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August / September 2010
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Cannibal Jack : the life & time of Jacky Marmon, a Pākeha-Māori, by Trevor Bentley. (2009)Jumping ship off the New Zealand coast, Jack first lived among Ngāpuhi at the Bay of Islands, where he acquired five wives and served his chief as a trader and white priest. Joining Hongi Hika's great Musket Wars campaigns against the Tamaki and Kaipara tribes, he claimed to have served as Hika's personal war tohunga. He survived to settle in the Hokianga from 1823 and was involved in Hone Heke's Flagstaff War of 1845. In this biography of a wonderfully curious character, the author traces Marmon's life and times, drawing on his own knowledge and research as well as on Marmon's own – not always reliable – personal accounts. (drawn from the publisher's description)
Tangiteroria : crucible of the Kaipara 1836-54, missionary impulse & impact, by Stephen Fordyce. (2009)
Drawing on the experiences of mixed-descent families, In/visible Sight examines the early history of cross-cultural encounter and colonisation in southern New Zealand. There Ngäi Tahu engaged with the European newcomers on a sustained scale from the 1820s, encountering systematic settlement from the 1840s and fighting land alienation from the 1850s. The evolving social world was one framed by marriage, kinship networks and cultural practices – a world in which inter-racial intimacy played a formative role. (drawn from the publisher's description)
The Parihaka album : lest we forget, by Rachel Buchanan. (2010)
"If you write a book, you find a family. That's what has happened to me with The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget. The book started off as a doctorate at Monash University in Melbourne... [But then] the thesis had become something else. Instead of being mainly an academic analysis of Maori and Pakeha history-making about Parihaka from 1880 until the present, the book was also a portrait of my whanau and a story about Maori Wellington and the often overlooked links between Taranaki and the capital. I met new relations. One of them was Honiana Love... [and] one of the other relatives I met was artist John Baxter, son of poets Jacqui Sturm (who has, sadly, just passed away) and James K. Baxter. ... (Drawn from the author writing for the publisher's website)
Weeping waters : the Treaty of Waitangi and constitutional change, edited by Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai. (2010)
"Weeping Waters" is an important text in the course of the debate about the Treaty and a constitution for Aotearoa. It has been some years since a book has recorded Māori views about various aspects of the Treaty and constitutional change. It is a compilation that I hope will encourage and promote discussions amongst communities, both Pakeha and Māori. That in itself is important; the book speaks about not only dialogue between the Treaty partners, but it lays challenges down for Māori. Can we reach a consensus about a way forward? If we agree to a pan-Māori structure, can we protect the rangatiratanga of iwi and hapu?
(Drawn from the publisher's description)
Nga ko rero o nehe noa = Ancient myth & legend, by Tepora Kameta. (2009)
Contents include :
Maori creation -- Separation of Ranginui and Papatu anuku -- The adornment of Ranginui and Papatuanu ku -- The battle of gods -- The aftermath of the battles -- Creation of woman -- Maui, Tikitiki a-Taranga introduction -- The birth of Maui -- Tikitiki-a-Taranga -- Tamanuikiterangi -- Taranga -- Makeatutara -- Murirangawhenua -- Te Patunga o te ra , The taming of the sun -- Te ika a maui, The fish of Maui -- Tuna roa -- Mahuika, goddess of fire -- Te kuri Ma ori -- Nga whetu o Maui ...
The ascent to heaven of Father Melu, S.M. : a New Zealand missionary : a Māori legend, by told to her grandchildren by Makere Tunumoa ; [translation by John Dunmore]. (2009)
Written by Francis Delachienne using the Maori form of the translator's mother's name as a pseudonym.
Mana Island : Te Mana o Kupe ki Aotearoa , by Bob Maysmor. (2009)
Report on aspects of the Wai 655 claim, by Waitangi Tribunal. (2009)
Te ara pu taiao = Maori insights in science : a monograph produced in the Tihei oreore series, co-editors, J.S. Te Rito & S.M. Healy. (2009)
"This monograph is a compilation of papers presented by four Maori scientists as part of the Nga Pae o te Maramatanga Policy Seminar series, 3-4 November 2005, Wellington, N.Z."
Contents: Environmental research / James Ataria -- Maori in science and mathematics education -- He Whainga Maramatanga, he Kimihanga Turangawaewae / Michael Walker -- Energy and evolution / Shane Wright.
Environmental research / James Ataria -- Maori in science and mathematics education / Elizabeth McKinley -- He whainga maramatanga, he kimihanga turangawaewae / Michael Walker -- Energy and evolution / Shane Wright.
Turuki turuki! paneke paneke! : when Māori art became contemporary, by Ngahiraka Mason with contributions from Jonathan Mane-Wheoki and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. (2008)
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, at Auckland Art Gallery, New Gallery, 24 May-24 August, 2008.
Artists: Ralph Hotere, Katerina Mataira, Muru Walters, Arnold Manaaki Wilson, Selwyn Wilson.
Journal Articles
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand ; vol. 39, no. 4 (December 2009)
Forum: Cross-cultural environmental research and management
All of the following articles comprise this Forum, which is a sequel to a Special Issue entitled “Matauranga Maori: science and seabirds” published in the September issue of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36(3).
Contents include:
• Indigenous ways of knowing and the study of environmental change, by Fikret Berkes p. 151
• Why "indigenous" knowledge? by Arun Agrawal p. 157
• Matauranga Maori and Western science: the importance of hypotheses, predictions and protocols, by Stephen Crawford p. 163
• "O ye of little faith": traditional knowledge and Western science, by Jim Williams p. 167
• The asymmetry between science and traditional knowledge, by Mike Dickison p. 171
• Mixing methodologies: the politics of research techniques, by Charlotte Chambers p. 197
• Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition inscientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), by Priscilla M. Wehi, Hēmi Whaanga, and Tom Roa p. 201
• Beyond the great divide: do cross-cultural partnerships require spiritual scientists? by Sebastian S. Uhlmann and Bettina S. Almstad p. 215
• New Zealand's Performance Based Research Funding (PBRF) model undermines Maori research, by Tom Roa, Jacqueline R. Beggs, Jim Williams, and Henrik Moller p. 233
• Kia pono te mahi putaiao-doing science in the right spirit, by Will Allen, Jamie M. Ataria, J. Marina Apgar,
New Zealand geographic ; no. 101 (Jan/Feb 2010)
pp. 94-105. Joseph Banks : Cook’s botanist by Roy Hunt.
New Zealand law review; pt 3 2009
pp. 549-557. The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori custom law by Kerensa Johnston.
Thesis
He take hei pupuri tonu i te whenua = A perspective on hapū formation in Māori society : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with Honours (Māori Studies) at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, by Jacinta Huatahi Paranihi. (2008)
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