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The Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions
6 Volume Set

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology

Author: John White

Date Published: November 2011
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format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108039659

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First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori. The project was commissioned by the New Zealand government in 1879 when it was observed that, due to the introduction of European culture and education, indigenous traditions were dying out. The material was collected by John White (1826–91), an ethnographer, public servant and writer who had arrived in New Zealand as a boy and first began documenting Maori poetry in the 1840s. The first three volumes focus on myths relating to deities, creation, and the Horouta canoe. The second three include narratives about the Tainui migration, intertribal warfare, and the first European settlers. Volume 6 also records genealogies of gods, ancestors and humans that were recited in ritual contexts such as births and burials.

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Product details
- Date Published: November 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108039659
- length: 2626 pages
- dimensions: 320 x 250 x 153 mm
- weight: 4kg
- contains: 57 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
1. Whare-kura
2. Mythology of creation
3. Tane and rebellion of spirits
4. Division of heaven and earth
5. Death of Wahie-roa
6. Death of Wahie-roa
7. Attempt to murder Ta-whaki
8. Ta-whaki ascends to heaven
9. Creation of woman
10. The god Tane
11. Creation of man and woman
12. The deluge. Volume 2:
1. Io
2. Rona
3. Tama-nui-a-raki and Mata-ora
4. Niwa-reka, Hapopo, and Paoa
5. Maui
6. Maui
7. Maui and Mahu-i-ka
8. Ira-waru and Hina-uri
9. Tini-rau and Hine-te-iwaiwa
10. Hine-i-te-puwha
11. Original canoes. Volume 3: Preface
1. Ue-nuku and Whena
2. Ue-nuku
3. Pou-heni and Hine-kau-i-rangi
4. Tama-tea and Rongo-kako
5. Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tupua
6. Tara-ki-uta and Tara-ki-tai
7. Nga-ti-ira
8. Rau-rika
9. Kui, Tutu-mai-ao, and Turehu
10. Pa o Nga-toko-ono (The Pa of the Six)
11. The acts of Te-wera
12. Last migration from Ha-taitai
13. Tama-i-hara-nui
14. Nga-ti-mamoe and South Island history. Volume 4: Preface
Introduction
1. Hape-ki-tu-a-rangi
2. Tai-nui
3. The war of Mango
4. Pahau and Karewa
5. Ponga and Puhi-huia
6. Puhi-huia arrives at Tipi-tai
7. Heke-maru
8. Tar-ao and Karewa
9. Hotu-nui
10. Hoto-nui
11. Paoa
12. Paoa
13. Paoa. Volume 5: Preface
1. The ancient canoes, and Tai-nui
2. Hotu-mauea
3. Journey of Tara to Katikati
4. Motai
5. The exploits of Te-ngako
6. The forts of Tu-Raunga-tao taken
7. Battles fought previous to those of Mau-inaina and the Totara
8. The Nga-ti-maru answer by song
9. An account of an ancient (European) navigator called Rongo-tute
10. The war between Nga-ti-maru and Nga-ti-whananga
11. The war of Nga-ti-awa on Hau-raki
12. The attack of Kohi-rangatira and Te-kanawa on Nga-puhi
13. The acts of murder by the Nga-puhi on the Hau-raki tribes
14. How Nga-i-te-rangi obtained possession of Tauranga
15. Pa at Maketu Taken
16. The Nga-ti-maru reside in Horo-tiu. Volume 6: Preface
1. Of the various expeditions of the Wai-koto against the Nga-ti-awa and other southern tribes
2. Rau-paraha
3. Rau-paraha goes to Maunga-tautari to fetch the Nga-ti-raukawa tribe
4. Rau-paraha and war-party go to the Wai-pounamu
5. Rau-paraha and Rangi-hae-ata
6. Maori wars
7. Lands taken in war, and how given to tribes
8. Attack on Pa at Kai-a-poi
9. A Maori relic
10. Wars of Rau-paraha on middle island natives
11. Death of Europeans at Wai-rau
12. Genealogy of Te-po
13. Descendants of Rangi and Papa
14. Genealogical table of Tiki-au-aha
15. Offspring of Pae-rangi
16. Genealogy of Rongo-whakaata.
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John White