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Pacific parables : learning from Māori tradition / John Patterson with illustrations by Pat Hanley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand : Steele Roberts Aotearoa, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 151 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781927242513
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 108.999442 23
Contents:
1. Welcome to Whakatane -- 2. The tree of rata -- 3. The fish of Māui -- 4. Māui fonds his family -- 5. Māui slows the sun -- 6. Māui wins the secret fire -- 7. Māui and his sister -- 8. Māui meets his match -- 9. Tāne-mahuta separates his parents -- 10. Tāwhiri-matea blasts his brothers -- 11. Tangaroa attacks Tāne-mahuta -- 12. Tū-mata-uenga attacks his brothers -- 13. Tāne-mahuta and Hine-ahu-one -- 14. Te Korekore -- 15. The emergence of mauri -- 16. The battle for knowledge -- 17. The coming of the Pākehā.
Summary: "Encouraging a more sensitive and sympathetic attitude among Pākehā, by showing how the traditional narratives of the Māori can open our eyes to some of the deeper aspects of Māori philosophical thought"--Publisher information.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 108.999442 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A528981B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 108.999442 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A528982B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 108.999442 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A528702B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 108.999442 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A528703B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Welcome to Whakatane -- 2. The tree of rata -- 3. The fish of Māui -- 4. Māui fonds his family -- 5. Māui slows the sun -- 6. Māui wins the secret fire -- 7. Māui and his sister -- 8. Māui meets his match -- 9. Tāne-mahuta separates his parents -- 10. Tāwhiri-matea blasts his brothers -- 11. Tangaroa attacks Tāne-mahuta -- 12. Tū-mata-uenga attacks his brothers -- 13. Tāne-mahuta and Hine-ahu-one -- 14. Te Korekore -- 15. The emergence of mauri -- 16. The battle for knowledge -- 17. The coming of the Pākehā.

"Encouraging a more sensitive and sympathetic attitude among Pākehā, by showing how the traditional narratives of the Māori can open our eyes to some of the deeper aspects of Māori philosophical thought"--Publisher information.

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