"Kneel like a prayer full of lynching / This is my God-given white" 'Savage is as savage does. And we're all implicated. Avia breaks the colonial lens wide open. We peer through its poetic shards and ...

How have you changed since you were the first Māori novelist published in the 1970s? Witi Ihimaera: I’ve always been the same, but it’s the world that’s changed. In the time that I was growing up, the ...

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Hand-drawn map of Taranaki with Māori text and illustrations of people, mountains and the Kurahaupō waka. Many place names and waterways are named. Shows Māori and Pākehā boundaries, and taura ...

"The Whanau o Airi te Kura established the prima facie case ... The counter claimants were: (1) Te Whanau o te Kaipakihi ; (2) Itanga-a-Mate ; (3) Whanau-o-Rakairoa ...

Hawks Crag, Buller Gorge. Shows a horse drawn carriage on the road, with the Buller River on the right. Photograph taken circa 1890s, by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on ...

Explore Adam Maclay’s evocative photography in an exhibtion, which provides a close up view of the people of Christchurch at ...

In the final Public History Talk for 2024, Dr Monty Soutar will speak about the place of history in his best-selling Kāwai ...

Includes research notes and correspondence of Sir Apirana Ngata, dealing particularly with his work on `Nga Moteatea' and the Centennial Atlas project. It also includes manuscripts of many other ...

Alphabetical list of Maori sayings, translation and explanations in English. Cover title. Compiled by Jane McRae. "August 1987." Available from The Secretary, Te Runanganui o Taitokerau, c/- Dept. of ...

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Describes the highlights of the year. Includes Te Reo Ōkawa Wānanga at Tini Waitara Marae, Te Waipuke o te whenua - the flood, Puanga celebrations, and the Maripi Tuatini Iwi Rangatahi Scholar ...