Kurangaituku

Author : Whiti Hereaka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Mythology, Maori
ISBN : 1775506568

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Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka Pdf

"In the void of time, Kurangaituku, the bird-woman, tells the story of her extraordinary Life - the birds who first sang her into being, the arrival of the Song Makers and the change they brought to her world, her life with the young man Hatupatu, and her death. But death does not end a creature of imagination like Kurangaituku. In the underworlds of Rarohenga, she continues to live in the many stories she collects as she pursues what eluded her in life. This is a story of love - but is this love something that creates or destroys? Kurangaituku is a contemporary retelling of the story of Hatupatu from the perspective of the traditional 'monster'- bird-woman Kurangaituku. For centuries, her voice has been absent from the story, and now, Kurangaituku means to claim it"--Unnumbered page 1.

Author : Susan Hawthorne,Cathie Dunsford,Susan Sayer
Publisher : Spinifex Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1875559620

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Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love by Susan Hawthorne,Cathie Dunsford,Susan Sayer Pdf

This anthology reflects the varied tongues, the inventiveness, and the diversity of lesbian culture and writing.

Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780143778622

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Ngā Kupu Wero by Witi Ihimaera Pdf

Ngā Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative non-fiction on the political, cultural and social issues that challenge us today. From colonisation to identity, from creativity to mātauranga Māori, over 60 writers explore the power of the word. Accept the challenge of the wero. Join the kōrero. Ngā Kupu Wero is a companion volume to Te Awa o Kupu, which presents recent poetry and fiction. Together these two passionate and vibrant anthologies reveal that the irrepressible river of words flowing from Māori writers today shows us who and what we are.

Author : Chris Baker,Christopher Ian Baker
Publisher : Huia Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1877266310

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Kokopu Dreams by Chris Baker,Christopher Ian Baker Pdf

"Before the telly died, haggard looking people, politicians mostly, described how an illegally imported rabbit calicivirus had mutated. It wasn't killing rabbits any more, and nor was it affecting cats and dogs, and not the native bat nor the little spotted kiwi. But it had been killing people with a type of haemorrhagic fever that travelled from the Mackenzie Country up and down the land like the wind, from Bluff to Cape Reinga in about three weeks. And that was the good news"--Back cover.

Author : Fiona Farrell
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775531852

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The Hopeful Traveller by Fiona Farrell Pdf

A fascinating novel of hope, love, idealism and human progress, made up of two separate stories, which can be read in isolation and yet reverberate against each other. Sometime in the 1860s, in an isolated valley on Banks Peninsula, Harry Head, "the Hermit of Hickory Bay", experimented unsuccessfully with flight. His story forms part of the exuberant blend of fact and fiction which constitutes this tale. The author takes us back to the beginnings of novel-writing, as philosophical play and serious entertainment. Think Crusoe's island, think Utopia. Twelve characters, driven by obsession, hope or the vagaries of chance, come ashore in widely different circumstances onto the same island. Once there, the game can begin. Written in two halves, this is a book to be read from either end. Begin with the past and race toward the future, or begin with the present and circle back towards the past. Time may separate the two sections yet subtle links and twisting events bring them together into a varied, intriguing and compulsive whole.

Author : Whiti Hereaka
Publisher : Huia Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775503606

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Legacy by Whiti Hereaka Pdf

Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about school and the future, but mostly about his girlfriend, Gemma, who has suddenly stopped seeing or texting him. But on his way to see her, he’s hit by a bus and his life radically changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years earlier in Egypt, in 1915, and finds he’s living through his great-great-grandfather’s experiences in the Māori Contingent. At the same time that Riki tries to make sense of what’s happening and find a way home, we go back in time and read transcripts of interviews Riki’s great-great-grandfather gave in 1975 about his experiences in this war and its impact on their family. Gradually we realise the fates of Riki and his great-great-grandfather are intertwined.

Author : Whiti Hereaka
Publisher : Huia Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781869694593

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The Graphologist's Apprentice by Whiti Hereaka Pdf

When January�s obsession with a married man begins to jeoperdise her emotional stability, she decides to risk it all and respond to a mysterious card with the words Tell me a secret� Not content with her home life or work place, January takes comfort in reading romance novels but is suddenly brought back to reality when she meets the secret keeper, Mae, a graphologist. The Graphologists Apprentice is a story about friendship and love and how both can be found in unexpected places.

Author : George Grey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Folklore
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005000851

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Ko nga mahi a nga tupuna maori ha mea kohikohi mai na by George Grey Pdf

"Second edition of a collection of Māori legends, in English and Māori"--BIM.

