Hei Taonga Mā Ngā Uri Whakatipu:Treasures for the Rising Generation - W. Ngata, et al. (2021)
The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923
From 1919 to 1923, at the initiative of Apirana Ngata, a team from the Dominion Museum travelled to tribal areas across the North Island to record tikanga Māori. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of these expeditions, their cutting-edge research technologies, and the determination of early twentieth-century Māori leaders and communities to pass on ancestral tikanga.
Publication details
Wayne Ngata, Arapata Hakiwai, Anne Salmond, Conal McCarthy, Amiria Salmond, Monty Soutar, James Schus-ter, Billie Lythberg, John Niko Maihi, Sandra Kahu Nepia, Te Wheturere Poope Gray, Te Aroha McDonnell and Natalie Robertson.
Hei Taonga Mā Ngā Uri Whakatipu / Treasures for the Rising Generation: The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923 (Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2021).
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This book is part of a series marking the publication of Books of Mana (Otago University Press, 2025). It builds on the project Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications and adds 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.