Books

This section will increase during 2020-2022 as public domain books are digitised or are provided by whānau. There will also be a new Ngāi Tahu Reo resources section added. Currently many of the online texts need to be formatted to allow for better reading.

 

  1. The Southern Districts of New Zealand. Shortland, Edward 1851
  2. The Ancient History of the Maori, his mythology and traditions: Horo-uta or Taki-Tumu migration [VOL. III] Chapter XIV Nga-ti-Mamoe and South Island History. John White 1887
  3. Kaiapohia The Story of a Siege. Stack, Reverend JA. 1893
  4. Maori Folk Tales of the Port Hills James Cowan 1921
  5. Tuhaitara and Tikao From MS. material supplied by Mrs. Rahera Tainui, Put in order and edited by J. M. McEWEN, Native Land Department, Wellington. Journal of the Polynesian Society. Volume 55, No. 3 > Ngai-Tahu: notes relating to, by Rahera Tainui, p 221-235
  6. Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island. T. A. Pybus 1954
  7. The Maoris of the South Island T.A. PYBUS 1954
  8. Sketch of the Traditional History of the South Island Maoris. By the Rev. James W. Stack. 1961
  9. Te Waiatatanga mai o te Atua: South Island traditions. Tiramōrehu, Matiaha.
    Edited by Van Ballekom, Manu, Harlow, Ray 1987
  10. Ngāi Tahu Kaumatua alive in the 1848 as established by the Maori Land Court in 1925 and the Ngāi Tahu Census Committee in 1929.  

 

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand Articles

 

  1. The Customs and Traditions of the Poutini Ngai-Tahu – Skinner, by Mr. H. D. Skinner. 1868-1961 Volume 43, 1910
  2. Sketch of the Traditional History of the South Island Maoris.. By the Rev. James W. Stack. 1868-1961 Volume 10, 1877
  3. The Mythology and Traditions of the Maori in New Zealand. By the Rev. J. F. H. Wohlers, of Ruapuke, Southland. 1868-1961 Volume 7, 1874
  4. Nature-lore of the Southern Maori By H. Beattie. Communicated by H. D. Skinner. Volume 52, 1920
  5. On the Disappearance of the larger Kinds of Lizard from North Canterbury. By the Rev. J. W. Stack. Volume 7, 1874
  6. Working of Greenstone or Nephrite by the Maoris. By F. R. Chapman. Volume 24, 1891