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An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Maori Life by A.W. Reed
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
Originally published in 1963 (and reprinted every two to three years until the early 1980s), with a second edition published in 2002, the book has been edited and updated by Buddy Mikaere and repackaged with an attractive new softcover. The text is arranged in alphabetical entries that cover agriculture ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed and Ross Calman
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children's books
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
Favourite Maori Legends by A.W. Reed; Ross Calman
$29.99 NZD
Category: Maori
Maori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet as Ross Calman points out in his introduction to this new edition, they are also simply great yarns - reflective of a time when telling and listening to stories was a key leisure activity in Maori ...Show more
He Atua, He Tangata: The World of Maori Mythology by A.W. Reed
$59.99 NZD
Category: Maori
In this updated edition of the Reed Book of Māori Mythology, esteemed editor Ross Calman comprehensively revises the core stories of gods (atua) and people (tangata) and the many other beings that sit on the continuum between the two. Divided into themes, this elegantly produced volume starts with tradi ...Show more
Illustrated Māori Dictionary: Maori-English Essentials by A.W. Reed
$34.99 NZD
Category: Maori
In compiling this dictionary A.W. Reed set out to entertain as well as educate. Its succinct entries encompass modern and traditional Māori language and customs, as do the fine illustrations by Roger Hart. These Māori to English definitions delve into a variety of associated meanings and derivations — ...Show more
Maori Myth and Legend: Traditional Stories by A. W. Reed
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non Fiction
The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend - many of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic, bestselling book. Written with the general reader in mind, the stories range from the creation of the world to the coming of life, death and knowledge. They incor ...Show more
Maori Myths & Legendary Tales by A. W. Reed
$27.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This book was first published in 1946 as Myths and Legends of Maoriland, and subsequently reprinted four times before the second edition was published in 1958, followed by the third edition in 1961. It went on to become one of New Zealand's most recognised books of the genre, winning an Esther Glen meda ...Show more
Maori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins by A. W. Reed; Peter Dowling
$34.99 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
Pronounce and understand Māori place names with the new fourth edition of A.W. Reed's classic guide to meanings and origins of names across New Zealand. From Ahaura to Whitianga, this handily sized book is the definitive guide to over 2300 of the most common and notable Maori names on our land. Why do W ...Show more
Maori Tales of Long Ago by A. W. Reed
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children's books
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic collection of sixteen stories adapted from Maori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maor ...Show more
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary by A. W. Reed; Timoti Karetu (Revised by); Ross Calman (Revised by)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Maori
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary is an invaluable reference work, providing an essential list of words and their equivalents in Māori and English. First published in 1948, the dictionary has been revised and updated numerous times since, giving testimony to its ongoing reliability as a reference guid ...Show more
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