i te Po, Ruku i te Ao  The story of Light and Shadow

 

Rongowhakaata iwi ; Keith, Michael

Te Papa Press

2018

166p (2p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

40

With illustrations, an exhibition showcasing this iwi from the Gisborne area

6.000000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

The Woven Universe  selected writings of Rev Maori Marsden

 

Royal, Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal (ed)

The Estate of the Rev Maori Marsden

2003

xxxviii 187p

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

50

With illustrations, selected writings of this Maori tohunga, scholar, and minister

8.000000

26.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Two Worlds  first meetings between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772

 

Salmond, Anne

Viking, Penguin Books

1991

477

4to

D-J (slight chips fore-corners)  Paper over boards Signature FEP VG - Near Fine

55

With maps and illustrations, a new analysis of the different perceptions of the reality of the early meetings between Europeans and New Zealand Maori

8.000000

42.000000

90.000000

80.000000

90.000000

Aphrodite's Island  the European discovery of Tahiti

 

Salmond, Anne

Penguin, Viking

2009

537

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Slight browning pages VG - Near Fine

35

With maps and illustrations, a detailed discussion of a time when Tahiti became a kind of crossroads for European voyagers, when the two myths of civilisation and barbarism came together

8.000000

30.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Oceanic Sculpture

Sculpture of Melanesia

Schmitz, Carl A

The Oldbourne Press

1962

(frontis) xv (1p) (32 leaves plates)

Folio

D-J (chips, rubbing extremities, small piece missing top, bottom spine, in protective plastic) Paper over boards, cloth spine  Slight inscription FEP Slight rubbing top, bottom spine cloth  VG

95

A volume from the Acanthus History of Sculpture, using spectacular masks and figures from European museums, illustrating the sculpted art of Melanesia

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Jade Country

 

Schoon, Theo

Jade Arts

1973

143

8vo

P-B  Name blacked out FEP  Near Fine

30

With illustrations, finding and working with greenstone on the West Coast of the South Island

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

The Maori People in the Nineteen-Sixties

 

Schwimmer, Erik (ed)

Longman Paul

1972 Reprint edition (1968)

396

8vo

D-J (slight chips top, spine)  VG - Near Fine

40

A collection of essays on contemporary Maori issues, including Pei Te Hurinui Jones on Maori Kings, with an extensive bibliography and illustrations

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean

 

Semper, Karl ; Berg, Mark L (trans)

Micronesian Area Research Centre

1982

iv 319p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With map and illustrations, a translation of the author's detailed first-hand account of Palauan culture

8.000000

24.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Polynesian Anthropological Studies

 

Shapiro, HL (et al)

The Polynesian Society, Thomas Avery and Sons

1941

v (1p) 265p

8vo

D-J (chips, small piece missing top, bottom spine, in archival wrapper) Red cloth binding, black titles Signature FEP Slight marks FEs  VG

75

With illustrations, a collection of pieces from the 1940 PS Journals dealing with Polynesian culture and cultural values, from the physical anthropology of the Maori/Moriori to Polynesian mythology to Maori religion

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Te Maori Te hokinga mai

The Return home

Simmons, DR ; Brake, Brian

Auckland City Art Gallery, NZ Te Maori Management Cttee

1986

78p (1p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

A lovely copy of the first edition of this collection of the Maori sculptural and carving artefacts which toured with the Te Maori exhibition

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The Forgotten Prophet  Tamati Te Ito and his Kaingarara Movement

 

Sissons, Jeffrey

Bridget Williams Books

2023

x 194p

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the Kaingarara movement in Taranaki from 1856, and the role of its leader in the wars of the 60s in Taranaki

8.000000

25.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

The Maori Meeting House  introducing the whare whakairo

 

Skinner, Damian

Te Papa Press

2016

223

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a history, the arts and interpreting the whare whakairo, as well as a guide

7.000000

20.000000

40.000000

42.000000

44.000000

Comparatively Speaking  Studies in Pacific Material Culture 1921-1972

 

