Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors by Mead, Hirini Moko

Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors

This collection contains more than 2,500 pepeha, or "sayings of the ancestors," that were gathered and compiled...
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Author: Hirini Moko Mead
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Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors by Mead, Hirini Moko

Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors

CHF 52.42

Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors

CHF 52.42
Author: Hirini Moko Mead
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This collection contains more than 2,500 pepeha, or "sayings of the ancestors," that were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period. More than just proverbs, pepeha include charms, witticisms, figures of speech, and boasts, and they are featured in the formal speeches heard every day on the marae and in the oral literature handed down from past generations. These expressions provide a rich source of vocabulary, using metaphor and an economy of words to show language that enriches the Maori of today.


Author: Hirini Moko Mead, Neil Grove
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.84lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.66w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780864734624

About the Author
Hirini Moko Mead (Ngati Awa) is a prominent writer and commentator who was instrumental in establishing the Maori tertiary institution Te Whare Wanaga o Awanui-a-rangi in Whakatane. He also served as a professor of Maori studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Neil Grove retired in 1972 from a distinguished career in the U.S. Army. He also served as secretary to the Anglican Diocese in Wellington, New Zealand, and his research in Maori proverbs continued until his death in 1999.



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