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Ever wondered where to find the best scholarly Māori information found in books? Well wonder no more. Simply go to Te Takarangi : Celebrating Māori Publications to view the top 150 scholarly Māori books being celebrated by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Royal Society Te Apārangi. Read more about Te Takarangi for a background to this scholarly curation. This article by Jacinta Ruru, Jeanette Wikaira and Angela Wanhalla details how they curated this special book list.
You can find most of the books listed in Te Takarangi by searching on keywords “takarangi 150” in our Library catalogue.
For a quick dip, see a small selection of these below.
Biggs, B. Let’s Learn Māori: A Guide to the Study of the Māori Language. Auckland: Reed, 1969.
About the book summarised from Te Takarangi
Professor Bruce Biggs was the first lecturer in Māori language. He developed the first university programme in the study of Māori language and literature; he taught and trained an entire generation of Māori students who have made huge contributions to Māori scholarship including Pat Hohepa, Ranginui Walker, Wharehuia Milroy, Pita Sharples, Dame Anne Salmond, Merimeri Penfold, Margret Mutu and many others.
Access an Ara Library copy of Biggs, B. Let’s Learn Māori: A Guide to the Study of the Māori Language here.
Mason, N. and Z. Stanhope (Eds). Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Māori Portraits. Auckland University Press, 2016.
About the book – Excerpt from Te Takarangi
From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and – commissioned by Māori and Pākehā – captured in paint the images of key Māori figures. For Māori then and now, the faces of tūpuna are full of mana and life.
Access an Ara Library copy of Mason, N. (Ed). Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Māori Portraits here
Muru-Lanning. M. Tupuna Awa: People and Politics of the Waikato River. Auckland University Press, 2016.
About the book – Excerpt from Te Takarangi
For iwi and hapū of the lands that border its length, the Waikato River is an ancestor, a taonga and a source of mauri, lying at the heart of identity and chiefly power. Marama Muru-Lanning (Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto) presents the Waikato River as a key focus of ongoing local struggles for prestige and mana, in which recognising Māori property rights in freshwater is just the latest manifestation. Against a background of seized lands and natural resources, this book examines the significance of the Waikato River as a key symbol in restoring Waikato Māori status and mana.
Access an Ara Library copy of Muru-Lanning. M. Tupuna Awa: People and Politics of the Waikato River here.
B. Hokowhitu and V. Devadas (Eds). The Fourth Eye: Māori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
About the book – Summarised from Te Takarangi
The Fourth Eye is a term used to capture a number of complex questions, experiences, responses, and articulations that emerge at the intersection of media culture and indigenous lives: what are the indigenous experiences of being the subject of the media gaze? Examining the indigenous mediascape, The Fourth Eye shows how Māori filmmakers, actors and media producers have depicted conflicts over citizenship rights and negotiated the representation of indigenous people.
Access an Ara Library copy of B. Hokowhitu (Eds). The Fourth Eye: Māori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand here
Jones, A. and K. Jenkins, He Kōrero: Words Between Us; First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper. Huia, 2011.
About the book – Excerpt from TeTakarangi
He Kōrero traces Māori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through images of beautifully reproduced written documents, the book tells rich stories about the first encounters Māori had with ink and paper and the first relationships between Māori and Europeans that established and maintained the earliest school.
Access an Ara Library copy of Jones, A. and K. Jenkins, He Kōrero: Words Between Us here
Ara Library is in the process of purchasing some of the titles in Te Takarangi which it does not yet own. If there is a title you are interested and you can’t find it in the Library catalogue email library@ara.ac.nz to see if it has been ordered.
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