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A sample list of 150 non-fiction books
  • A sample list of 150 non-fiction books

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The Lore of the Whare-Wananga—H.T. Whatahoro (1913)

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, an early 19th Centu...
  • Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, an early 19th Century Māori scholar whose work contributed to many later significant publications.

The State of Māori Rights—Margaret Mutu (2011)

The State of Māori Rights brings together a set...
  • The State of Māori Rights brings together a set of articles written between 1994 and 2009...

Mau Moko: The World of Māori Tattoo—Ngahuia Te Awekotuku et al (2007)

In the traditional Māori...
  • In the traditional Māori world, moko was part of everyday life. This book is the closest there has ever been to a ‘complete’ book on moko.

Te Toi Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving—Sir Hirini Moko Mead (1986)

This book on Māori carvi...
  • This book on Māori carving is written by Sir Hirini Moko Mead, a leading authority on Māori art and culture and a driving force behind the seminal Te Māori exhibitio...

Māori Television: The First Ten Years—Jo Smith (2016)

This book explores the power of the media...
  • This book explores the power of the media in shoring up a sense of self and collective identity.

Pūtea Whakairo: Māori and the Written Word—Bradford Haami (2004)

This book explores the early ...
  • This book explores the early adoption of literacy amongst Māori by following the writing of the Maaka family.

The Coming of the Maori—Peter H. Buck (1949)

This publication by the extraordinary scholar Sir P...
  • This publication by the extraordinary scholar Sir Peter Buck - Te Rangi Hiroa covers Māori history from the discovery of New Zealand.

Sociocultural Realities: Exploring New Horizons - Angus McFarlane et al (2015)

Today’s book cele...
  • Today’s book celebrates an important educational volume that eloquently calls the reader to lift their eyes off the page and towards new horizons – to reimagine the...

Hīkoi: Forty Years of Māori Protest—Aroha Harris (2004)

This book provides an overview of the ...
  • This book provides an overview of the contemporary Māori protest ‘movement’: what have Māori been protesting about and what has been achieved?

Māori Sovereignty—Donna Awatere (1984)

In 'Maori Sovereignty', Donna Awatere develops a powerfu...
  • In 'Maori Sovereignty', Donna Awatere develops a powerful argument about the costs to Māori of cultural imperialism and the importance of Indigenous peoples recovering...

Ngā Mōteatea: He Maramara Rere nō ngā Waka Maha—Apirana Turupa Ngata (1928–1988)

From the ...
  • From the 1920s, Sir Āpirana Ngata began collecting and annotating these traditional songs.

Ko Tahu, Ko Au: Kāi Tahu Tribal Identity—Hana O’Regan (2001)

This research investigates the d...
  • This research investigates the development of pan-Māori identity and how it has manifested itself within New Zealand society, focusing specifically on how Kāi Tahu id...

Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End—Ranginui Walker (1990)

Since the mid-nineteenth cent...
  • Since the mid-nineteenth century, Māori have been involved in an endless struggle for justice, equality and self-determination...

A Korao [kōrero] no New Zealand; or the New Zealander’s first book; being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives – Thomas Kendall (1815)
  • The first book about the Māori language was ‘written’ by Anglican missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815...

A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngāti Porou Carving, 1830–1930—Ngarino Ellis (2016)
  • Focusing on 30 meeting houses, Ngarino Ellis tells the story of Ngāti Porou carving and a profound transformation in Māori art.

Culture Counts: Changing Power Relations in Education—Russell Bishop and Ted Glynn (1999)
  • This book analyses why so many Māori children start out well, but still fail at school.

Colonising Myths – Māori Realities: He Rukuruku Whakaaro—Ani Mikaere (2011)

This book brings ...
  • This book brings together a series of papers by Ani Mikaere that reflect on the effect of Pākehā law, legal processes and teaching on Māori legal thought and practic...

Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds – Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins (2017)

The life and experien...
  • The life and experiences of Tuai, one of the most prominent pre-Treaty Māori travellers, has provided rich material for this successful shortlisted book for the Ockham...

The Art of Māori Weaving: The Eternal Thread – Miriama Evans and Ranui Ngarimu (2005).

Featurin...
  • Featuring some of New Zealand’s foremost Māori expert weavers, 'The Eternal Thread: The Art of Māori Weaving' celebrates innovation and development of weaving and p...

Whaikorero: The World of Māori Oratory – Poia Rewi (2010)

Anyone who has been welcomed on to a ...
  • Anyone who has been welcomed on to a marae in New Zealand will understand that whaikōrero – oratory – is at the heart of Māori culture and this significant work i...

