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Author : Murdoch Riley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Māori Bird Lore written by Murdoch Riley and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Forest Lore of the Maori written by Elsdon Best and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elsdon Best was New Zealand's foremost writer on pre-European Maori life. His books are a uniquely valuable record of traditional Maori culture, social customs and beliefs. Without him, we would know little of the customs and traditions of these times. Best published almost a dozen monographs on all aspects of life; this edition brings them all back into print.
Author : Margaret R. Orbell
Publisher : Raupo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Birds of Aotearoa written by Margaret R. Orbell and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the early relationship in New Zealand between Maori and the extraordinary birds they found there. The book provides scientific information, recounts traditions explaining the birds' origins and natures, quotes from songs that they appear in, and shows us some of the beautiful items used by Maori inspired by the birds."
Author : B. G. Hamlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780404144074
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Forest Lore of the Maori written by B. G. Hamlin and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alwyn Owen
Publisher : Raupo
ISBN 13 : 9781869487157
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (871 download)
Download or read book How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings written by Alwyn Owen and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long ago when the world was new the kiwi lived in the treetops with the other birds and played and sang all day long. But when a plague of insects threatens to destroy the forest mighty Tane calls upon the birds to save the precious trees. Who of all the birds will answer Tane's plea and what sacrifices will need to be made?"--Back cover. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Author : Geoff Norman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780947503925
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Birdstories written by Geoff Norman and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, in-depth account of New Zealand¿s birds, which spans their discovery, their place in both Pakeha and Maori worlds, their survival and conservation, and the illustrations and art they have inspired. In 1872, the first instalments of Walter Buller¿s A History of the Birds of New Zealand appeared. When completed, this became a landmark publishing event that described the place of New Zealand¿s birds in the Maori world, the first encounters Europeans had with our birds, the arguments over their classification, and provided a snapshot of their status at the time. Through Buller¿s books, the rest of the world got to know about New Zealand¿s unusual and distinctive birds, and New Zealanders, too, began to appreciate them. Geoff Norman¿s Birdstories carries Buller¿s publishing legacy through to the present day. He covers a range of our bird families and individual species, and provides an up-to-date picture of how these birds are regarded by both Maori and Pakeha, the backstory of their discovery, and their current conservation status. Extensively illustrated with historic illustrations and contemporary artwork, this is a beautiful, comprehensive publication that will help New Zealanders realise what a taonga we have in our birds.
Author : Rachel Warren Chadd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472922883
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend written by Rachel Warren Chadd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories, myths and legends associated with more than 80 kinds of birds from around the world. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this engaging book. By re-telling the many legends, beliefs, proverbs and predictions associated with more than 80 birds from many nations, it brings into focus the close – and often ancient – links between humans and these remarkable feathered descendants of dinosaurs. Discover, for instance: - Why the cockerel features on many church spires - The one sacred bird that symbolises life and peace in most cultures - How to dispel bad luck if you see a certain black-and-white bird - The South American 'devil bird' once thought to be a dragon Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend draws on historical accounts and scientific literature to reveal how colourful tales or superstitions were shaped by human imagination based on each bird's behaviour or appearance. It offers a fresh and enchanting perspective on birds across the world.
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Forest Lore of the Maori, with Method for Snaring, Trapping, and Preserving Birds and Rats, Uses of Berries, Roots, Fern-root, and Forest Products, with Mythological Notes on Origins, Karakia Used, Etc written by Elsdon Best and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herries Beattie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord written by Herries Beattie and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annie Potts
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1775580040
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)
Download or read book A New Zealand Book of Beasts written by Annie Potts and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touching on indigenous Maori relationships with the now-extinct, flightless moa; the attitudes of Pakeha, or European, settlers toward sheep; the iconography of whales and dolphins; the problems of pest-control; and the pleasures of pet-keeping, this modern-day bestiary is a fascinating study of human&–animal relations. In the book's four parts, the authors unravel the contradictory ways New Zealanders nurture and eradicate, glorify and demonize, cherish and devour, and describe and imagine animals. The study brings together insights from New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture, historiography, media, and everyday life to describe and analyze their interactions with nga kararehe and nga manu, the beasts and birds of the land. In doing so, it illuminates fundamental aspects of New Zealand society: how New Zealanders understand their own identities and those of others; how they regard, inhabit, and make use of the natural world; and how they think about what they buy, eat, wear, watch, and read. Rich, multifaceted, and engaging, A New Zealand Book of Beasts satisfyingly explores how culture both shapes and is shaped by the &“beasts&” of Aotearoa.
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (941 download)
Download or read book Forest Lore of the Maori written by Elsdon Best and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane McRae
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1775589080
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Maori Oral Tradition written by Jane McRae and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maori oral tradition is the rich, poetic record of the past handed down by voice over generations through whakapapa, whakatauki, korero and waiata. In genealogies and sayings, histories, stories and songs, Maori tell of ‘te ao tawhito' or the old world: the gods, the migration of the Polynesian ancestors from Hawaiki and life here in Aotearoa. A voice from the past, today this remarkable record underpins the speeches, songs and prayers performed on marae and the teaching of tribal genealogies and histories. Indeed, the oral tradition underpins Maori culture itself. This book introduces readers to the distinctive oral style and language of the traditional compositions, acknowledges the skills of the composers of old and explores the meaning of their striking imagery and figurative language. And it shows how nga korero tuku iho – the inherited words – can be a deep well of knowledge about the way of life, wisdom and thinking of the Maori ancestors.
Author : Don Hadden
Publisher : Dove Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Birds and Bird Lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons written by Don Hadden and published by Dove Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes and illustrates the avifauna of the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea. The highlights include 199 full colour photographs and 25 paintings illustrating 142 species. Also includes plumage descriptions and information on voice, habitat status and distribution.
Author : Atholl Anderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521543965
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Prodigious Birds written by Atholl Anderson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prodigious Birds brings together the entire field of moa-related research, some 150 years of enquiry. The moa was a large flightless bird, hunted into extinction by the Maori tribes of New Zealand before the arrival of Europeans. Atholl Anderson brings an historical perspective to the development of moa research and its formative debates, analytical methods and results, reviewing evidence from palaeontology, biology, archaeology, ethnography and history.
Author : Sir Walter Lawry Buller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Birds of New Zealand written by Sir Walter Lawry Buller and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ettie A. Rout
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351339214
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Revival: Maori Symbolism (1926) written by Ettie A. Rout and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Maori Symbolism’ is a story of a great race as told in their own Sacred Legends. And it is even more than this. It is an accurate record of the inner meaning of Life Symbolism on which the civilization of the Dark-Whites all over the world is founded. That symbolism stands for Cultivation – of the race, of the body and of the land. The numerous illustrations are to be regarded as documents supporting the evidence reported in the text. Some of this is of startling interest, as for insurance that concerning the casting of ancient statues and megaliths from molten lava. The Sacred Legends concerning the origin and migration of the New Zealand Maori are reported at some length, and the evidence given throws fresh light on the important ‘Diffusion’ controversy. Maori land cultivation is shown to have been far in advance of European. Maori cultivation of the body, expressed in native dances, is demonstrated to be an ordered system of physical education, designed to improve and preserve the fittest. Maori race culture is exhibited as based on a lofty code of social and sexual ethics. Maori religion and philosophy, as expressed in symbolic decoration and writing, are for the first time truthfully explained and interpreted.
Author : John White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Horo-uta or Taki-tumu migration written by John White and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
