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He whiriwhiringa : selected readings in Maori / Bruce Biggs.
- Title
- He whiriwhiringa : selected readings in Maori / Bruce Biggs.
- Publication
- Auckland : Auckland University Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PL6465 .Z77 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 263 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Maori texts are drawn form various sources, including Elson Best's Tuhoe, Sir Apirana Ngata and Pei Te Hurinui Jones's Nga Moteatea Part1, Te Ao Hou, and Maori newspaper Te Wananga, and the Journal of the Polynesian Society, as well as from previously unpublished manuscripts in the Grey collection." -- Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- Selected readings in Maori
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Translations
- Folklore
- History
- Readers (Publications)
- Folklore.
- History.
- Translations.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Paania -- 2. The Rat and the Green Gecko -- 3. Maaui Looks For his Parents -- 4. A Journey to Roto-rua -- 5. Spirits' Leap -- 6. Rona -- 7. A Leaky Calabash! -- 8. Muturangi's Octopus -- 9. Set, oh sun, in the dark abyss -- 10. Pork is the Food -- 11. Notice -- 12. Moeahu -- 13. The Taking of the Spinner -- 14. Taa-minamina -- 15. Te Ngaarara-huarau -- 16. Ascending Wairaka -- 17. The Story of Pootaka-tawhiti -- 18. The Marriage of Pare-arohi -- 19. Hine-koorangi -- 20. Uenuku -- 21. Children Not Yet Five -- 22. Song of the Ant and the Cicada -- 23. The Mosquito and the Sandfly -- 24. Kupe's Journey from Hawaiki -- 25. Patrick Kahikura -- 26. A Chief at Every Bend -- 27. Hinemoa -- 28. Prayers -- 29. A Letter -- 30. The Door of the Night-World -- 31. The Meeting of Oo-Maahu -- 32. The Many-Pointed Star -- 33. Lip Tattooing -- 34. A Letter -- 35. The Driftwood Path -- 36. Farming -- 37. An action song -- 38. Protest is the Best Remedy -- 39. Maori Land Laws -- 40. Waerenga-a-Hika College -- 41. The First Annual Report of the Tainui Maori Trust Board -- 42. The Welcome of Te Arawa -- 43. Our Present Situation -- 44. Absent Comrades -- 45. In Search of a House -- 46. Wairangi, An Ancestor of Ngaati Raukawa -- 47. Te Atua and Hinga-mairangi.
- ISBN
- 1869401689
- OCLC
- 37646955
- SCSB-10502376
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library