He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te reo Māori te tatau ki te ao - Tīmoti Kāretu and Wharehuia Milroy (2018)
An invaluable collection of kōrero in te reo Māori between two pioneering scholars and teachers of te reo and tikanga Māori as they discuss core cultural concepts (including mana, tapu, wairua, whakapapa), language, Māori humour and contemporary cultural issues.
Publication details
Kāretu, T. and M. Wharehuia. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2018.
About the book
Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Dr Wharehuia Milroy are widely recognised as two of New Zealand’s leading teachers and scholars of Māori language and culture. They both taught at The University of Waikato from the 1970s and pursued an innovative approach by teaching language courses in te reo Māori, with tikanga courses taught in Māori and English. Te Wharehuia and Tīmoti were pioneers in this area, forging a model for teaching Māori which is now followed by many other tertiary institutions.
This is a book of chapters on key aspects of Māori language and culture authored by two of this country’s pre-eminent kaumātua. The authors discuss key cultural concepts (including mana, tapu, wairua, whakapapa, ritual, farewell speeches and Māori humour) as well as language and cultural issues of the modern world. The language used is an exemplar for learners and speakers of te reo Māori. With assistance from a team at Te Ipukarea, the National Māori Language Institute, who transcribed and edited structured conversations between these two kaumātua, this book preserves the voices and ideas of these two renowned scholars for present and future generations.
Further information
This book is part of the series marking the publication of Books of Mana (Otago University Press, 2025). It builds on Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications adding 30 titles to a selected list of 150 non-fiction books, led by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga in collaboration with Royal Society Te Apārangi.