Compiled by Hana O'Regan and Charisma Rangipunga
How well do you know your grandparents? Have you ever taken the time to explore their dreams or pry into their memories? Have they shared with you their stories of racing hearts with first kisses, or agonising grief at the loss of loved ones? This book is a glimpse into the lives of 13 remarkable Canterbury kaumātua who came together for "Kaumātua Class" at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology. There they shared intimate moments, precious memories and passionate dreams and hopes with those of us lucky enough to host these amazings classes. As your read through these pages, we hope you feel as humbled and privileged as we have and wil be inspired as much by the ordinary as the extroadinary.
Kāi Tahu Taoka is a collection of Kāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu) treasures held in the Otago Museum. The taoka includes carvings, jewellery, garments and waka, crafted in wood, bone, pounamu, feathers and fibre. This beautiful book is designed and produced with great respect for these taoka.
This magnificant narrative tells of Ngāi Tahu's migration from the Wellington area into the South Island. Making their way by sea and land as far as Rakiura (Stewart Island) and Fiordland, the people settled, fought and intermarried - establishing their genealogical right to the land, as Te Huataki acknowledges in the words 'by way of way of my backbone'.
The history was recorded in the 1930's by journalist Hugh Carrington, who drew on the knowledge of Oaro elder Hariata Beaton-Morel and earlier Ngāi Tahu scholars. The Carrington text, from the Alexander Turnball Library, has been framed and edited by Te Maire Tau and Atholl Anderson. Other traditions and whakapapa complement the text.
Both Editors have extensive experience in researching the past of the southern New Zealand, particularly Ngāi Tahu. They have brought together the scholarship of several generations in making a history that will come alive for contemporary readers.
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