"Third edition of an introductory Māori grammar and vocabulary"--BIM.

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This vintage book contains the thirteenth edition of "First Lessons in Maori", a practical and comprehensive coursebook for learning the Maori language. Covering everything from prepositions to relative clauses, this volume will be of considerable utility to modern readers with an interest in the subject, and it would make for a superb addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The Maori Alphabet", "Nouns and Personal Pronouns", "Prepositions", "Definitives", "Adjectives", "Numerals", "Sentences without Verbs", "Verbs", "Neuter Verbs", "Relative Clauses", "Miscellaneous", "Progressive Exercises", "Key to Exercises", "Conversations", "Vocabulary-English-Maori", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork. First published in 1965.

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"Introductory Maori grammar and vocabulary for English speakers"--BIM.

New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.