Pukaki : a comet returns

Label

Pukaki : a comet returns

Title remainder

a comet returns

Statement of responsibility

Paul Tapsell ; foreword by Grahame Hall

Creator

• Tapsell, Paul

Subject

• Wood-carving, Maori -- New Zealand | Rotorua District
• Whakapapa
• Kōrero nehe
• Te Arawa (New Zealand people) -- History
• Ngāti Whakaue (New Zealand people) -- Genealogy
• Maori (New Zealand people) -- New Zealand | Rotorua District -- History
• Ngāti Whakaue (New Zealand people) -- Antiquities
• Ngāti Whakaue (New Zealand people) -- History

Genre

• Genealogy

Language

eng

Summary

Records the life and transformations of Pukaki, ancestral father of Ngati Whakaue of Te Arawa: from mortal rangatira to carved ancestor at Ohinemutu, from curiosity on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to national icon in the Te Maori exhibition, climaxing with his return home to Rotorua in October 1997. This book intersperses Paul Tapsell's narrative with the memories of Ngati Whakaue elders, principally the late paramount leader Hamuera Taiporuto Mitchell

Member of

• Montana New Zealand Book Awards, E.H. McCormick. Best First Book, Non-Fiction

Awards note

Montana E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction Award 2001 Winner.

Cataloging source

NZNB

Dewey number

993.423

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• genealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography