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Maui and the sun
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Gavin Bishop |
The Maori people of New Zealand tell this version of the Polynesian folktale in which a trickster uses magical powers to slow the movement of the sun. |
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A stranger calls me home
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Deborah Savage |
Paul, Simon, and Fiona, three teenagers living in New Zealand, become involved in a complicated friendship as they search for the truth of their interlocking pasts. |
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Who's Afraid Too? (Tommi Grayson)
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Maria Lewis |
342 pages ; 20 cm |
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Birds of Aotearoa
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Margaret Rose Orbell |
Birds in Aotearoa, how they are and have been represented in Māori culture. |
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The Maoris
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Charles Higham |
Discusses the history of the Maori people and the effect of European colonization on these original inhabitants of New Zealand. Briefly describes the Maori today. |
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Kia hiwa ra!
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Angus H. Macfarlane |
'Kia hiwa rä ra ' literally means 'to be alert.' This book is intended to alert teachers to models of good teaching in diverse classrooms and to encourage them to be alert to the various cultures tha… |
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The girls in the kapahaka
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Angie Belcher |
A children's kapahaka group prepare for a kapahaka with the help of their whanau. Includes glossary of Māori terms. Suggested level: junior, primary. |
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Maui and the sun
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June Melser |
How Maui and his brothers slow the sun down to lengthen the days. |
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Nga tupuna
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Kathryn Rountree |
Discusses the development of the basically Polynesian culture of the first settlers into the 'classic' or 'traditional' Maori culture unique to New Zealand.--Cover. |
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Culture speaks
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Russell Bishop,Mere Berryman |
"Professor Russell Bishop and Mere Berryman interviewed a large number of Maori high school students, their families, teachers and school principals. These interviews have produced a disturbing snaps… |
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Rua and the Maori millennium
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Peter Webster |
"In the heart of the Urewera ranges in the North Island of New Zealand, there is a great clearing in the forest, and scattered over it the empty houses of a departed people ... these are remains of t… |
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Pouakai the man-eater
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Pauline Cartwright |
Small hunting parties are disappearing. Others return to the tribe with horrifying tales of a giant bird, Pouakai the man-eater, who casts a shadow over the sky. The people once laughing and happy ar… |
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The legend of the breathing lake
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Anita Lewis |
A retelling of a Māori legend that describes how Lake Wakatipu was formed by an evil giant who kidnapped a beautiful Māori maiden. Suggested level: junior, primary. |
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Maori legends of the land
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Pita Graham |
A collection of Māori myths and legends of the land, particularly those of famous places and landmarks, mountains, wild lands and sea coasts. |
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The Bone People
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Keri Hulme |
At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale satur… |
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The Americas and the Pacific
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Connolly, Sean |
"A detailed overview of the early history of American and Pacific peoples, including Native Americans, Maya, Aztecs, Inca, Aborigines, and the Maori, up to 1200 CE"--Provided by publisher. |
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Last of the whalers
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Heather Heberley |
LAST OF THE WHALERS is the story of a remarkable man, Charlie Heberley, a story lovingly researched and written by his daughter-in-law, Heather Heberley. Charlie and his mates-who could also be rival… |
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The tribes of Muriwhenua
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Dorothy Urlich Cloher |
"A history of the Far North and the iwi Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rarawa, Te Paatu and Ngāti Kahu, ... [including] whakapapa and a variety of ... stories, all of which have been dis… |
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What Becomes of the Broken-hearted? (Once Were Warriors Trilogy #2)
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Duff, Alan |
The raw and powerful sequel to Once Were Warriors.
It is six years since Jake's daughter Grace hanged herself. Jake's wife, Beth, has left him, his son Nig was killed in a gangland fight - his only … |
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Once Were Warriors (Once Were Warriors Trilogy #1)
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Duff, Alan |
Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Bet… |
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