Tikanga Maori Living by Maori Values . The Maori As He Was. (2 books)
For both books
The Maori As He Was: A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days. By Elsdon Best. Good hardback, name inside, wrinkled pages, & very good- dustjacket, worn and closed tear. Published by The Government Printer, Wellington NZ 1974 (first published 1924). 22.0 x 14.5cms, 296pp, b/w illusts, The chapters are: physical & mental characteristics; traditional history; mythology & folk-lore; religious ideas; social usages; the arts of life
Tikanga Maori. Living by Maori Values By Mead, Hirini Moko Softback, nearly as new, name inside. 398 pages Published by Huia Pub., 2003 ISBN: 1877283886
'Relationships between and among people need to be managed and guarded by some rules'. Professor Hirini Moko Mead's comprehensive survey of tikanga Maori (Maori custom) is the most substantial of its kind every published. Ranging over topics from the everyday to the esoteric, it provides a breadth of perspectives and authoritative commentary on the principles and practice of tikanga Maori past and present. About the Author Hirini Moko Mead (Ngati Awa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi) is a prominent writer and commentator and the author of over seventy books, papers and articles. He was foundation professor of Maori studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
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