King Potatau
An Account of the Life of Potatau Te Wherowhero the First Maori King
$44.42
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2025
Summary
This book details the background to the Kingitanga and also tells the story of the first king, Potatau Te Wherowhero. It details all the momentous events of Te Wherowhero’s life from around 1775 to his death in 1860, including his status as Lord of the Waikato and the famous battles and conflicts with other tribes, his raising up as the First Maori King, and Mana Motuhake, the Maori Kingship, set apart as the symbol of the spiritual and cultural life of the Maori. Pei Te Hurinui’s biography o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869694234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869694236 |
| Author: | Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
| Publisher: | Huia Publishers |
| Imprint: | Huia Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 247mm x 146mm |
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About The Author
Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Pei Te Hurinui (1898-1976), Ngati Maniapoto leader, interpreter, land officer, writer, translator, genealogist, was bilingual and published extensively in both English and Maori. He translated several of Shakespeare’s plays and Fitzgerald’s Omar Khayyam into Maori and collaborated with Sir Apirana Ngata, on the first three volumes of Nga Moteatea. His first and main interest was in recording and compiling the Tainui traditions published in Nga Iwi o Tainui.
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