Story: Kōrero taiao

More links and websites

• Traditional Māori proverbs – some general themes

  This paper by Paul Moon was published in Deep South in 1997. It gives a background to traditional proverbs.

More suggestions and sources

• Grace, Patricia. Earth, sea, sky: images and Māori proverbs from the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2003.
• Kōhere, Rēweti T. He konae aronui: Maori proverbs and sayings. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1951.
• Mead, Sidney M. Ngā pēpeha a ngā tīpuna: the sayings of the ancestors. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2001.