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Pūkaki : a comet returns / Paul Tapsell ; foreword by Grahame Hall.

Title
Pūkaki : a comet returns / Paul Tapsell ; foreword by Grahame Hall.
Author
Tapsell, Paul
Publication
Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2000.

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Description
175 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, geneal. tables, ports.; 25 cm.
Summary
Records the life and transformations of Pukaki, ancestral father of Ngati Whakaue of Te Arawa: from mortal rangatira to carved ancestor at Ohinemutu, from curiosity on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to national icon in the Te Maori exhibition, climaxing with his return home to Rotorua in October 1997. This book intersperses Paul Tapsell's narrative with the memories of Ngati Whakaue elders, principally the late paramount leader Hamuera Taiporuto Mitchell.
Alternative Title
Comet returns
Subject
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Antiquities
  • Wood-carving, Māori
  • Art, Māori
  • Rotorua District (New Zealand) > History
Genre/Form
  • Genealogy
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-172) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
I. Potiki -- II. Genesis -- III. Parawai -- IV. Utu -- V. Ohinemutu -- VI. Atua -- VII. Kuwaha -- VIII. Tiki -- IX. Presentation -- X. Obfuscation -- XI. Curiosity -- XII. Artefact -- XIII. Art -- XIV. Icon -- XV. Koromatua -- XVI. Thesis -- XVII. Negotiation -- XVIII. Comet -- XIX. Future.
ISBN
0790007304 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 50802785
  • SCSB-12699531
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library