Ko Tautoro, Te Pito O Toku Ao: a Ngapuhi Narrative
A Ngapuhi Narrative
$48.00
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2014
Summary
Ko Tautoro, Te pito o Toku Ao is Ngapuhi elder Hone Sadler’s powerful account of the origins, history and culture of the Ngapuhi people - a profound introduction to the Sacred House of Puhi.
Sadler illustrates the unbroken chain of Ngapuhi sovereignty by looking in-depth at his own hapu of Ngati Moerewa, Ngati Rangi and Ngai Tawake ki te Waoka of Tautoro and Mataraua. The narrative is told through weaving together karakia and whakapapa, histories and korero that have been part of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869408145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869408144 |
| Author: | Sadler Hone |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
This book is a revelation. – Arini Loader, Journal of NZ Studies
…this book is complex yet accessible, beautifully presented, anchored in the landscape of the places and people about whom it is written, and artfully, powerfully argued in a voice of the people. – Arini Loader, Journal of NZ Studies
About The Author
Sadler Hone
Hone Sadler is a senior lecturer in the Māori Studies Department at the University of Auckland, where he teaches Māori language, oral literature, and Mātauranga Māori. He grew up speaking only Māori in the Tauturo Valley in Northland and is a renowned Māori orator and Ngāpuhi elder.
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