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William Yate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions Vol 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial Surveying with a View to the Disposal of Waste Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dark Chapter from New Zealand History by James Hawthorne - The book provides a detailed narrative of the brutal massacre that took place in Poverty Bay,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Earnest Address to New Zealand Colonists, with Reference to Their Intercourse with the Native Inhabitants 1867\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast Coast (N.Z.) historical records Gisborne New Zealand, 1932. Compiled by Bishop William L Williams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolk tales of the Maori by A A Grace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnals of the diocese of New Zealand [compiled from missionaries' letters 1847\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe British colonization of New Zealand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronological list of some noteworthy events in the history of New Zealand health services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlimpses of Maori-land \/ by Annie R. Butler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHawaiki Original Home of the Maori by Percy Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation Relative to New-Zealand Compiled for the Use of Colonists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation Respecting the Settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKo nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori he mea kohikohi mai 1853\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatest information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the coast of Taranake, New Zealand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Canterbury, New Zealand; with a Map of the Province, .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Settlers \u0026amp;amp; Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori and Polynesian, their origin, history, and culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori Lore by James Izzett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori tales and legends. Collected and retold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori_Tatu_and_Moko\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMythopoetic Maori by Elsdon Best\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarrative of a residence in various parts of New Zealand, together with a description of the present state of the Company's settlements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 to 1815, in Company with the Rev. 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they are \u003cstrong data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2286\"\u003efor reading and research\u003c\/strong\u003e, not modern re-typesetting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2316\" data-end=\"2479\"\u003eAfter completing your purchase, you will receive:\u003cbr data-start=\"2365\" data-end=\"2368\"\u003e→ \u003cstrong data-start=\"2370\" data-end=\"2397\"\u003eA private download link\u003c\/strong\u003e delivered \u003cstrong data-start=\"2408\" data-end=\"2425\"\u003eautomatically\u003c\/strong\u003e to your email.\u003cbr data-start=\"2440\" data-end=\"2443\"\u003e(No physical books will be shipped.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2484\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2521\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2521\"\u003eWhy This Collection Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2762\"\u003eThis bundle is for readers, researchers, whakapapa students, librarians, educators, historians, and anyone seeking to explore the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2671\"\u003ecultural memory\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2676\" data-end=\"2697\"\u003edocumented legacy\u003c\/strong\u003e of Aotearoa — in the words of those who witnessed and shaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2931\"\u003eIt is also for those willing to engage these texts \u003cstrong data-start=\"2815\" data-end=\"2829\"\u003ecritically\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr data-start=\"2830\" data-end=\"2833\"\u003eseeing not only the histories they preserve, but also the assumptions and ideologies they project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2931\"\u003eBooks Included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmong the Maoris or, Daybreak in New Zealand. A record of the labours of Samuel Marsden, Bishop Selwyn and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAn Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby the Rev. William Yate\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions Vol 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColonial Surveying with a View to the Disposal of Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Dark Chapter from New Zealand History by James Hawthorne - The book provides a detailed narrative of the brutal massacre that took place in Poverty Bay, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Earnest Address to New Zealand Colonists, with Reference to Their Intercourse with the Native Inhabitants 1867\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast Coast (N.Z.) historical records Gisborne New Zealand, 1932. 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Butler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHawaiki Original Home of the Maori by Percy Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInformation Relative to New-Zealand Compiled for the Use of Colonists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInformation Respecting the Settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eKo nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori he mea kohikohi mai 1853\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatest information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the coast of Taranake, New Zealand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eLetters from Canterbury, New Zealand; with a Map of the Province, .\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Settlers \u0026amp; Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori and Polynesian, their origin, history, and culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori Lore by James Izzett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori tales and legends. 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Samuel Marsden, Vol. 1 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Zealand and its aborigines 1845\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eNew Zealand and the New Zealand Company being a consideration of how far their interests are similar\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Zealand being a narrative of travels and adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoenamo sketches of the early days of New Zealand romance and reality of antipodean life in the infancy of a new colony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003ePolynesia a history of the South Sea islands, including New Zealand\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePounamu, Notes on New Zealand Greenstone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ; Author, Horatio Gordon Robley\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eReasons for Promoting the Cultivation of the New Zealand Flax\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSavage Life And Scenes In Australia And New Zealand Vol.1 And 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Account of New Zealand Particularly the Bay of Islands and Surrounding Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Island Maoris by Canon Stack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori by Elsdon Best\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTangata Maori (Fiction) by Rolf Boldrewood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTe ika a maui = or, New Zealand and its inhabitants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTe Tohunga - The Ancient Legends and Traditions of The Maoris by W Dittmer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen Months Residence In New Zealand 1823\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ancient Maori by George H Wilson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe art workmanship of the Maori race in New Zealand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Aryan Maori BY Edward Tregear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Zealanders 1823\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe six colonies of New Zealand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stirring times of Te Rauparaha (chief of the Ngatitoa)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe story of Te Waharoa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lost Continent of Mu Book by James Churchward\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditions and superstitions of the New Zealanders 1856\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditions of the Maoris of the west coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTura and the Fairies \u0026amp; Over worlds and Tu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaikare-moana by Elsdon Best\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003eSubjects: #Dpex, Books, Digital Download, Maori, Maori \u0026amp; Pacific, Maori Art \u0026amp; Culture, Maori Culture, Non Fiction, Nz Books, Nz History, Nz Maori, Nz Non Fiction","brand":"BOOKS WORTH KEEPING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42600803958843,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/9266\/3355\/files\/55-hard-to-find-digital-vintage-books-on-maori-and-new-zealand-colonization-history-9690654.png?v=1762487531"},{"product_id":"matariki-the-star-of-the-year-by-rangi-matamua","title":"Matariki: The Star of the Year by Rangi Matamua","description":"Secondhand Paperback in Very Good condition. 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