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He Pukapuka Tataku : Nga Mahi A Te Rauparaha Nui
Hardback Edition: 1
Te Rauparaha is most well known today as the composer of the haka Ka mate, made famous the world over by New Zealand's national rugby team, who have been performing it for over a century. He is venerated by his own descendants among Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa and widely reviled by those tribes who were on the receiving end of his military campaigns during the musket wars of the 1820s and 1830s, most notably Ngai Tahu.
He pukapuka tataku i nga mahi a Te Rauparaha nui is a 45,000-word account in te reo Maori of Te Rauparaha's life written by his son, Tamihana Te Rauparaha, between 1866 and 1868.
It focuses on the events of the 1820s and 1830s, an era characterised by the conflicts of the musket wars and the resulting displacement and resettlement of tribal groups, as well as by the increasing interaction between the Maori and Pakeha worlds. A pioneering work of Maori (and, indeed, indigenous) biography, Tamihanas narrative weaves together the oral accounts of his father and other elders, with his own recollections using, what was then for Maori, the new medium of writing. However, sadly, due to a succession of poor interpretations of Tamihanas work, his achievement in authoring this manuscript has gone largely unappreciated in the 150 years since it was written.
This current work publishes for the first time Tamihana's complete manuscript in a parallel Maori/English edition. To assist readers, modern conventions of spelling and grammar have been applied to Tamihanas Maori text, while the English translation is completely new.
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Pages : 368
Publication date : 2020-11-12
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in New Zealand, Māori, Māori Biography / Haurongo, Te Reo Māori, Māori Leaders / Rangatira Māori