Huia come home /

"Huia e huia, tangata kotahi! Huia, your destiny is to bring everyone together! Once the sacred guardian of New Zealand's native forests, the huia was a symbol of the land's unique beauty and spirituality. The rare bird's tragic extinction in the early 1900s represents a shot to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ruka, J. Jay, 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Auckland, New Zealand] : Oati, [2017]
Subjects:	Maori (New Zealand people) > Social conditions. Biculturalism > New Zealand. Colonization > Religious aspects. Culture conflict > New Zealand > History. New Zealand > Ethnic relations. New Zealand > History. New Zealand > Colonization. New Zealand > Church history. Biculturalism. Colonization. Culture conflict. Ethnic relations. New Zealand. Kōrero nehe. Noho-ā-iwi. Te Ao Hurihuri. Taipūwhenuatanga. Hāhi Karaitiana. Tikanga rua. Ao wairua. Māoritanga. Tikanga-rua. Church history. History.

Table of Contents:

Tuatahi: The huia. The day of the huia call
The huia: Building a nest in our imaginations
Tuarua: History. Waking up to the past
A prophetic beginning
The power of the book
Tarapīpipi Wiremu Tāmihana: The kingmaker
Piripi Taumata-a-kura: An East Coast legend
Tuatoru: The Treaty. The roots of the Treaty
The night the Treaty came to be
Te Tiriti and linguistic license
Tuawhā: Worldviews. Transforming worldviews
Wairua
Whenua
Whakapapa
Tuarima: The chicken. The sign of Walter Buller
The great commission and the great colonisation
Land and the love of money
Chicken crisis
Tuaono: Home. Huia come home.