Author : Michael Boughn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Death
ISBN : 1550379593

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Into the World of the Dead by Michael Boughn Pdf

A compelling and visually stunning tour of the netherworlds. Into the World of the Dead takes preteens on a tour of the deep and dark places that haunt their dreams. Dramatic retellings of legendary tales and striking photos of artwork and artifacts reveal the forces and events that have challenged humanity to envision this most forbidding of environments. Each short chapter thematically explores underworld concepts in various cultures. Topics covered include: Underworlds Otherworlds Who went Who ruled Getting there Getting back Guardians and monsters. Readers will meet hellish inhabitants, such as Coatlicue, the Aztec goddess with a skirt of serpents and a necklace of skulls. They'll witness ways into the underworld, like the giant serpent's mouth leading to the Mayan realm of Xibalba, and ways out. And they'll learn that the underworld has its own set of laws, often learned at the peril of those who dare make the journey. By taking readers on a voyage of nightmarish proportion, Into the World of the Dead allows them to explore their own fears and imaginings, and ultimately to tame them.

Author : Lynsey Ferrari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : New Zealand fiction
ISBN : UVA:X002037752

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New Women's Fiction 4 by Lynsey Ferrari Pdf

Author : Gloria Pungetti,Gonzalo Oviedo,Della Hooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781139510127

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Sacred Species and Sites by Gloria Pungetti,Gonzalo Oviedo,Della Hooke Pdf

It is being increasingly recognised that cultural and biological diversity are deeply linked and that conservation programmes should take into account the ethical, cultural and spiritual values of nature. With contributions from a range of scholars, practitioners and spiritual leaders from around the world, this book provides new insights into biocultural diversity conservation. It explores sacred landscapes, sites, plants and animals from around the world to demonstrate the links between nature conservation and spiritual beliefs and traditions. Key conceptual topics are connected to case studies, as well as modern and ancient spiritual insights, guiding the reader through the various issues from fundamental theory and beliefs to practical applications. It looks forward to the biocultural agenda, providing guidelines for future research and practice and offering suggestions for improved integration of these values into policy, planning and management.

Author : Roger Neich
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 186940257X

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Carved Histories by Roger Neich Pdf

This comprehensive guide examines the personal histories, roles, and personalities that played into the traditional cultural art of carving. It also traces the influence of European patronage and the ensuing tourist trade upon this art form, as many Maori carvers began styling and catering their product to meet their clients’ aesthetic desires. Included is a discussion of the establishment of the government-sponsored Rotorua School of Maori Art in 1928, which appointed as the main tutor Eramiha Kapua, a Ngati Tarawhai carver, thus helping his own traditional tribal art to make the transition into a modern “national” art.

Author : Annie Potts,Philip Armstrong,Deidre Brown
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781775580041

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A New Zealand Book of Beasts by Annie Potts,Philip Armstrong,Deidre Brown Pdf

Touching on indigenous Maori relationships with the now-extinct, flightless moa; the attitudes of Pakeha, or European, settlers toward sheep; the iconography of whales and dolphins; the problems of pest-control; and the pleasures of pet-keeping, this modern-day bestiary is a fascinating study of human&–animal relations. In the book's four parts, the authors unravel the contradictory ways New Zealanders nurture and eradicate, glorify and demonize, cherish and devour, and describe and imagine animals. The study brings together insights from New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture, historiography, media, and everyday life to describe and analyze their interactions with nga kararehe and nga manu, the beasts and birds of the land. In doing so, it illuminates fundamental aspects of New Zealand society: how New Zealanders understand their own identities and those of others; how they regard, inhabit, and make use of the natural world; and how they think about what they buy, eat, wear, watch, and read. Rich, multifaceted, and engaging, A New Zealand Book of Beasts satisfyingly explores how culture both shapes and is shaped by the &“beasts&” of Aotearoa.

Author : Donald Murray Stafford
Publisher : Oratia Books
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bay of Plenty (N.Z. : Region)
ISBN : 0947506101

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Te Arawa by Donald Murray Stafford Pdf

Published in 1967, "Te Arawa" was the major work by distinguished Rotorua historian, the late Don Stafford. This sumptuous new edition reproduces the complete history of the Arawa people from the arrival of Te Arawa canoe until the late nineteenth century, and includes a new foreword by Professor Paul Tapsell.

Author : Rebecca Kiddle,Moana Jackson,Bianca Elkington,Ocean Ripeka Mercier,Michael Ross,Jennie Smeaton,Amanda Thomas
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781988545752

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Imagining Decolonisation by Rebecca Kiddle,Moana Jackson,Bianca Elkington,Ocean Ripeka Mercier,Michael Ross,Jennie Smeaton,Amanda Thomas Pdf

Decolonisation is a term that alarms some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and often bewildering concept for many New Zealanders. This book seeks to demystify decolonisation using illuminating, real-life examples. By exploring the impact of colonisation on Māori and non-Māori alike, Imagining Decolonisation presents a transformative vision of a country that is fairer for all.