Treasury of Maori exploration : legends relating to the first Polynesian explorers of New Zealand / by A. W. Reed.

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Bibliographic Details
Published: Wellington : Reed, 1977.
Main Author:
Reed, A. W. (Alexander Wyclif), 1908-1979
Subjects:
Māori > History.
Māori > Migrations.
Māori > Folklore.
Legends > New Zealand.
New Zealand > Discovery and exploration > Maori.
New Zealand > History > To 1840.
Format: Book
Treasury of Maori exploration : legends relating to the first Polynesian explorers of New Zealand /
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Canoes of creation and discovery. Prologue : before the beginning
  • Kupe and Ngahue
  • Nuku-tawhiti
  • The conflict of Nuku-tama-roro and Manaia
  • Tangata whenua
  • Digger and strider of the South Island
  • The petrified canoe
  • Toi-kai-rakau and Whatonga
  • Pt. 2. Canoes of the explorers. Aotea
  • Te Arawa
  • Tainui
  • Takitimu
  • Mataatua
  • Horouta
  • Kurahaupo and Tokomaru
  • Mahuhu
  • Men and women of Muriwhenua
  • Pioneers of the East Coast.

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