A Carved Cloak for Tahu : A History of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti

DESCRIPTION

Starting with the building of Te Poho o Potiki, the central wharenui at Iwitea of Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti, a hapu of Ngati Kahungungu, this book explores its taonga, the iwi and hapu identities represented in its the waiata, stories and carvings, its colonial historyt, the traditional histories of this area and an overview of religions.

AWARDS

Shortlisted for Montana New Zealand Book Awards: History Category 2005.

AUTHOR DESCRIPTION

Mere Whaanga (Ngati Rongomaiwahine, Ngati Kahungungu) lives in Napier. She is a writer, illustrator, historian and academic who may be best known as the author of several extremely successful children's books that have been finalists in book awards, notably The Legend of the Seven Whales, He Pakiwaitara a Ngai Tahu Matawhaiti (1988) and Tangaroa's Gift: Te Koha a Tangaroa (1990). She has an MPhil Maori Studies from Massey University and was awarded the 2001-2002 Ministry of Culture & Heritage Fellowship in Maori History to complete A Cloak for Tahu.

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• ISBN : 9781869403225
• AVAILABILITY : P.Date Dec 04
• PUBLISHER : Auckland University Press
• IMPRINT : Auckland University Press
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• PUBLICATION DATE : December 2004
• DIMENSIONS : 230mm X 170mm X 14mm
• PRODUCED IN : New Zealand
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• RRP : 34.99
• PRODUCT TYPE : books
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• AUTHOR : Mere Whaanga
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• DEWEY CLASSIFICATION : 305.899442
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• PAGES : 192
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• ILLUSTRATIONS : 50 illus