Song of Waitaha : the histories of a nation : being the teachings of Iharaira Te Meihana, Wiremu Ruka Te Korako, Taare Reweti Te Maiharoa, Perenara Hone Hare, Heremia Te Wake, Renata Kauere

Brailsford, Barry

Lardelli, Derek

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lang: eng lang: mao lang: 311 p. : col. ill., col. maps "Barry Brailsford, author ... Derek Lardelli, illustrator"--P. 304 Table of contents: The trail of understanding -- Song of creation : being the kete of the gods --Song of the dream makers : being the kete of Kiwa and Hotu Matua, Maui Tikitiki a Taranga, Tamatea Mai Tawhiti, Ngahue and Poutini -- Song of the white whale : being the first kete of Ra Kai Hau Tu -- Song of the star walkers : being the second kete of Ra Kai Hau Tu -- Song of the peace child : being the kete of Te Wairau -- Song of the weeping waters : being the kete of Rongotikei and Te Rangihouhia -- Song of the sacred nest : being the kete of Marotini -- Song of the ice mountains : being the kete of Te Wari and Rakaihaitu -- Song of the god stone : being the kete of Paparoa, Huaki and Tira -- Song of the broken waka : being the kete of Puketapu -- Song of the star fires : being the kete of Tamatea Pokai Whenua -- Song of the last days : being the kete of the last karakia -- Trail of the tall trees "These kete are the treasures of the peoples of the nation of Waitaha ... for they are the sacred songs of our ancestors"--Contents Previous ed.: Christchurch, N.Z. : Ngatapuwae Trust, 1994 In English, with some Maori
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