Tikanga Whakaaro: Key Concepts in Māori Culture – Cleve Barlow (1991)

Cleve Barlow’s 'Tikanga...
  • Cleve Barlow’s 'Tikanga Whakaaro' is an early bilingual publication in Te Reo Māori and English that provides explanatory notes of seventy Māori concepts which Barl...

The Pūriri Trees are Laughing: A Political History of Ngā Puhi in the Inland Bay of Islands - Jeffery Sissons, Wiremu Wi Hongi and Pat Hohepa, (1987)
  • This highly regarded work brings together Ngāpuhi oral traditions and early European accounts of the inland Bay of Islands region...

Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism – Maria Bargh (Ed.) (2007)

In this book Dr M...
  • In this book Dr Maria Bargh brings together a unique collection of papers from Māori academics, activists and leaders highlighting the connection between globally domi...

Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Māori Portraits – N. Mason and Z. Stanhope (2016)
  • For Māori, the faces that look out from Lindauer’s portraits are tribal leaders and family members. They are tohunga and politicians. They are ancestors and friends...

Te Takoto o te Whenua o Hauraki: Hauraki Landmarks – Taimoana Turoa (2000)

This book is a major ...
  • This book is a major publication that represents many years of scholarly and field research by the late Taimoana Turoa (Whanganui and Ngāti Tamaterā)...

Let’s Learn Māori: A Guide to the Study of the Māori Language. Bruce Biggs (1969)

No one could...
  • No one could have predicted the formidable achievements of Professor Bruce Biggs (Ngāti Maniapoto) when in 1951 he was plucked from a school teaching post in Ruatoria ...

The Welcome of Strangers: An Ethnohistory of Southern Māori 1650-1850 – Athol Anderson (1998)
  • Two hundred years ago Māori in the south of New Zealand had a lifestyle quite distinct from that of their northern cousins, and different experiences of contact with E...

Diversity in Community: Indigenous Scholars Writing 2016

This book, edited by Mere Kēpa and Chery...
  • This book, edited by Mere Kēpa and Cheryl Stephens, celebrates and reflects on what it takes to build a dynamic community of Māori scholars.

Renata’s Journery: Helen Hogan and Renata Kawepo Tama Ki Hikurangi (1994)

This book is one of th...
  • This book is one of the earliest surviving pieces of Māori writing of significant length...

International Indigenous Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand – Andrew Erueti (Ed.) 2017

This collecti...
  • This collection of essays places the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of New Zealand rights around such issues as Treaty settlements, m...

Future Challenges for Māori: He Kōrero Anamata, Selwyn Katene and Malcolm Mulholland (Eds) (2013)
  • This collection of edited seminar presentations from leading academics and professionals – from law, medicine, business and the social sciences –challenges our thin...

A Fire in Your Belly: Māori Leaders Speak, Paul Diamond (2003)

What makes a Māori leader? Are th...
  • What makes a Māori leader? Are there common patterns? This book focusses on six outstanding people who have united, mobilised and led large and diverse groups of Māor...

Tuwharetoa: A history of the Māori People of the Taupo District by John Te Herekiekie Grace (1959)
  • This book, first published in 1959, is recognised and remains a tribal classic for Ngāti Tuwharetoa.

Ngā Kōrero o Mohi Ruatapu, Tohunga Rongonui o Ngāti Porou: The Writings of Mohi Ruatapu by Anaru Reedy (1992)
  • Mohi Ruatapu's writings are regarded as the most important single body of writing on Māori myth produced by any 19th-century Māori writer.

Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, Research and Practice by Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan, (2016)
  • This book examines decolonisation and Māori education in Aotearoa New Zealand in ways that seek to challenge, unsettle and provoke for change.

Te Whiti o Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka, Danny Keenan, (2015)

"People need to know what...
  • "People need to know what happened at Parihaka"...

Tupuna Awa: People and Politics of the Waikato River, Marama Muru-Lanning (2016)

Do Māori own the...
  • Do Māori own the water? If they don’t, who does? Can, in fact, water be owned? And if not, how do different groups describe their relationship with water and how doe...

Te Maihaora and the Promised Land by Buddy Mikaere (1988)

Te Maiharoa and the Promised Land explor...
  • Te Maiharoa and the Promised Land explores the impact that the loss of land had on the people of Te Waipounamu through retelling the story of the prophet Hipa Te Maihar...

Taiāwhio: Conversations with Contemporary Māori Artists by Huhana Smith (Ed) (2002)

This book is...
  • This book is a collection of essays on contemporary Māori artists working in a range of media, from customary art, weaving and carving to painting and sculpture, film,...

