MAORI SOCIETY AND CULTURE

A List of Publications by Koro Dewes Mr Koro Dewes, now a lecturer in Maori at Victoria University of Wellington, was until recently a lecturer in the Department of University Extension, University of Auckland. He compiled this list of publications as a guide for adults studying Maori society and culture at university extension classes. It is a selective list, with the major emphasis on modern Maori society and culture. Basic books, recommended as being of especial interest, are marked with an asterisk. The initials J.P.S. stand for the Journal of the Polynesian Society, a quarterly magazine devoted to Maori and Polynesian studies which has been in existence since 1892. A tremendous number of books and articles on Maori life and culture have been published: many of the books listed here (for example those by Peter Buck and Raymond Firth) give more specialized bibliographies on different aspects of the subject.

The Maori Before Cook ‘The Maori’ by Elsdon Best (2 volumes), Wellington 1924.* ‘Maori Marriage’ by Bruce Biggs, Polynesian Society Maori Monographs No. 1, Wellington 1960. ‘The Coming of the Maori’ by Peter Buck, Wellington 1958.* ‘Economics of the New Zealand Maori, by Raymond Firth, Government Printer 1929 (reprinted 1959).* ‘Culture Change in Prehistoric New Zealand’ by Jack Golson in ‘Anthropology in the South Seas’ ed. by Freeman and Geddes, New Plymouth 1959. ‘Polynesian Navigation’ ed. by Jack Golson, Polynesian Society memoir No. 34, Wellington 1962. ‘Ancient Voyagers in the Pacific’ by Andrew Sharp, Penguin Books, London 1957. ‘Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia’ by Andrew Sharp, Hamilton 1963. ‘Maori Warfare’ by A. P. Vayda, Polynesian Society Maori Monographs No. 2, Wellington 1960.

The Years Between ‘Maori Agriculture of The Auckland Province in the Mid-Ninetenth Century’ by R. P. Hargreaves, in J.P.S. vol. 68, June 1959, pp 61–79. ‘Maori Agriculture after the Wars (1871–1886)’ by R. P. Hargreaves, J.P.S. vol. 69, December 1960, pp 354–67. ‘Changing Maori Agriculture in Pre-Waitangi New Zealand’ by R. P. Hargreaves, J.P.S. vol. 72, June 1963, pp 101–117. ‘The Maori Schools in Rural Education’ by Halvor Holst, in ‘Education’, Department of Education, vol. 7, March 1958, pp 53–9. ‘King Potatau’ by Pei Te Hurunui, Polynesian Society, Wellington. ‘New Zealand’ by Harold Miller, London 1950. ‘Tamihana the King Maker’ by L. S. Rickard, Wellington 1963. ‘History of New Zealand’ by Keith Sinclair, Penguin Books, 1959. ‘The Origins of the Maori Wars’ by Keith Sinclair, New Zealand University Press, Wellington 1957.

The Maori Today ‘The Maori People and Us’ by Norman Smith, Wellington 1948.* ‘The Maori People To-day’ ed. by I. L. G. Sutherland, Wellington 1940. ‘New Zealand 1769-1840: The Early Years of Western Contact’ by Harrison M. Wright, Harvard University Press 1959.* ‘Maori and Pakeha’ by Ormond Wilson, J.P.S. vol. 72, March 1963, pp 11–20.

Population and Socio-Economic Status ‘The Maori Population: A Microcosm of a New World’ by W. D. Bouie in ‘Anthropology in the South Seas’ ed. by Freeman and Geddes, New Plymouth 1959.