Skinner, Henry Devenish

University of Otago Press, John McIndoe

1974

(frontis) 197p

4to

D-J (closed tears, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Bumped top fore-corner  VG

35

With illustrations and drawings, a collection of 11 papers discussing the origins and relationships of Polynesian material culture using a comparative method

8.000000

28.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

Taiawhio  Conversations with Contemporary Maori Artists

 

Smith, Huhana (ed)

Te Papa Press

2002

224

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  VG

40

With illustrations, 17 Maori artists in conversation and example, including Fred Graham and the Hetet Whanau

5.500000

20.000000

41.000000

46.000000

51.000000

Taiawhio II  Contemporary Maori Artists

 

Smith, Huhana (ed) ; Heke, Norman

Te Papa Press

2007

xv (1p) 300p (1p)

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Fine

68

With illustrations, 18 further conversations with Maori artists, from Sandy Adsett to Shane Cotton to Christina Wirihana

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

Native Custom Affecting Land

 

Smith, Norman

The Maori Purposes Fund Board

1942

viii 135p

8vo

Brown cloth binding Rubbing spine, splits in spine cloth  Fore-corners bumped  Ex-lib Library stamps EPs, prelims  VG

225

An assembly of the traditional lore of Maori with regard to 'Native' land, covering a history of Native Land Laws, the background of Native Customary title, customary land, succession, adoption of children, marriage of natives, very scarce

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Hokianga

 

Smith, Ross T ; Brownson, Ron (et al)

David Bateman

1999

80

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Light fading to strips of cover VG - Near Fine

50

Forty images of Maori and their environs in the Hokianga district in the far north of New Zealand

5.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Hawaiki  the original home of the Maori

 

Smith, S Percy

Whitcombe & Tombs

1904

(folding map) 223p (folding genealogical chart)

Small 8vo

Two tone green cloth binding, gilt titles Slight rubbing bottom spine Bumping top spine VG

70

With illustrations, considerations of the origin and migrations of the Polynesians, including New Zealand Maori, the 2nd, enlarged edition, an edition of 600 copies

8.000000

24.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Pacific 2000  proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific

 

Stevenson, Christopher M (et al, eds)

The Easter Island Foundation

2001

576

4to

P-B Split in binding in middle Otherwise tight  VG

45

With illustrations, maps and tables, a collection of essays dealing with the archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, arts, history and languages of the Pacific, including conservation problems in the Pacific

5.000000

29.000000

62.000000

69.000000

74.000000

Eruera  the teachings of a Maori elder

 

Stirling, Eruera ; Salmond, Anne

Oxford University Press

1980

(errata slip) 288p

8vo

P-B VG

25

With maps and illustrations, an elder of the Whanau-a-Apanui tribe reveals the traditional knowledge he learnt in his childhood and dicusses current issues facing Maori in the 1960s and 70s

8.000000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Pu Manawa  a celebration of whatu, raranga and taniko

 

Tamati-Quennell, Megan

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1993

40

4to

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the work of a who's who of New Zealand weavers

8.000000

22.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

A Pacific Bibliography

 

Taylor, CRH

OUP

1965 2nd ed Rev and Enl

xxx 692p (map)

8vo

D-J (in plastic, spine browned)  Owner's name stamp EPs Owner's number bottom TP  Browning and light foxing Top FE VG

225

An essential work, collecting the literature dealing with the peoples of the Pacific, in the much enlarged 2nd edition

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Te Ika a Maui  New Zealand and its Inhabitants

 

Taylor, Rev Richard

Reed

1974

(frontis) xiv (folding map) 490p (6p catalogue)

8vo

D-J Cloth binding  Near Fine

65

The Reed facsimile reprint, with map, illustrations and coloured plates, the writer's reflections on New Zealand's native people and the country he saw, a lovely copy

8.000000

34.000000

70.000000

70.000000

70.000000

Mau Moko  the world of Maori Tattoo

 

Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia

Penguin Viking

2007

259p (4p)

4to

D-J (slight fading by spine) Paper over boards  Near Fine

125

With many illustrations, tattoo in the Maori world, a history with attendant stories from artists and wearers

8.000000

34.000000

75.000000

75.000000

75.000000

Te Puna Waiora  the distinguished weavers of Te Kahui Whiritoi

 

Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia (et al)

Christchurch Art Gallery

2021

211p (1p)

4to

Decorated paper over boards Near Fine

70

With illustrations, the book of the exhibition, showcasing the weaving of the group Te Kahui Whiritoi, first formed in 2006

7.500000

35.000000

80.000000

75.000000

80.000000

No Tuawhakarere Te Rohe Potae: through the lens

 

Te Ruki, Shane ; Knap, Piki

Tui Trust

2012

177

4to

P-B Near Fine

55

A collection of photographs of historic Maori people and landscapes, including images by the Burton Brothers

5.000000

20.000000

41.000000

46.000000

50.000000

The Waitangi Tribunal

The conscience of the Nation

Temm, Paul QC

Random Century

1990

(1p) 129p

8vo

P-B  VG

20

The author, a former member, examines the composition and role of the Waitangi Tribunal (up till 1990), the claims resolved and unresolved before it at that time, still a timely book

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Double Vision

Art histories and Colonial Histories in the Pacific

Thomas, Nicholas ; Losche, Diane (eds)

Cambridge University Press

1999

xii 289p

4to

P-B VG - Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a collection of essays which, through case studies of the cultures of voyages, colonial art and indigenous affirmations of identity, explores the ambivalences of European perceptions of the Pacific

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Maori Rock Art  an ink that will stand forever

 

Thompson, Paul

GP Books

1989

96

Oblong 8vo

D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, Maori rock drawings, especially in North Otago and Canterbury, denoting the oldest signs of human life in New Zealand

8.000000

25.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

A World Awakens

Te puawai o te Ao

Thomson, Nick ; Thomson, Heather

Author Pub

2003

ix 138p

8vo

P-B Fine

28

With drawings, interpretations of Maori myths and folk tales

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Maori Oral Literature

as seen by a classicist

Thornton, Agathe

University of Otago Press

1987

95p (4p charts)

8vo

D-J with flaps over soft card covers   Signature HTP Near Fine

35

With illustrations, the extended text of three lectures given in the Macmillan Brown Lectures of 1986, including comparisons between classical myths and legends and Maori, with useful bibliography

5.000000

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Mokorua  my story of moko kauae

 

Tikao, Ariana ; Calman, Matt

Auckland University Press

2023

163p (1p)

Oblong 8vo

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

40

With illustrations, including a photo essay by Matt Calman, the author undergoes the ceremony of moko kauae as an expession of her Kai Tahu identity

8.000000

30.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of Ngatitoa) and The Sacking of Kaiapohia

 

Travers, WTL ; Stack, Rev JW

Whitcombe & Tombs

1906

246

8vo

Red cloth binding, fading spine Owner's plate on front paste-down  VG

60

With illustrations, the Ngati Toa spread into the South Island and the effects on Ngai Tahu

6.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

 

Tregear, Edward

Cadsonbury Publications

2001 (1891)

xxiv 675p (1p)

8vo

Plasticised boards  Near Fine

70

With additional notes from W H Sherwood Roberts, Southern historian, a facsimile edition of this important study/comparison of the Polynesian languages, a nice copy

5.000000

21.000000

41.000000

47.000000

50.000000

A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands)

 

Tregear, Edward

Govt Print, The Board of Directors New Zealand Institute

1899

(2p) 121p

8vo

Cloth binding  Discolouration top, bottom back board VG

125

Inscribed by the author, the island group was part of the French possessions in Oceania, whose language was 'nearly identical with the Maori of New Zealand, thousands of miles distant to the westward'

6.000000

20.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

 