Tohunga Whakairo: Paki Harrision by Ranginui Walker (2008)

This book is the story of master carver...
  • This book is the story of master carver Pakāriki Harrison whose work comprises 10 carved meeting houses and numerous individual commissions...

Wayfinding Leadership: Ground-breaking Wisdom for Development Leaders, Chellie Spiller, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr and John Panoho (2015)
  • In Wayfinding Leadership, authors Spiller, Barclay-Kerr and Panoho look to traditional waka navigators or wayfinders to provide inspiration for leaders to go beyond the...

Mana Wahine Māori: Selected Writings on Māori Women’s Art, Culture and Politics – Ngahuia Te Awe Kotuku (1991)
  • Mana Wahine is an anthology of Ngahuia Te Awekotuku’s writing covering Māori women’s contributions to feminism, art and politics.

Life of Maria, the Converted Half-Caste – Maria Morete (1887)

Life of Maria by Maraea Morete con...
  • Life of Maria by Maraea Morete constitutes one of the earliest autobiographies written by a Māori woman.

King Pōtatau: An Account of the Life of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, The first Māori King – Pei Te Hurinui Jones (1959)
  • Written by a prolific scholar, Pei Te Hurinui Jones, this book details the background to the Kingitanga and also tells the story of the first king, Pōtatau Te Wherowhe...

Māori Women and the Vote – Tania Rei (1993)

Published to mark the centenary of New Zealand wome...
  • Published to mark the centenary of New Zealand women gaining the right to vote, this book details Māori women’s participation in the suffrage campaign, set against a...

Whenua: Managing our Resources – Merata Kawharu

  • In this 2002 publication, Dr Merata Kawharu (Ngāti Whatua, Ngāpuhi) has brought together an edited volume of 19 essays providing multiple points of entry to the subje...

Matariki: The Star of the Year – Rangi Mātāmua (2017).

Based on research and interviews with M...
  • Based on research and interviews with Māori experts, Dr Rangi Mātāmua (Tūhoe) explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrat...

A Carved Cloak for Tahu – Mere Whaanga (2004)

A Carved Cloak for Tahu gives a comprehensive hist...
  • A Carved Cloak for Tahu gives a comprehensive history concerning the descendants of Ngāti Rongomaiwahine and Ngāti Kahungunu, particularly focusing on Ngai Tahu Mataw...

Māori Origins and Migrations: The Genesis of Some Pakeha Myths and Legends – Keith Sorrenson (1974).
  • This is a brief and fascinating study of European theories about where Māori people came from...

Vikings of the Sunrise—Peter H Buck (1938)

This important publication was the first Māori Weste...
  • This important publication was the first Māori Western scholarly account of the discovery and settlement of Polynesia in ancient times by seafarers so expert in naviga...

Whaiora, Māori Health Development – Mason Durie (1994)

Today’s book by Sir Mason Durie, marks...
  • Today’s book by Sir Mason Durie, marks the 50th publication to be highlighted...

Tikanga Māori: Living by Māori Values – Hirini Moko Mead (2003)

Professor Hirini Moko Mead’s...
  • Professor Hirini Moko Mead’s Tikanga Māori is an authoritative and accessible introduction to tikanga Māori past and present.

Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship – Monty Soutar (2008)

Ngā Tama Toa was launched on Octob...
  • Ngā Tama Toa was launched on October 2008 at Te Poho o Rawiri Marae, Gisborne, almost 62 years after Sir Āpirana Ngata wrote about his plans for a C Company history...

Culture Counts: Changing Power Relations in Education - Russel Bishop and Ted Glynn (1999)

More th...
  • More than 30 years ago when Russell Bishop (Tainui, Ngāti Pukeko) first started teaching at Mana College in Porirua, he was struck by a single question: Why did so man...

Māori Land Tenure: Studies of a Changing Institution – Hugh Kawharu (1977)

Māori Land Tenure w...
  • Māori Land Tenure was a significant contribution to a field of study that was and remains complex...

Fire that Kindles Hearts: Ten Maori Scholars – Selwyn Katene (Ed.) (2015)

In Fire that Kindles H...
  • In Fire that Kindles Hearts, eminent Māori scholars talk about what shaped them — and discuss issues they face today.

Home: Here to Stay – Mere Kēpa, Marilyn McPherson and Linita Manu’atu. (Eds). (2015)

This is ...
  • This is a collection of 12 academic essays that consider understandings of home and the impact of dominant societies on indigenous societies and their homes.

What’s Māori about Māori Education? The Struggle for a Meaningful Context – Wally Penetito (2010)
  • 'What’s Māori about Māori Education' is a story about what it feels like to be Māori in an education system where, for more than a century, equality, social justic...

