Awards

• Winner of Nga Kupu Ora Te Reo Maori / Maori Language Award 2009
• Winner of Nga Kupu Ora Te Reo Maori / Maori Language Award 2009.
• Winner of Nga Kupu Ora Te Reo Maori Award 2009.

Overview

Tahuhu Korero is a collection of pepeha and whakatauki - Maori proverbs and sayings - from the Taitokerau region, which stretches from Auckland to Cape Reinga. Pepeha and the longer whakatauki are passed down the generations to capture key moments in history, important places and celebrated ancestors. They are also powerful metaphors for human behaviour. Tahuhu Korero presents nearly 200 proverbs from the North in Maori, with translations into English, and explains the origin and meaning of each saying. By elucidating people, places and events as well as the broader meanings of particular pepeha, Tahuhu Korero reveals the wisdom of the ancestors. It features historical paintings and spectacular new photographs of the people and places of the North. From this combination of proverbs, history and images emerges a rich and accessible introduction to the people and the land of the Taikokerau.

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Merata Kawharu is the director of research at the University of Auckland’s James Henare Maori Research Center and the coeditor of Waitangi Revisited: Perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi and Whenua: Managing Our Resources. Krzysztof Pfeiffer is the resident photographer for the Auckland War Memorial Museum and has published more than 20 books.

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