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Cormack, Syd, 1906-1995

Four generations from Māoridom : the memoirs of a South Island kaumatua and fisherman / 4 generations from Māoridom Syd Cormack as told to Joanna Orwin. - 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.

Glossary -- Foreword -- Preface -- Talking History -- Moeraki People and Places -- Growing Up at Moeraki -- Starting Fishing at Moeraki -- Manuhiri Fisherman at Kaikoura -- The Kia Ora Years -- The Last Years of Fishing -- A Friend of the Land Court -- Genealogy and Southern History -- Maori Issues in Southland -- Syd Cormack's Whakapapa -- Syd Cormack's Maori Informants -- Place Names and their Maori History -- Notes -- References -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place Names. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. App. App. App.

ISBN: 1877133345 9781877133343

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cormack, Syd, 1906-1995

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fishers--New Zealand--South Island--Biography
Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people)--Biography
Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people)--History
Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people)--Fishing--New Zealand--South Island
Fisheries--History--New Zealand--South Island
Pioneers--New Zealand--Biography
Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand
Tāngata.
Hī ika
Tangaroa
Kōrero nehe.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Island (N.Z.)--Biography
Moeraki (N.Z.)--Biography
New Zealand--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 993.00499442