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The natural world of the Maori / Margaret Orbell ; photographs by Geoff Moon.

Title: The natural world of the Maori / Margaret Orbell ; photographs by Geoff Moon.
Author: Orbell, Margaret, 1934-2006.
Publication: Auckland, N.Z. : Collins in association with David Bateman, 1985.

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Moon, Geoff

Description

230 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.

Summary

"Drawing upon the work of archaeologists and historians, quoting extensively from the myths and songs recorded by Maori writers of the last century, Margaret Orbell vividly evokes hte Maori experience of Aotearoa, while Geoff Moon's remarkable photographs present the country's landscape, birds, fish, insects, reptiles and plants"--Taken from dust jacket

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 223-225.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Land and people -- Ways and means -- The world of light -- Shaping the land -- The realm of Tangaroa -- The children of Tane.

ISBN

0908610300 (Bateman)
0002172194 (Collins)

OCLC

20847422
SCSB-10428954

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Harvard Library