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Story: Māori non-fiction and scholarship – ngā tuhinga me te rangahau

Te Ao hurihuri

Title Author
Foreword: learning and tapu Te Uira Manihera, Ngoi Pewhairangi, John Rangihau
Marae: a place to stand Ranginui Walker
Language and protocol of the marae Timoti Karetu
Leadership: inherited and achieved Api Mahuika
Land: Maori view and European response Douglas Sinclair
Land since the treaty Douglas Sinclair
A view of death Harry Dansey
God, man and universe: a Maori view Maori Marsden
A church called Ringatu Wi Tarei
The origins of the Ratana movement Moana Raureti
The Kingitanga Robert Mahuta
The relevance of Maori myth and tradition Ranginui Walker
Being Maori John Rangihau

The 1975 book Te Ao hurihuri, the world moves on: aspects of Maoritanga was unique, as each chapter was written by a Māori author about Māori society from their perspective. The book was edited by Pākehā historian Michael King. This is the table of contents.

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Basil Keane, Māori non-fiction and scholarship – ngā tuhinga me te rangahau – Ngā mahi porotēhi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/46468/te-ao-hurihuri (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 22 December 2014.