Whaikōrero : the world of Māori oratory / Poia Rewi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rewi, Poia.

Language:

English

Maori

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., Māori.

Māori language--Rhetoric.

Māori language.

Māori language--Spoken Maori.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Anyone who has been welcomed on to a marae in New Zealand will understand that whaikorero ? oratory ? is at the heart of Maori culture. Whaikorero: The World of Maori Oratory is the first introduction to this fundamental Maori art to be widely published. It is based on broad research as well as oral histories from 30 of the leading exponents of whaikorero, many of whom have subsequently died. Author Poia Rewi's informants are affiliated to many iwi including Tuhoe, Ngati Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Waikato-Maniapoto, Te Whakatohea, Nga Puhi and Ngati Whare. In Whaikorero

Contents:

Map of tribal lands

1. Introduction

2. What is whaikōrero

3. How to learn to whaikōrero

4. Whaikōrero as rituals of encounter

5. Who can perform whaikōrero

6. What skills are required for oratory?

7. The mana of Whaikōrero

8. Protocols of place

9. The structure of Whaikōrero

10. The future of Whaikōrero

Appendix. Sample Whaikōrero.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781775586920

1775586928

9781869405533

1869405536

9781775582403

177558240X

OCLC:

865331828