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Rere atu, taku manu! Discovering history, language and politics in the Maori-language newspapers

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Rere atu, taku manu! (Fly out, my bird!) uncovers for the first time the wealth of information in the Maori-language newspapers. Produced by government, churches, Maori, and Pakeha philanthropists from the 1840s into the twentieth century, the more than 40 newspapers in the Maori language are a hidden gem of New Zealand's historical archive.

    Maori opinions, vigorous debate on social and political matters, reports on everyday lives, and skilful use of language make compelling and rare reading. A response to the Maori saying 'Kimihia te mea ngaro' (seek what is lost), this book identifies ways in which reading these newspapers can recover some of the losses of culture to colonisation."--Back cover.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    GN672 RER (Library of Congress Call Number)

    30329 (Cat ID)

    37205 (DBTextworks system ID)

    22586 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Rere atu, taku manu! Discovering history, language and politics in the Maori-language newspapers
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Auckland University Press
  • Place
  • Date
    2002
  • Physical Description

    xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    1869402790
  • Language
    English
    Te Reo Māori
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Maori print culture : the newspapers / Timoti Karetu
    A brief history of Maori-language newspapers / Jenifer Curnow
    'E manu, tena koe!' 'O bird, greetings to you' : the oral tradition in newspaper writing / Jane McRae
    Loanwords used in Maori-language newspapers / John C. Moorfield and Lachy Paterson
    Kiri ma, kiri mangu : the terminology of race and civilisation in the mid-nineteenth-century Maori-language newspapers / Lachy Paterson
    Church and identity in the Wesleyan newspaper, Te Haeata / Yvonne Sutherland
    Poetry in Te Waka Maori / Christine Tremewan
    Kupu pai, kupu kino : good and bad words in Maori political writing / Lyndsay Head
    Parliamentary representation for Maori : debate and ideology in Te Wananga and Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani, 1874-8 / Lyn Waymouth
    Inculcating habits of industry : Pakeha prescriptions for work and the capitalist ethic in Te Korimako / Hazel Petrie
    The tribal society of the Wairarapa newspapers / Steven Chrisp
    Delivering the Maori-language newspapers on the Internet / Mark Apperley [et al.].
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references and index. Language Note: In English, with some Maori.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
  • Language Description
    English with some Maori
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