Tregear, Edward

Anthropological Publications

1969 (1891)

xxiv 675p

8vo

Blue grey cloth binding, title block spine  Slight bumping fore-corners VG

90

A facsimile edition from the 1891 edition of this important study/comparison of the Polynesian languages

5.000000

23.000000

52.000000

55.000000

60.000000

The Maori -Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

 

Tregear, Edward

Lyon and Blair

1897 2nd issue (1891)

xxiv 675p (1p)

4to

Brown cloth binding, light rubbing extremities  Owner's small stamp FEP Short inscription FEP  Slight foxing on some Introduction pages Slight ink stain top pages 462/3  Good - VG

140

A tidy copy of this ground-breaking compilation of similarities between New Zealand Maori and other Polynesian languages, the second issue, with addenda after page 200, but lacking the Corrigenda slip after p xxiv

5.500000

23.000000

48.000000

52.000000

57.000000

Prehistoric Rock Art of New Zealand

 

Trotter, Michael ; McCulloch, Beverley

Longman Paul

1971

87

4to

Laminated covers, strip fading top FE Owner's details verso FEP  VG

25

A guide to New Zealand rock art, both North and South Island, with illustrations and drawings

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

What do the Maori Want?

New Maori political perspectives

Vasil, Raj

Random Century

1990

174

8vo

P-B VG

30

A detailing of the shift in Maori perspectives and attitudes to such matters as culture, language, the land, the economy which has taken place over the 1970s and 80s

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Maori Warfare

 

Vayda, AP

The Polynesian Society

1960

ix 141p

8vo

D-J (closed tear base spine, small piece missing front, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding  Owner's small stamp covered FEP  VG

40

With maps and illustrations, a description of Maori forms of warfare, and their relation to other forms of Maori culture in the New Zealand environment, pre-European contact

5.000000

18.000000

31.000000

35.000000

37.000000

Colony of Fiji

 

Vunivalu, Ravuama (ed)

Govt Press

1957 Rev, 6th ed (1924)

(4p) 122p (map)

4to

Paper covers, plate laid on  Owner's name stamp prelims, EP VG

35

The revised edition, bringing the developments after WW2 up-to-date, with many illustrations

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou  Struggle Without End

 

Walker, Ranginui

Penguin

1990

334

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, New Zealand history from the original settlers' point of view, the struggle for justice for what was taken, for equality, and for self-determination

5.000000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

30.000000

A Show of Justice  Racial 'amalgamation' in 19th century New Zealand

 

Ward, Alan

Auckland University Press

1995 Reprinted with corrections (1974)

xv 382p

8vo

P-B Fading spine  SignatureHTP VG - Near Fine

30

A discussion of the foundation years of New Zealand, where a colonial government aimed for assimilation of the Maori to save them from 'destruction'

6.500000

28.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

Rua and the Maori Millennium

 

Webster, Peter

Price Milburn, Victoria University Press

1979

(frontis) xii 328p

4to

D-J (slight chip top, bottom spine, in archival plastic)  VG - Near Fine

50

With illustrations, an anthropologist studies in depth Rua Kenana and the community on Maungapohatu, the political and religious fights, and the aftermath

5.000000

21.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

Treaty of Waitangi Settlements

 

Wheen, Nicola R ; Hayward, Janine (eds)

Bridget Williams Books

2012

283

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

A collection of essays from the fields of law, history, Maori studies and politics, providing a comprehensive account of the Treaty settlement process up till 2012

6.000000

23.000000

54.000000

49.000000

54.000000

Revenge

A Love Tale of the Mount Eden Tribe

White, John ; Reed, AW (ed)

Reed

1940

(frontis)  xviii (1p) 289p (1p)

8vo

D-J (pieces missing top, bottom spine, chips, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, slight chips top, bottom spine Strip browning EPs Light foxing FEs Tidy inscription FEP VG

75

A story of the 'everyday life, habits and character of the pre-civilisation Maori', taken from the original manuscript with slight abridgement and corrections, in an edition of 350 copies (#125)

