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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10799546597668 |
| SKU: | A5/2609/U415 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR617 (41) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial New Zealand: Maori & Te Reo |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
O TE RAKI: Legends of the North
by Florence Keene
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: AH & AW Reed 1963, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 225 h x 25 d
Pages: 196
SKU: A5/2609/U415
ABOUT
A historical collection of Māori mythology, folklore, and regional history.
Documents authentic histories, fishing customs, and tribal traditions across the Far North, middle North, and Whangarei districts—ranging geographically from the spiritual landscape of Te Reinga to the Kaipara area.
Documents traditional Māori customs (including fishing and burial practices), historical warfare, local place names, and tribal lore.
As a local teacher, historian, and descendant of the the early CMS missionaries Rev. Joseph Matthews and Rev. Richard Davis, Florence Keene utilized extensive family records and regional knowledge to preserve Northland's oral histories.
Illustrated with monochrome fine line drawings, maps on end papers.
Include a separate newspaper cutting.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light wear/marks on dust jacket and end papers/page edges, page as new.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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