Nga Pikituroa o Ngai Tahu: The Oral Traditions of Ngai Tahu – Te Maire Tau (2003)

The Ngai Tahu ...
  • The Ngai Tahu story is one of migration from the North Island of New Zealand to the north of the South Island, and the occupation of lands further south...

Māori Art: History, Architecture, Landscape and Theory – Rangihiroa Panoho (2015)

This book aim...
  • This book aims to enrich the experience of those viewing Māori art through an innovative discussion on what is at the heart of the connection between orthodox taonga a...

Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People; Nga Koorero Tuku Iho a nga Tuupuna—Pei Te Hurinui Jones and Bruce Biggs (1995)
  • Tainui is currently celebrating the 160th anniversary of the Kingitanga and today we feature Ngā Iwi o Tainui a classic tribal historical work by respected Tainui lead...

Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge—Brendan Hokowhitu et al. (Eds) (2010)
  • 'Indigenous Identity and Resistance' brings together the work of Indigenous Studies scholars in Canada, New Zealand and the Pacific in research conversations through a ...

Te Puna: Māori Art from Te Tai Tokerau/Northland—Deidre Brown and Ngarino Ellis (Eds) (2007)
  • Te Puna documents customary and contemporary Maori art practice in the Te Tai Tokerau - Northland region.

Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Māori-Language Newspapers—Jennifer Curnow, Ngapare K. Hopa and Jane McRae (Eds) (2002)
  • This collection was the first dedicated to the rich history of Māori-language newspapers, stretching back to the early 1840s...

Landmarks, Bridges and Visions: Aspects of Māori Culture—Sidney Moko Mead (1997)

This is a coll...
  • This is a collection of words, ideas, opinions, theories, reactions and prescriptions for the future, written over a period of three decades by the first Professor of M...

The Old-Time Māori, by Makereti, Sometimes Chieftainess of the Arawa Tribe, Known in New Zealand as Maggie Papakura (1938)
  • This is the first comprehensive ethnographic account of Māori life by a Māori scholar.

A Civilising Mission? Perceptions and Representations of the New Zealand Native Schools System—Judith Simon and Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Eds) (2001)

Huia Histories of Māori: Ngā Tāhuhu Kōrero—Danny Keenan (Ed.) (2012)

This comprehensive hist...
  • This comprehensive history of Aotearoa, written entirely from Māori viewpoints using Māori customary structures takes a fresh look at what Māori history is and how i...

He Pātaka Kupu: Te Kai a te Rangatira - Māori Language Commission (2008)

Widely regarded as taon...
  • Widely regarded as taonga—a landmark Māori-only language resource, compiled out of seven years of research by the Māori Language Commission...

He Kōrero: Words Between Us; First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper—Alison Jones and Kuni Jenkins (2011)
  • Today we acknowledge authors Professor Kuni Jenkins (Ngāti Porou) and Professor Alison Jones’ successful award at the Ockhams this week for their evocative story of ...

Kia Tangi te Tītī: Permission to Speak—Paul Whitinui (Ed.) (2011)

This book explores what cons...
  • This book explores what constitutes successful schooling for Māori students in the twenty-first century...

Te Puoho’s Last Raid: The March from Golden Bay to Southland in 1836 and Defeat at Tuturau—Atholl Anderson (1986)
  • This is an important Ngāi Tahu tribal history and early work from Atholl Anderson documenting Te Rauparaha and Te Puoho’s journey south to capture Kaiapoi in North C...

Living by the Moon: Te Maramataka a Te Whānau-ā-Apanui—Wiremu Tāwhai (2013)

Maramataka repres...
  • Maramataka represents a complex system of understandings, written by the late Wiremu ‘Bill’ Tāwhai, a well-respected kaumātua of Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Whakatōhea ...

Legends of the Māori—Maui Pomare and James Cowan (1930)

This two-volume work by Sir Maui Pomare...
  • This two-volume work by Sir Maui Pomare and James Cowan includes; Vol 1: Mythology, Traditional History, Folk-Lore and Poetry; and Vol 2: Māori-Polynesian Historical T...

Māori and Parliament: Diverse Strategies and Compromises—Maria Bargh (Ed.) (2010)

This book exp...
  • This book explores the strategies and tactics used by Māori politicians, and their supporters and opposition to alter Parliament and the ways these have been adapted t...

Māori Made Easy: For Everyday Learners of the Māori Language—Scotty Morrison (2015)

In the wak...
  • In the wake of the passing of distinguished Māori language scholar Professor John Moorfield we reflect on the next generation of those who are making considerable cont...