5.000000

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30.000000

37.000000

41.000000

The Too-Hard Basket  Maori and Criminal Justice since 1980

 

Williams, Charlotte

Institute of Policy Studies

2001

xiii 171p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

32

The author was the Henry Lang Fellow at the Institute in 1999 and has compiled this study to discuss the recent history of Maori and criminal justice from the perspective of government policy and management, revealing some of the barriers to change and pr

5.000000

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A Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900  (with Supplement)

 

Williams, Herbert W

Govt Print

1924-28

xvi 198p ; 24p

8vo

P-B  Covers faded Staples rusting  Spine of 'Bibliography' worn top, bottom, 1 inch missing bottom spine paper  Otherwise VG

85

A good copy of the first edition of Williams' important work, with the Supplement from 1928

5.000000

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25.000000

25.000000

A Dictionary of the Maori Language

 

Williams, HW

GP Pubs

1997 Reprint ed

xl 499p (8p)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

Seventh edition, revised, corrected and augmented

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

44.000000

48.000000

A Dictionary of the Maori Language

 

Williams, HW

Govt Print

1975 Reprint edition, revised and enlarged

xxxvii 499p (8p)

4to

D-J Plasticised boards  VG

25

Revised, corrected and augmented up till 1975

5.000000

21.000000

40.000000

47.000000

51.000000

Politics of the New Zealand Maori  Protest and Cooperation 1891-1909

 

Williams, John A

Auckland University Press, Oxford University Press

1977 Reprint edition (1969)

xi 204p

8vo

P-B Rubbing extremities  Light fading spine  Signature TP  VG

22

With illustrations, a study of the Maori Protest movements at the turn of the century

6.500000

23.000000

48.000000

45.000000

48.000000

Politics of the New Zealand Maori  protest and cooperation, 1891-1909

 

Williams, John A

University of Washington Press

1969

xi 204p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Signature FEP, HTP Rubber stamp HTP VG

25

With illustrations, the organisation of Maori after the New Zealand Wars, the Maori Parliament, protest movements and political cooperation

5.000000

14.000000

28.000000

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32.000000

Te Rongoa Maori  Maori Medicine

 

Williams, PME

Reed

2008 Reprint edition (1996)

79

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, an introduction to some native flora used by Maori for a variety of health problems

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40.000000

Fiji and the Fijians ; Missionary Labours among the Cannibals

 

Williams, Thomas ; Calvert, James ; Rowe, George Stringer (ed)

Hodder & Stoughton

1870 3rd extended edition

(frontis) xi (2p) 592p (4p)

8vo

Decorated green cloth binding, gilt titles  Light browning spine  Light foxing EPs  Back hinge starting VG

145

With map and illustrations, a very good copy of the third, extended edition of this description of Fiji and the work of the European missionaries in Fiji

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30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Politics of the New Zealand Maori protest and cooperation 1891-1909

 

Williams. John A

Oxford University Press, University of Auckland

1969

xi 204p

8vo

D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Owner's signature FEP  Rubber stamp HTP VG

20

With map and illustrations, how Maori organised politically after the New Zealand Wars and the rise of the future leaders

5.000000

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28.000000

From the Beginning

The Archaeology of the Maori

Wilson, John (ed)

Penguin, New Zealand Historic Places Trust

1987

175

8vo

P-B Fading spine  VG - Near Fine

40

With maps, drawings and illustrations, the study of Maori archaeologically, from the whence to the where to now

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Mythology and Traditions of the Maori

 

Wohlers, Rev JFH

Kiwi Publishers

1996

16

8vo

P-B Fine

12

The facsimile edition of these studies, taken from the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

Prehistoric Culture in Oceania

A symposium

Yawata, I ; Sinoto, YH (eds)

Bishop Museum Press

1968

(2p) 179p

4to

P-B Signature TP VG

35

With maps, tables and figures, a collection of pieces on the pre-history of the Southern Pacific, including the developments in the pre-historic study of New Zealand's Maori

5.000000

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26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

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