Reawakened
Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
$31.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2021
Summary
This book features interviews with 10 master navigators who trained under Mau Piailug (1932-2010), the legendary teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging across the Pacific. They were given the status of master navigator by Mau through the Pwo ceremony, and went on to become an integral part of the renaissance of knowledge and traditions around voyaging. The ten navigators include three from Aotearoa New Zealand, Hec Busby, Piripi Evans, and Jack Thatc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780995131804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0995131805 |
| Author: | Jeff Evans, Te Tai Tokerau Tarai Waka Inc |
| Publisher: | Massey University Press |
| Imprint: | Massey University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 163mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Reawakened: Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa |
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This book takes us into the world of the navigators who are Pwo … It is true and authentic, in that it reminds us of who we are, where we came from and, perhaps, who we will be.
– Hoturoa Barclay-KerrEvans provides a potently beguiling account of these oceanic wayfinders.
– Chris Moore * New Zealand Listener *About The Author
Jeff Evans
Jeff Evans is a non-fiction writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. He has written extensively about both waka and voyaging, including the 2015 biography of Pwo navigator Sir Heke-nuku-mai-ngā-iwi (Hec) Busby, Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby: Not Here By Chance. Other publications include Ngā Waka o Neherā: The First Voyaging Canoes; The Discovery of Aotearoa (later reissued as Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand); Waka Taua: The Māori War Canoe; and Māori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand.
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