The Woven Universe: Selected Writings of Rev. Maori Marsden—Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal (Ed.) (2003)
  • The Woven Universe brings together for the first time, Maori Marsden’s substantial statements on Māori philosophy, theology and the Māori worldview...

Sexuality and the Stories of Indigenous People—Jessica Hutchings and Clive Aspin (Eds) (2007)
  • The stories in this book testify to the great diversity of Māori and Indigenous sexuality today and the diverse range of chapters confronts the everyday political issu...

Ngā Kāhui Pou, Launching Māori Futures—Mason Durie (2003)

Sir Mason Durie’s Ngā Kāhui Pou...
  • Sir Mason Durie’s Ngā Kāhui Pou is the focus of Takarangi today...

The Tribes of Muriwhenua: Their Origins and Stories—Dorothy Urlich Cloher and Merimeri Penfold (2002)
  • Writing with respect for the value of oral testimony and a sensitivity towards the sometimes-competing stories which have emerged out of the disruptions of colonisation...

Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti: Capital of Whakatōhea—Ranginui Walker (2007)

Professor Ranginui Walker (...
  • Professor Ranginui Walker (Whakatōhea, 1932-2016) writes with scholarly insight about the history of his own iwi, Whakatōhea of Ōpōtiki...

Ngaa Mahi Whakaari a Titokowaru—Ruka Alan Broughton (1993)

This work by Ruka Broughton, written ...
  • This work by Ruka Broughton, written entirely in te reo Māori, extensively utilises a wide range of Māori oral literature and is complemented by commentary and oral t...

Horouta: The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast—Rongowhakaata Halbert (1999)
  • Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from Polynesia to the lands that stretch from East Cape to n...

Te Whānau Moana: Ngā Kaupapa me ngā Tikanga; The Customs and Protocols—McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu (2003)
  • Te Whānau Moana is the teachings of McCully Matiu (1925-2001; Te Whanau Moana, Ngāti Kahu) as told to Margaret Mutu detailing the customs and protocols of Ngāti Kahu...

The Politics of Indigeneity: Challenging the State in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand—Roger Maaka and Augie Fleras (2005)
  • This book casts light on the constitutional politics that are redefining relations between Indigenous peoples and the state in both Canada and New Zealand...

Panguru and the City: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua; An Urban Migration History—Melissa Matutina Williams (2015)
  • Melissa Matutina Williams (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Maru) has written from the heart of two communities Pangaru and Auckland City...

Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change—Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica M. H. Tawhai (Eds) (2010)
  • Veronica Tawhai (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepōhatu) and Malcolm Mulholland (Ngāti Kahungungu) have co-edited this publication, bringing together Māori opinion on a range...

Ethnographies in Pan Pacific Research: Tensions and Positioning—Robert E. Rinehart, elke emerald and Rangi Matamua (Eds) (2015)
  • Ethnographies in Pan Pacific Research is an exploration of ethnographic approaches, intents and practices in and across the broader Pacific region.

He Tipua: The Life and Times of Sir Āpirana Ngata—Ranginui Walker (2001)

He Tipua is Ranginui W...
  • He Tipua is Ranginui Walker’s biography of Māori leader Sir Āpirana Ngata...

The Fourth Eye: Māori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand—Brendan Hokowhitu and Vijay Devadas (Eds) (2013)
  • The Fourth Eye brings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars to provide a critical and comprehensive account of the intricate and complex relationship between ...

Māori and Social Issues—Tracey McIntosh and Malcolm Mulholland (Eds) (2011)

Māori and Social I...
  • Māori and Social Issues is a collection of essays by experts in various fields of social sciences which collectively act as a snapshot of where Māori currently sit in...

Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania—Alice Te Punga Somerville (2012)

'Once Were Pac...
  • 'Once Were Pacific' considers how Māori and other Pacific people frame their connection to the ocean, to New Zealand and to each other through various creative works.

Te Mura o te Ahi: The Story of the Māori Battalion—Wira Gardiner (1992)

Te Mura o te Ahi brings...
  • Te Mura o te Ahi brings to life the valiant endeavours of a generation of Māori soldiers fighting against fascism far from their home communities.

Te Mana, Te Kāwanatanga: The Politics of Māori Self-Determination—Mason Durie (1998)

Mason Dur...
  • Mason Durie offers a detailed account of contemporary Maori development and Maori aspirations for greater autonomy.

Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand—Angela Wanhalla (2013)
  • Matters of the Heart explores a surprisingly unspoken part of New Zealand’s history, the intimate relations between Māori and Pākehā, how they lived together and o...

