Tangata whenua: An illustrated history
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Tangata whenua: An illustrated history – Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney & Aroha Harris
A landmark publication, Tangata Whenua portrays the sweep of Maori history from Pacific origins to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories.
The story begins with the migration of ancestral peoples out of South China, some 5,000 years ago. Moving through the Pacific, these early voyagers arrived in Aotearoa early in the second millennium AD, establishing themselves as tangata whenua in the place that would become New Zealand.
By the nineteenth century, another wave of settlers brought new technology, ideas and trading opportunities – and a struggle for control of the land. Survival and resilience shape the history as it extends into the twentieth century, through two world wars, the growth of an urban culture, rising protest, and Treaty settlements.
Today, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Māori are drawing on both international connections and their ancestral place in Aotearoa.
Fifteen stunning chapters bring together scholarship in history, archaeology, traditional narratives and oral sources. A parallel commentary is offered through more than 500 images, ranging from the elegant shapes of ancient taonga and artefacts to impressions of Māori in the sketchbooks and paintings of early European observers, through the shifting focus of the photographer’s lens to the response of contemporary Māori artists to all that has gone before.
The many threads of history are entwined in this compelling narrative of the people and the land, the story of a rich past that illuminates the present and will inform the future.
Format: This book is a Hardcover book.
Language: This book is written in English.
Published: November 2014.
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About the Authors:
Professor Atholl Anderson (Kai Tahu) A distinguished scholar of national and international standing, he is noted for his work in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is a prize-winning historian of the Māori past and Kāi Tahu tribal and post-contact history.
All books featuring Atholl Anderson at Poi Princess:
Tangata whenua: An illustrated history
Traditional lifeways of the southern Māori
The welcome of strangers: A history of southern Māori
Judith Binney (1940-2011) was born in Australia in 1940 and educated at Auckland University, where she became Emeritus Professor of History. She was the author of numerous books of New Zealand history, many with a focus on Māori individuals and communities.
Dr Aroha Harris (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Auckland. She has considerable experience in both historical and social research, having worked for government agencies, private companies and iwi, and she was a founding member of Te Pouhere Kōrero, the Māori Historians Network. Her research interests focus on Māori in the twentieth century, particularly since World War II. She has been published as a creative writer, as an academic and as a researcher.
Other books available at Poi Princess by Aroha Harris include:
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