Evison, H. A History of the Canterbury Maoris (Ngai Tahu) With Special Reference to the Land Question. Dunedin: University of Otago, M.A. thesis, 1952. Evison, H. Ngai Tahu Land Rights and the Crown Pastoral Lease Lands in the South Island of New Zealand. 2nd ed. Christchurch: Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board, 1986. Ka Roimata Whenua Series: No. 1 - published by Board in attempt to promote understanding of what, as O'Regan's Foreword puts it, "those Maoris are on about". Accompanying 20-page supplement of photocopied material issued in same year. Evison, H. Te Wai Pounumu � The Greenstone Island. A history of the Southern Maori during the European colonisation of NZ. Published in association with Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board and Te Runanganui o Tahu, the most comprehensive and definitive work on "Ngai Tahu currently available. Meticulously documented and objective account of the South Island that maintains cultural balance between European law and tikanga Maori. Te Maire Tau {Listener 9/4/94) says "Evison manages to weave quite specific tribal and regional claims within a national and international context", Includes maps, facsimiles of original documents, glossary, appendices, extensive source referencing, index. Fascinating blend of scholarship and entertainment. Winner of non-fiction category of 1994 NZ Book Awards, finalist in Montana Book Awards. The French and the Maori. 1992. Includes French Tipuna, French/Maori families. Garven, P. The genealogy of the Ngai Tahu. 4v. 1974-1990. Whakapapa tables. Goodall, Maarire, George Griffiths. Maori Dunedin. Otago Heritage Books, 1980. Goodall, A. Ko Waitaki te Awa, Ka Roimata na Aoraki I Riringi Griffiths, G. Maori Dunedin. 1980. This book tells of the Maori contribution to Otepoti (Dunedin). It was published to coincide with the opening of the new Araiteuru Marae in Kaikorai valley. Ngati Mamoe. Harlow, R. Otago�s First Book � The Distinctive Dialect of Southern Maori. 1994. In 1840, Reverend James Watkins published a book for his congregation in Otago. Because existing boooks in Maori were mostly unintelligible to southern Maori with their own dialect, he felt they needed their own written prayer book. In 1994 Southern Heritage reproduced the twelve pages of the original book along with accounts of how it came about and a little about the author. Howard, B. Rakiura: a history of Stewart Island, New Zealand. 1940. Includes census 1844 at Ruapuke and Rakiura; Extracts of Cook�s log; Ngati Mamoe and Ngai Tahu. McLean, G. Moeraki. Dunedin: Otago Heritage Books, 1986. Madwick, P. A history of the South Westland M?ori. 1992. This area has been home to a succession of tribes from the ancient Waitaha to Ngati Mahaki, a sub-tribe (hapu) of Ngai Tahu. This book recounts some of the traditions and battles of these people. Includes a census of Maori and European in Otago in 1851-1852, a census of Maori in Mahitahi (Bruce Bay) in 1879 and a census of Maori in Westland in 1892. Includes a whakapapa table for Kati Mamoe. Mikaere, B. Te Maiharoa and the promised land. 1988. This book looks at the impact that loss of the land had on the people of Te Waipounamu and tells the story of Hipa Te Maiharoa, the prophet who led his people to the promised land and found it flowing with tears. Kai Tahu Morton, H. The Whale's Wake. Dunedin: University ofOtago Press, 1982. Examines effects of whaling industry as chief pre-settlement influence on "Ngai Tahu. Emphasis on Maori management of that influence and social structure as being both selective and intact while Ngai Tahu still in possession of land; working relationship established through trade and intermarriage. Ngaitahu Kaumatua Alive in 1848 as Established by the Maori Land Court in 1925 and the Ngaitahu Census Committee in 1929. Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board, 1967. (Also 1963-Pink Book). Known as the Blue Book, unique in Maoridom. Generally lists only those with relations living to advocate their inclusion when list drawn up in 1925 for purpose of confirming beneficiaries entitled to share in the expected claim settlement. 1333 names O�Regan, H. Ko Tahu, Ko Au. 1999 A rather academic book about what it means to one young Ngai Tahu person at the end of the twentieth century. Shortland, E. The southern districts of New Zealand. (1851;reprinted in 1974) Whakapapa tables; Capper Press, 1974. (Reprint of First Edition, 1851). Wonderfully entertaining account of Shortland's return journey, mostly on foot, from Akaroa to Bluff as interpreter and native adviser during South Island land claims investigation of 1843-4, well before organized patterns of European settlement established. Intelligent observation informed by understanding that European attitude to land acquisition would become cause of much later dispute. Maps, most notably that of inland lakes given him by Huruhuru, appendices, and glossary. Murihiku; Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha. Stack, J. Kaiapohia: The Story of a Siege. Rangiora: Wilson Bros., 1990. (Reprint of original text, Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd,1893). Story of Kaiapoi ~ chief fortress and stronghold of Ngai Tahu, impregnable- and its siege and capture by Te Rauparaha. Stack, J. South Island Maoris: a sketch of their history and legendary lore. (1898;1984). The material for this text was collected between 1859-1863, from Native chiefs residing in different parts of Te Wai Pounamu. Starke, J. ed. Journal of a Rambler: The Journal of John Boultbee. Auckland: Oxford University Press, in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust. 1987. Detailed and appreciative account of life in Southland in the 1820s,particularly European/Maori relationships, and position of Maori women and chiefs in society. Delineates leadership abilities and characters of Te Whakataupuka, Tuhawaiki, and others, during time of both war and epidemic disease for Ngai Tahu. |