The Tribes of Muriwhenua

The Tribes of Muriwhenua
Title The Tribes of Muriwhenua PDF eBook
Author Dorothy Urlich Cloher
Publisher Auckland University Press
Pages 144
Release 2013-11-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1775582124

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This compilation of myths, legends, and oral histories from the far north of New Zealand is the story of the people who make up the tribes of Muriwhenua. The author provides whakapapa (genealogy and history) as well as a variety of lively and dramatic stories for each tribe. All have been discussed and agreed on with local kaumatua (elders) and expertly translated by Merimeri Penfold, a kaumatua of the University of Auckland who is widely respected for her knowledge and feel for the Maori language. Photographs of the Muriwhenua landscape enhance the text.

Voyages and Beaches

Voyages and Beaches
Title Voyages and Beaches PDF eBook
Author Alex Calder
Publisher University of Hawaii Press
Pages 360
Release 1999-04-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780824820398

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What actually happened as Europeans and peoples of the Pacific discovered each other? How have their respective senses of the past influenced their understanding of the present? And what are the consequences of their meeting? In this collection of essays, scholars from European, Polynesian, and Settler backgrounds provide answers to these questions. Writing from, and between, a variety of disciplines (history, anthropology, Maori Studies, literary criticism, law, cultural studies, art history, Pacific Studies), they show how the Pacific reveals a more various and contradictory history than that supposed by such homogenizing metropolitan myths as the introduction of civilization to savage peoples, the general ruin of indigenous cultures by an imperial juggernaut, or the mimicry of European models by an abject population. They examine contact from both sides of beaches throughout Polynesia, exposing the many inconsistencies from which Pacific history is made. Some of the essays consider the extent to which traditional European ideas about organizing and legitimizing claims to territory and power were invoked and problematized in the South Pacific; some consider the violence endemic in such scenes; others examine the aesthetic discourses with which early travelers and settlers attempted to make sense of the Pacific in the aftermath of "discovery." But rather than reiterate the myths and anti-myths of conquest, these essays show how local differences have made and do make a difference. They emphasize the Pacific's capacity to absorb and transform the impact of Europe, an impact that has been as notable for its ambivalence and confusion as for its single-minded pursuit of hegemony. The editors develop these themes in a wide-ranging introduction that relates Pacific concerns to a more global set of theoretical and methodological problems, including current work in post-colonial and subaltern studies.

Historical Frictions

Historical Frictions
Title Historical Frictions PDF eBook
Author Michael Belgrave
Publisher Auckland University Press
Pages 300
Release 2013-10-01
Genre Law
ISBN 1775580881

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The land claims presented before the Waitangi Tribunal, first established in 1975 as a permanent commision of inquiry to address claims by the Maori people, are discussed in this analysis of the role of legal courts and commissions in mediating disputes with indigenous peoples.

Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders From Polynesian

Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders From Polynesian
Title Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders From Polynesian PDF eBook
Author James Belich
Publisher Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Pages 713
Release 2007-05-07
Genre History
ISBN 1742288227

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A new paperback reprint of this best-selling and ground-breaking history. When first published in 1996 Making Peoples was hailed as redefining New Zealand history. It was undoubtedly the most important work of New Zealand history since Keith Sinclair's classic A History of New Zealand.Making Peoples covers the period from first settlement to the end of the nineteenth century. Part one covers Polynesian background, Maori settlement and pre-contact history. Part two looks at Maori-European relations to 1900. Part three discusses Pakeha colonisation and settlement.James Belich's Making Peoples is a major work which reshapes our understanding of New Zealand history, challenges traditional views and debunks many myths, while also recognising the value of myths as historical forces. Many of its assertions are new and controversial.

A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru

A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru
Title A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru PDF eBook
Author Melinda Webber
Publisher Auckland University Press
Pages 193
Release 2022-10-13
Genre History
ISBN 1776710975

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From peacemakers and strategists to explorers and entrepreneurs, the tupuna of the North are an inspiration to the people of Te Tai Tokerau. This remarkable book by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O' Connor introduces a new generation to twenty-four of those tupuna &– Nukutawhiti and Hineamaru, Hongi Hika and Te Ruki Kawiti, and many more. Through whakapapa and korero, waiata and pepeha, we learn about their actions, their places, their values, and their aspirations. Published in both a te reo Maori edition translated by Quinton Hita and an English-language edition, and featuring original cover art by Shane Cotton, A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru is a call to action for Te Tai Tokerau today &– a reminder to celebrate the unbroken connection to histories, lands, and esteemed ancestors.

Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineamaru

Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineamaru
Title Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineamaru PDF eBook
Author Melinda Webber
Publisher Auckland University Press
Pages 183
Release 2022-10-13
Genre History
ISBN 1776710983

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From peacemakers and strategists to explorers and entrepreneurs, the tupuna of the North are an inspiration to the people of Te Tai Tokerau. This remarkable book by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O' Connor introduces a new generation to twenty-four of those tupuna &– Nukutawhiti and Hineamaru, Hongi Hika and Te Ruki Kawiti, and many more. Through whakapapa and korero, waiata and pepeha, we learn about their actions, their places, their values, and their aspirations. Published in both a te reo Maori edition translated by Quinton Hita and an English-language edition, and featuring original cover art by Shane Cotton, A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru is a call to action for Te Tai Tokerau today &– a reminder to celebrate the unbroken connection to histories, lands, and esteemed ancestors.

An Unsettled History

An Unsettled History
Title An Unsettled History PDF eBook
Author Alan Ward
Publisher Bridget Williams Books
Pages 574
Release 2015-12-21
Genre Law
ISBN 1877242691

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An Unsettled History squarely confronts the issues arising from the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand today. Alan Ward writes lucidly about the Treaty claims process, about settlements made, and those to come. New Zealand’s short history unquestionably reveals a treaty made and then repeatedly breached. This is a compelling case – for fair and reasonable settlement, and for the rigorous continuation of the Treaty claims process through the Waitangi Tribunal. The impact of the past upon the present has rarely been analysed so clearly, or to such immediate purpose.