Genre
History
Non-Fiction
He Kōrero: Words Between Us – First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper
Alison Jones, Kuni Jenkins
$45.00
$9.99
WINNER, Best Book in Higher Education Publishing, CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards
2012 WINNER, Te Kōrero Pono - Non-fiction, Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards
PANZ Book Design Awards, 2012.
This book traces Māori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it describes the first encounters Māori had with paper and writing and the first relationships between Māori and Europeans in the earliest school.
The earliest Māori–Pākehā engagements were vividly recorded by both Māori and Pākehā in drawings and writing in the early 1800s. These archival images tell stories about the ways Māori encountered pen and paper, which gives us a new perspective on the past.
He Kōrero: Words Between Us is a controversial and enlightening book that will stimulate fresh thinking about the first conversations between Māori and Pākehā.
Pages
247
Language
English
Publication Date
November 21, 2011
Dimensions
180 x 260 mm
ISBN (Soft Cover)
9781869694784
ISBN (E-Book)
9781775502715
"This book is essential reading for lovers of history in general and New Zealand in particular...Traces of Kiwi ingenuity, resourcefulness can be found in the practical and revealing passages. This is an exciting thread that binds together the history of the world's newest nation."
"...an exciting journey with Jenkins and Jones through the realms of early Māori experience with writing and reading that will be closely scrutinised by Ngāpuhi, Māori and Pākehā scholars. It is a highly significant text..."