Takitimu: A History of the Ngati Kahungunu People. By Mitchell, J. H. (Tiaki Hikawera Mitira)

Takitimu : a History of the Ngati Kahungunu People by J. H. Mitchell (Tiaki Hikawera Mitira).

Publisher: A.H & A.W. Reed, 1973.

Fair hardback with jacket, (reading copy), boards are worn with rubbing, creasing, bumping, fading and marks, inscription inside front board, pages have some creasing, wrinkling, foxing and marks, all fold-out maps are in good condition. Jacket is tatty with marks, chipping, creasing, tears and fading. 271 pages, illustrated, plus genealogical tables.

Takitimu is one of the great tribal histories in the New Zealand literary canon. It tells of the Ngati Kahungunu people -- tangata whenua of Hawke's Bay and parts of East Coast and Wairarapa -- from their origins in the Pacific Islands to their lineage in Aotearoa up to the twentieth century. It is divided into four main sections: the history up to the departure of Takitimu and other canoes of migration; the history of Ngati Kahungunu; short biographies of Sir James Carroll, Sir Maui Pomare and the Rev. Tamihana Huata; and appendices describing charms, proverbs, the interpretation of dreams and signs, and the Maori almanac. Complete with genealogical tables, this is a book of great value for history enthusiasts and especially the people of Ngati Kahungunu -- the third largest Maori tribe, with descendants throughout New Zealand and Australia.

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