Tiahuia : a karanga for my mother / Merenia Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Merenia, author person.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people)--Social conditions.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Māori (New Zealand people)--Biography.

Women, Māori--Biography.

Women, Māori.

Te Puea Herangi, Princess of the Maori, 1883-1952.

Te Puea Herangi.

North Island (N.Z.)--History.

North Island (N.Z.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 173 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

''As the whāngai daughter of Te Puea Hērangi, an inspiring leader of the Waikato, Tiahuia Te Puea Hērangi witnessed and took part in some of the major events that changed Aotearoa New Zealand. Merenia Gray, Tiahuia's daughter, explores Tiahuia's life and her whakapapa. Using stories, poetry, letters and interviews, Merenia retells the stories of how her ancestors survived Te Rauparaha's raids, signed the Treaty of Waitangi, and came from Norfolk and Aberdeen to settle in Nelson. Tiahuia was a teacher, an artist, a Wellington city councillor, a graduate of Victoria University, a nurse, a lifelong member of Ngāti Pōneke, and a skilled practitioner of a range of Māori performing arts, particularly karanga. She was a unique woman whose life drew together te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā''--Publisher's information.

Contents:

Act 1. Whakatuwhera

Interlude. A letter to Merenia from Witi Ihimaera

Act 2. Puku

Act 3. Whakamutunga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781775508335

1775508331

OCLC:

1453536742

Publisher Number:

90104021158