Tahuhu Korero: The Sayings of Taitokerau

AUTHOR : Merata Kawharu
Category : Maori > Culture >
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Description

Tahuhu Korero is a bilingual collection of pepeha and whakatauki - Maori proverbs and sayings - from the Taitokerau region, which stretches from Auckland to Cape Reinga. Pepeha and the longer whakatauki are passed down the generations to capture key moments in history, important places and celebrated ancestors. They are also powerful metaphors for human behaviour.
Tahuhu Korero presents nearly 200 proverbs from the North in Maori, with translations into English, and explains the origin and meaning of each saying. By elucidating people, places and events as well as the broader meanings of particular pepeha, Tahuhu Korero reveals the wisdom of the ancestors. It features historical paintings and spectacular new photographs of the people and places of the North. A rich and accessible introduction to the people and the land of the Taikokerau.

Author description

Dr Merata Kawharu is the Director of Research at The University of Auckland's James Henare Maori Research Centre. A fomer Rhodes Scholar, she is a graduate of The University of Auckland and has a DPhil from Oxford. She has written on Maori socio-environmental issues and development and is a member of the Maori Heritage Council of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Board. Krzysztof Pfeiffer is the photographer at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and has had more than 20 books published in New Zealand and around the world.

Table of contents

Contents include: Foreword in Te Reo Maori by Erima Henare -- Foreword in English translation -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Tamaki: Auckland Isthmus and Surrounds -- 2. Pewhairangi: Bay of Islands 3. Hokianga -- 4. Muriwhenua: Far North -- 5. Kaipara -- 6. Otamatea: Mid-North, East Coast, Whangarei -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Stock Information

General Fields

  • : 9781869404291
  • : Auckland University Press
  • : Auckland University Press
  • : November 2008
  • : 240mm X 210mm X 18mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : colour illustrations
  • : Language & linguistics; Myths & mythology; Folklore
  • : 228
  • : 398.999442
  • : Paperback
  • : Merata Kawharu