Wahiao The People of Whakarewarewa By Marian Mare and Aloma Parker. VERY SCARCE.

Wahiao The People of Whakarewarewa By Marian Mare and Aloma Parker.
VERY SCARCE.

Publisher: Rotorua, N.Z. : Zamare Productions Ltd., 2017. First edition.

Hardback, light fading titles on front cover, minor shelf / edge-wear, light creases, minor marks otherwise near new with no inscriptions.

"This book traces the history of the Wahiao people, weaving oral and recorded history to illustrate their relationship with the thermal valley of Te Whakarewarewatanga-o-te-ope-taua-a-Wahiao. Whakarewarewa is New Zealand's most famous thermal tourist resort and has been home to Ngati Wahiao for more than 300 years. The history of Ngati Wāhiao is recorded in the names of hot pools, mud pools, geysers, fissures, and streams in the valley. The bones of Ngāti Wāhiao tupuna lie in caves in Te Puia and the surrounding Pohaturoa hills. This is a true David and Goliath saga. Wahiao have a clear unbroken customary association with the land over hundreds of years. But other larger tribes also claim to have occupied Whakarewarewa at different times and have laid claim to the thermal valley. The stories describe the ancient and bloody wars fought, lost, and won by Wahiao, and their more recent courtroom battles. From these encounters tribal heroes have emerged. It is their stories that are the focus of this book, from the war parties of the ancestor Wahiao after whom the valley is named tot he modern heroes who have fought for recognition of their mana whenua over their ancestral land. These heroes faced the forces of adversity over the last 120 years"--Page iii.

528 pages, illustrated.

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