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Know Your Maori Weaving by Murdoch Riley
$13.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
Weaving was born of necessity. To keep the body warm, to clothe it : Just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. Both processes also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes. Weaving of natural, organic materials has soothing ahd therapeutic ...Show more
Know Your Maori Weaving by Murdoch Riley
$10.50 NZD
$13.00 (19% off)
Category: NZ
Mini format. Weaving was born of necessity. To keep the body warm, to clothe it; just as potters of pre-history made pots for mankind to hold foods and liquids. Both processes also express the human need to make and create, using the hands and eyes. This book describes briefly the traditional materials ...Show more
Know Your New Zealand Seashells by Murdoch Riley
$13.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
The islands of New Zealand have been isolated from any other land mass for a very long time and much of the flora and fauna of the country is native to New Zealand. This applies also to the seashells found along the extensive range of the New Zealand coastline that forms a narrow band, sometimes only a ...Show more
Manu Maori: Bird Legends and Customs by Murdoch Riley
$36.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
A book about Maori and their legends and customs involving birds - includes CD "Forest and Ocean" by Hirini Melbourne.
Maori Bird Lore: by Murdoch Riley, Tairongo Te Wiremu Amoamo (transl.)
$70.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
Beautifully illustrated and presented. A book that is a work of art. For many a century the pre-contact Maori developed a sophisticated structure of beliefs and customs about the birds of this land, this Aotearoa, this New Zealand. The basic myths and traditions came with the immigrants from legendary ...Show more
Maori Healing Remedies: Rongoā Māori by Murdoch Riley
$32.99 NZD
Category: Te Ao Māori
A useful book of timetested Maori herbal therapies. By quoting the words of many skilled practitioners of the art of herbal medicine, and by describing some of the spiritual practices and karakia associated, the book becomes a useful compendium of proven therapies, whether for arthritis, headaches, inse ...Show more
Maori Healing and Herbal. New Zealand Ethnobotanical Sourcebook by Murdoch Riley, Tairongo Te Wiremu Amoamo (transl.)
$119.99 NZD
Category: Te Ao Māori | Reading Level: near fine
A comprehensive study of the healing arts of the Maori from the time before contact with Europeans till the present. One section lists individual diseases and injuries in alphabetical order, describing traditional treatments and frequently referring to aspects of Maori astronomy and religion. The bulk o ...Show more
Maori Love Legends...and True Stories by Murdoch Riley
$12.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Non-fiction
Compiled by Murdoch Riley. Stories by Murdoch Riley, James Cowan, Alfred Grace, Thomas Lambert, Johannes Andersen, Richard Taylor, Hari Hongi (H.M. Strowell) etc.
Maori Sayings and Proverbs by Murdoch Riley (ed.)
$17.50 NZD
Category: Te Ao Māori | Reading Level: very good
By Murdoch Riley. Over 500 sayings encapsulating the customs and traditions of race. A treasure stroe of accumulated wisdom handed down from the ancestors - Te oha o nga tangata matua (proverb 1-3). A list of Maori sayings, translation and explanations in English. Arranged under broad subject headings ...Show more
Maori Vegetable Cooking by Murdoch Riley
$13.00 NZD
Category: Te Ao Māori | Series: New Zealand pocket guides
The aim of this little booklet is to demonstrate that the choice of vegetables for the Maori cuisine today need not be confined just to those old staples, kimara, puwha, corn and cabbage. There is still a world of variety to be collected out there from the seashore, the low-lands and the forest areas of ...Show more