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Te Ao Tawhito
The Old World 3000 BCβ AD 1830
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Te Ao Tawhito: The Old World contemplates Maori origins in the 'blue continent', the vast Pacific Ocean across which the earliest ancestors travelled to settle these southernmost Pacific islands. Here they organised into hapu and iwi, adapting tropical ways to life in a huge but temperate...
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Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Tawhito tells the great origin narrative of MΔori history from 3000 BCβAD 1830.
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Te Ao Tawhito: The Old World contemplates Maori origins in the 'blue continent', the vast Pacific Ocean across which the earliest ancestors travelled to settle these southernmost Pacific islands. Here they organised into hapu and iwi, adapting tropical ways to life in a huge but temperate land, building communities and developing cultures.
Early European visitors observed Maori society and changed it too, as more and more Europeans arrived, then stayed.
Drawn from the landmark publication, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), Te Ao Tawhito tells the great origin narrative of Maori history from 3000 BC-AD 1830.
Series: Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History
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Te Ao Tawhito
Te Ao Tawhito: The Old World contemplates Maori origins in the 'blue continent', the vast Pacific Ocean across which the earliest ancestors travelled to settle these southernmost Pacific islands. Here they organised into hapu and iwi, adapting tropical ways to life in a huge but temperate land, building communities and developing cultures. Early European visitors observed Maori society and changed...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781988533353
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 February 2018
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Bridget Williams Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 245.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Atholl Anderson, CNZM, FRSNZ, FAHA, FSA (Ngai Tahu), was awarded the Prime Minister's Lifetime Achievement Award for Non-fi ction in 2016, with particular reference to Tangata Whenua. To the writing of this landmark history, he has brought the experience of many years' archaeological research throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Working with tradition, he has made a significant contribution to tribal history in southern New Zealand, with books such as The Welcome of Strangers (1998) and Ngai Tahu: A Migration History, edited with Te Maire Tau (2008). He is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, and associated also with the University of Canterbury and the University of Otago.
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