English-Māori Dictionary—H. M. Ngata (1993)

The H. M. Ngata English-Māori Dictionary is the cu...
  • The H. M. Ngata English-Māori Dictionary is the culmination of years of dedicated research, it explains and exemplifies usage as well as meaning, fulfilling H. M...

Ngāti Ruanui: A History—Tony Sole (2005)

The central theme of 'Ngāti Ruanui: A History' is the...
  • The central theme of 'Ngāti Ruanui: A History' is the unwavering determination of the Ngāti Ruanui tribe to hold onto their land and their autonomy

Ngāi Tahu: A Migration History; The Carrington Text—Atholl Anderson and Te Maire Tau (Eds) (2008)
  • This is a unique text that explains how Ngāi Tahu settled, fought and intermarried, establishing their right to the land in the South Island.

Beneath the Māori Moon. An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby—Malcolm Mulholland (2009)
  • In this book Malcolm Mulholland details the history of the New Zealand Māori rugby team, covering major matches of each decade, the developments in the game and promin...

Ngā Pepeha a ngā Tupuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors—Sidney M. Mead (2001)

Hirini Moko Mead b...
  • Hirini Moko Mead brings together this unique collection of more than 2,500 pēpeha, ‘sayings of the ancestors’, gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand, ove...

Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda—John Taylor and Tahu Kukutai (Eds) (2016)

Today is...
  • Today is Te Takarangi’s 100th entry and we celebrate this milestone by acknowledging the ground-breaking work of Associate Professor Tahu Kukutai (Waikato, Ngāti Man...

Beyond Biculturalism: The Politics of an Indigenous Minority—Dominic O’Sullivan (2007)

'Beyond...
  • 'Beyond Biculturalism' is a critical analysis of contemporary Māori public policy...

Maranga Mai! Te Reo and Marae in Crisis?—Merata Kawharu (Ed.) (2014)

Focusing on Tai Tokerau as ...
  • Focusing on Tai Tokerau as a case study, 'Maranga Mai!' asks what the future is for Māori culture.

Māori and the Environment: Kaitiaki—Rachael Selby, Pataka J. G. Moore and Malcolm Mulholland (Eds) (2010)
  • Māori and the environment is comprised of 19 essays by Māori scholars and environmental practitioners, all exploring the impact of changes in the environment on Māor...

Ko Tautoro, Te Pito o Tōku Ao: A Ngāpuhi Narrative - Hone Sadler (2014)

This is Ngāpuhi elder H...
  • This is Ngāpuhi elder Hōne Sadler’s powerful account of the origins, history and culture of the Ngāpuhi people.

Māori Property Rights and the Foreshore and Seabed: The Last Frontier—Claire Charters and Andrew Erueti (Eds) (2007)
  • This collection of essays addresses many of the salient issues raised by the Court of Appeal decision of Ngāti Apa...

Kāti Au i Kōnei: He Kohikohinga i ngā Waiata a Ngāti Toarangatira, a Ngāti Raukawa - Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal (1994)
  • 'Kāti Au i Kōnei' was important for picking up the traces of Sir Āpirana Ngata’s earlier work in its concentration on tribal waiata from from Ngāti Toarangatira a...

A Hidden Economy: Māori in the Privatised Military Industry - Maria Bargh (2015)

This book explor...
  • This book explores the ways that Māori in the privatised military industry contribute in monetary and non-monetary ways to the Māori economy.

Ara Mai he Tētēkura: Visioning our Futures; New and Emerging Pathways of Māori Academic Leadership—Paul Whitinui, Marewa Glover and Dan Hikuroa (Eds) (2013)
  • 'Ara Mai he Tētēkura' presents the experiences of new and emerging Māori academics as a guide for others aspiring to follow.

Critical conversations in kaupapa Māori – Te Kawehau Hoskins (2017)

This book provides a timely...
  • This book provides a timely opportunity to examine Kaupapa Māori in order to invigorate engagement and extend its productive possibilities.

Mana Tangata: Politics of Empowerment—Huia Tomlins-Jahnke and Malcolm Mulholland (Eds) (2011)
  • This collection of essays by Māori experts examines issues involving the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori culture, Māori health and the environment.

The Autobiography of a Maori - Reweti T. Kohere (1951)

Reweti Kohere’s 1951 book is regarded as ...
  • Reweti Kohere’s 1951 book is regarded as the first published autobiography in English by a Māori author.

Pukaki: A Comet Returns - Paul Tapsell (2000)

Professor Paul Tapsell, explores the legacy of Pūka...
  • Professor Paul Tapsell, explores the legacy of Pūkaki, the ancestral father of Ngāti Whakaue, a hapū of Te Arawa of Rotorua and relates the history of the carving of...

Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Claire Charters and Rodolfo Stavenhagen (Eds) (2009)
  • The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2007...

The Journeys of Besieged Languages - Delyn Day, Poia Rewi and Rawinia Higgins (Eds), 2016

This boo...
  • This book takes the reader on a journey around the world to hear the voices from languages that find themselves pushed to the peripheries and margins.

Te Kawenata Hou: The New Testament (1837)

The New Testament was prepared and issued by the Paihia ...
  • The New Testament was prepared and issued by the Paihia Press in 1837...

He Reo Wāhine: Māori Women’s Voices from the Nineteenth Century - Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla (2017)

  • 'He Reo Wāhine' details Māori women’s experiences and views of colonialism in their own words and is the first monograph to focus solely on Māori women’s writing...

Apirana Turupa Ngata: Āna Tuhinga i te Reo Māori – Wiremu Kaa and Te Ohorere Kaa (1996)
  • Edited by Wiremu and Te Ohorere Kaa, this is the writings of Sir Apirana Ngata - Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician and scholar written in te reo Māori.

Te Mātāpunenga: A Compendium of References to the Concepts and Institutions of Māori Customary Law - Richard Benton, Alex Frame and Paul Meredith (Eds) (2013)
  • Te Mātāpunenga gives in-depth insight into Māori customary law exploring terms and concepts as they are recorded in traditional accounts and historical records, alon...

Maori-English Tutor and Vade Mecum — Henry M. Stowell (1911)

The first Māori grammar book writt...
  • The first Māori grammar book written by a Māori author, Henry Matthew Stowell of Ngāpuhi, who sometimes published under the name Hare Hongi.

State of the Māori Nation: Twenty-first-century issues in Aotearoa – Malcolm Mullholland (Ed) (2006)
  • State of the Māori Nation reflects the momentum and determination for change in the first decade of twentieth century Aotearoa.

Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies—Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt and Tracey Lindberg (2010)
  • 'Discovering Indigenous Lands' provides a fresh and unique insight into the application and interpretation of the doctrine of discovery from an indigenous legal perspec...

‘Always Speaking’: The Treaty of Waitangi and Public Policy—Veronica M. H. Tawhai and Katarina Gray-Sharp (Eds) (2011)
  • This collection examines the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in core public policy areas

Mana Tuturu: Māori Treasures and Intellectual Property – Barry Barclay (2005)

'Mana Tuturu' is ...
  • 'Mana Tuturu' is a meditation on the complex and difficult problems that arise when the treasures of indigenous peoples, especially Māori, enter the commercial world.

Hongi Hika: Warrior Chief – Dorothy Urlich (2003)

This striking book written by a kinswoman of H...
  • This striking book written by a kinswoman of Hongi Hika’s is an important biography of one of the great figures in New Zealand history.

Mataatua Wharenui: Te Whare i Hoki Mai – Hirini Moko Mead, T Phillips, Layne Harvey and Pouroto Ngaropo (2017)
  • Today we acknowledge the 125th book to be celebrated as part of Te Takarangi’s extraordinary journey to highlight 150 Māori non-fiction books...

Ngāti Kahu: Portrait of a sovereign nation: History, traditions and Tiriti o Waitangi Claims: Kia Hakapūmau tonu te Mana o ngā Hapū o Ngāti Kahu: Ngāti Kahu Deed of Partial Settlement – Margaret Mutu et.al. (2017)
  • This extraordinary book, 'Ngāti Kahu', provides a unique insight into a long and difficult Treaty of Waitangi claims process that began in 1984 with McCully Matiu lodg...

In/visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand – Angela Wanhalla (2009)
  • Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Tahu) has written this important history on the mixed-descent families of southern New Zealand, particularly those of the Taieri district from wh...

The story of a Maori Chief: Mokena Kohere and his forebears – Rewiti Kohere (1949)

Reweti Kohere...
  • Reweti Kohere published the first biography written by a Māori in 1949, The Story of a Maori Chief is a biography of his grandfather, Mokena Kohere.

Terror in our midst? Searching for terror in Aotearoa New Zealand – Danny Keenan (2008)

This boo...
  • This book contains critical essays by Māori and Pākehā from a range of backgrounds that confront and explore the terror of the raids carried out across New Zealand o...

Mohi Turei: Āna Tuhinga i Roto i te Reo Māori—Wiremu Kaa and Te Ohorere Kaa (Eds) (1996)
  • This is a collection of the writings of Mohi Turei (circa 1830-1914), Ngāti Porou leader, scholar and Anglican minister, celebrated as a composer of haka, as an orator...

