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Reed book of Māori exploration : stories of voyaging and discovery
- Title
- Reed book of Māori exploration : stories of voyaging and discovery / by A.W. Reed ; revised by Ross Calman.
- Author
- Reed, A. W. (Alexander Wyclif), 1908-1979.
- Publication
- Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2006.
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- Description
- xvi, 292 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- [This] is a revision of A.W. Reed's Treasury of Māori Exploration (1977) ... reworked for the 21st century, [it] presents A.W. Reed's lively retellings of these classic stories of waka, voyaging and discovery. The stories gathered together here are central to Māori. Sourced from tribal traditions throughout the country, they also explain many familiar New Zealand place names - an interesting subject in its own right"--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- To 1840
- Maori (New Zealand people) > History > Anecdotes
- Voyages and travels > History > Anecdotes
- Maori (New Zealand people) > Migrations > Anecdotes
- Maori (New Zealand people) > Folklore
- Legends > New Zealand
- Discoveries in geography
- Legends
- Māori (New Zealand people)
- Voyages and travels
- Hekenga
- Kōrero nehe
- Purakau
- Waka
- Tupuna
- New Zealand > Discovery and exploration > Anecdotes
- New Zealand > History > To 1840 > Anecdotes
- New Zealand
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Folklore.
- History.
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Treasury of Māori Exploration.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Early stories of creation and discovery. Tuterakiwhanoa and Te Waka a Aoraki. Māui. Maku and Tīwakawaka. Māngārara. Kupe and Ngāhue. Nukutawhiti and Ruanui. Rākaihautū, Te Rakihouia and Uruao. Rokoitua. Araiteuru. Toi and Whātonga. Te Manunui a Ruakapanga -- pt. 2. Stories from Aotea. Turi and Aotea. The children of Turi. Hau and Wairaka -- pt. 3. Stories from Kurahaupō. Kurahaupō. Hape and Tamarau -- pt. 4. Stories from Mātaatua. Te Aratāwhao. Toroa and Mātaatua. The people of Mātaatua -- pt. 5. Stories from Tainui. Hoturoa and Tainui. Rakatāura. Hotunui and Marutūāhu -- pt. 6. Stories from Tākitimu. Tamateaarikinui and Tākitimu. Ruawharo and Tūpai. Taewha and Mahu. Rongokako. Tamateapōkaiwhenua. Kahungunu -- pt. 7. Stories from Te Arawa. Tamatekapua and Te Arawa. Ngātoroirangi. Tūhoromatakakā. Īhenga and Kahumatamomoe. Hatupatu. Sons and grandsons of Houmaitawhiti -- pt. 8. Stories from Tokomaru. Manaia and Tokomaru -- pt. 9. Stories from the East Coast. Kahukura. Pāoa and Horouta. Paikea -- pt. 10. Stories from Muriwhenua. Rongomai and Māhuhu. The children of Rongomai. Reitū and Reipae.
- ISBN
- 9780790010953
- 079001095X
- LCCN
- 2007360132
- OCLC
- ocm84839333
- 84839333
- SCSB-1429077
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library