Maori Life in Old Taranaki by John Houston. 1965, First Edition. VERY SCARCE.

Maori Life in Old Taranaki by John Houston.

Publisher: Reed, NZ, 1965, First Edition. VERY SCARCE.

Good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some bumping and marks to boards, thin faded strip to top of spine, no inscriptions, ffep has been removed, scattered foxing throughout, minor marks. Jacket is worn, rubbed, foxed, marked, chipped and creased with some loss to top of spine.

224 pages, illustrated.

Your Taranaki Maori is one of the most stubborn, one of the proudest, and most intelligent of the Maori race. - Sir Apirana Ngata, letter to John Houston 21 April 1936 The most authoritative account of Maori customary practices and history of the region, Maori Life in Old Taranaki contains more than 30 chapters of material which ranges over topics such as migratory canoe stories, the origins of place names, proverbs and sayings, karakia and waiata, Hauhauism and traditional lore as well as in depth coverage of the armed conflict that rent Taranaki asunder during the nineteenth century.

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