New Myths and Old Politics: The Waitangi Tribunal and the Challenge of Tradition—Tipene O’Regan (2014)
  • This book by Sir Tipene O’Regan begins the countdown of the final 20 of our 150 Te Takarangi publications...

Tukua: He Tikanga Māori — Tom Roa (1987)

This publication written by Ngāti Maniapoto leader an...
  • This publication written by Ngāti Maniapoto leader and scholar Associate Professor Tom Roa, looks into the social life, customs, study and teaching of Māori...

Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho—Chris Winitana (2011)

Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho traces the journey between...
  • Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho traces the journey between 1972 and 2008 to revitalise the Māori language.

He Papakupu Reo Ture: A Dictionary of Māori Legal Terms—Māmari Stephens and Mary Boyce (Eds) (2013)
  • This dictionary captures something of the unique intersection between Māori and Pākehā legal thinking and expression...

Tāone Tupu Ora: Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Urban Design — Keriata Stuart and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett (Eds) (2010)
  • This book considers how traditional Māori built environments can inform contemporary urban development, how Māori values could inspire our visions for the twenty-firs...

Makereti: Taking Māori to the World—Paul Diamond (2007)

Today’s book is a poignant biography ...
  • Today’s book is a poignant biography of one of New Zealand’s first international media celebrities, Makereti (1873–1930).

Tāngata Ngāi Tahu – Helen Brown and Takerei Norton (2017)

This extraordinary volume is compose...
  • This extraordinary volume is composed of 50 profiles of people who have made significant contributions to Ngāi Tahu, from a local level through to those with a nationa...

The Price of Citizenship: Ngarimu V.C.— Apirana Turupa Ngata (1943)

Sir Apirana Ngata’s 1943 c...
  • Sir Apirana Ngata’s 1943 celebrated work 'The Price of Citizenship' was a memorial to Lieutenant Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu...

Māori Architecture: From Fale to Wharenui and Beyond—Deidre Brown (2009)

'Māori Architecture' ...

He Hokinga Mahara—Hemi Potatau (1991)

Today's book by Hemi Potatau of Ngāti Rakaipaka, a sub-tr...
  • Today's book by Hemi Potatau of Ngāti Rakaipaka, a sub-tribe of Ngāti Kahungunu of Hawke’s Bay, was the first autobiography to be published in te reo Māori.

New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Māori Law—Carwyn Jones (2016)

'New Treat...
  • 'New Treaty, New Tradition' is thoroughly grounded in Māori language and storytelling traditions revealing a powerful new way of using indigenous knowledge to critique...

A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand -Thomas Kendall and Samuel Lee (1820)
  • This 1820 publication worked on at Cambridge University with Ngāpuhi rangatira Hongi Hika, Thomas Kendall, Samuel Lee and others is a significant Te Takarangi book wor...

Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand – Z Rocha and Melinda Webber (2017)
  • This edited collection looks at mixed race and mixed ethnic identity in New Zealand: a unique context, as multiple ethnic identities have been officially recognised for...

Mauri Ora, The Dynamics of Māori Health—Mason Durie (2001)

This seminal work by Professor Sir M...
  • This seminal work by Professor Sir Mason Durie provides insight into the forces that affect health and give shape to Māori lives outlining the relevance of culture, id...

Precarity: Uncertain, insecure and unequal lives in Aotearoa New Zealand – S Groot, C van Ommen, B Masters-Awatere and N Tassell-Matamua (2017)
  • This important book explores the concept of precariat as a structural feature of globalisation linked to situations and experiences of uncertainty, dependency, powerles...

Ngā Pepa a Ranginui, The Walker Papers—Ranginui Walker (1996)

Today we celebrate the start of T...
  • Today we celebrate the start of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori as we countdown to the 150th book to be released this Friday as part of Te Takarangi...

Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History—Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris (2014)
  • 'Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History' charts the sweep of Māori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century...

Na To Hoa Aroha; From Your Dear Friend: The Correspondence between Sir Apirana Ngata and Sir Peter B
  • Historian Professor Keith Sorrenson (Ngāti Pukenga) collected in three volumes the complete correspondence between two distinguished twentieth-century Māori scholars ...

The Value of the Māori Language: Te Hua o te Reo Māori—Rawinia Higgins, Poia Rewi and Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Eds) (2015)

  • Today’s 149th book to be celebrated as part of Te Takarangi, is a collection of essays that explores the value of the Māori language...

Decolonizing Methodologies—Linda Tuhiwai Smith (1999)

Today we celebrate the final 150th Te Taka...
  • Today we celebrate the final 150th Te Takarangi book with Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s landmark publication Decolonizing Methodologies...

Celebrating a collection of 150 Māori non-fiction books and authors

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