“Digging in the kumara garden. The soil is dug and turned with a ko in time to a special chant.” An illustration from a new booklet in the Maori Studies series — “Nga Tupuna: Life in Maori Communities 1200-1769,” by Kathryn Roundtree, illustrated by Vivian Ward (Longman Paul, 39 pp. $5.95). In brief compass the book discusses the continuities of Maori life in New Zealand before European contact; it also looks at regional differences and changes that took place as a result of the Maori’s experience in a country very different from their Polynesian homes.
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Press, 7 December 1985, Page 20
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94“Digging in the kumara garden. The soil is dug and turned with a ko in time to a special chant.” An illustration from a new booklet in the Maori Studies series — “Nga Tupuna: Life in Maori Communities 1200-1769,” by Kathryn Roundtree, illustrated by Vivian Ward (Longman Paul, 39 pp. $5.95). In brief compass the book discusses the continuities of Maori life in New Zealand before European contact; it also looks at regional differences and changes that took place as a result of the Maori’s experience in a country very different from their Polynesian homes. Press, 7 December 1985, Page 20
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