Nga Moteatea The Songs - Part 2
Part Two
$60.00
- Hardcover
356 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2025
Summary
Over a period of forty years, Sir Apirana Ngata, a distinguished leader and scholar, collected and recorded hundreds of songs and chants from the iwi of Aotearoa. This collection became the four volumes of Nga Moteatea, with translations and annotations by Ngata and Pei te Hurinui Jones.
This is the second volume of a new edition of this national treasure, the largest and most comprehensive collection of Māori waiata and a unique contribution to New Zealand poetry. It is a rich resour…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869403447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869403444 |
| Author: | Apirana Ngata, Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.19kg |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 180mm x 250mm |
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”[A] treasure to be dipped into for historical research, language learning, special occasions and pensive moments and then to pass on to future generations, which is pretty much what it was intended for in the first place.” –Mick Ludden, Wairarapa Times Age
About The Author
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Ngata, Ngati Porou, 1874-1950, was the leading Maori figure of his day, a land reformer, politician and scholar. He made a vital contribution to the revival of the Maori people and culture in the early years of the twentieth century and is the subject of a recent biography by Ranginui Walker.
Pei te Hurinui Jones, Ngati Maniapoto, 1898-1976, was an outstanding scholar who was completely bilingual. He published extensively in both English and Maori, translating Shakespeare’s plays and compiling the Tainui traditions published in Nga Iwi o Tainui.
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