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  • Ka Ngaro Te Reo

    Maori Language under Siege in the 19th Century

    by Paul Moon ...
    Ka ngaro te reo, ka ngaro taua, pera i te ngaro o te moa. If the language be lost, man will be lost, as dead as the moa. In 1800, te reo Maori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In Ka Ngaro Te Reo, Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonization that saw political, economic, cultural ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Zealand in the Twentieth Century

    by Paul Moon ...
    A fascinating and vibrant history of the New Zealand experience in the twentieth century.this is an accessible social history of life in New Zealand throughout the twentieth century, a time before most of us were born, as well as a period within which most of us have lived. Superbly researched and carefully chosen incidents and passages of history have been selected to tell our story, using diary ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Draught of the South Land

    Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook

    by Paul Moon ...
    The story of how the map of New Zealand emerged is a fascinating one. The first full map of the continent was published in London in 1773, which might seem the natural starting point, but over the preceding 150 years, fragments of charts and intelligence about New Zealand ricocheted around various parts of the world. In A Draught of the South Land: Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook, Paul ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • This Horrid Practice

    by Paul Moon ...
    'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • A Tohunga's Natural World

    Plants, Gardening and Food

    by Paul Moon ...
    Historian Dr Paul Moon again travels deep into Tuhoe territory – and deep into its past – to uncover a wealth of material. This time he reveals his discussions with Hohepa Kereopa on traditional plants, cultivation, gardening, foods, medicines, and other aspects of the natural Maori world. This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in customary Maori life, and provides a unique ... Read more

    $6.05 USD

  • Tohunga

    Hohepa Kereopa

    by Paul Moon ...
    For the first time, the world of the tohunga – which up until now has lain carefully concealed for centuries – is brought out into the open. Subject matters ranging from natural healing to modern life offer an exclusive insight into the realm of a great tohunga. This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in customary Maori life, and provides a unique perspective on the work of a great ... Read more

    $6.05 USD

  • A Savage Country

    by Paul Moon ...
    New Zealand in the 1820s had no government or bureaucratic presence; no newspapers were published; the literate population was probably no more than a couple of dozen people at any one time. Early explorers' assessments of New Zealand were haphazard at best - few knew what to make of this foreign land and its people. In this groundbreaking history of early New Zealand, Paul Moon details how so ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Ans Westra

    A life in photography

    by Paul Moon ...
    In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (1936– 2023) made it her life' s work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images. Her photographic catalogue is now widely thought of as a photo album of Aotearoa New Zealand. This richly illustrated biography interrogates her remarkable — and at times controversial — practice, and a life ... Read more

    Was $16.99 USD Now $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise and Fall of James Busby

    His Majesty’s British Resident in New Zealand

    by Paul Moon ...
    One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840.Officially the man on the ground for the British government in the volatile society ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The Voyagers: Remarkable European Explorations of New Zealand

    Remarkable European Explorations of New Zealand

    by Paul Moon ...
    Caught in the crossfire of inter-tribal wars, witnesses to cannibalism and to scenes of both ethereal beauty and chilling terror - the early European explorers of New Zealand were a diverse group of individuals who undertook voyages of sometimes epic proportions through the country. In The Voyagers, Paul Moon tells dramatic stories of Europeans discovering and exploring New Zealand during the ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Retirement Opportunities Workbook

    Providing a framework for considering options and taking action

    by Paul Moon ...
    Retirement Opportunities Workbook by Paul Moon is an essential guide for those approaching retirement. Drawing from his extensive experience in human resources, adult education, and self-employment, Moon offers a practical and interactive workbook designed to navigate the intricacies of retirement planning. It provides a detailed framework for financial analysis, exploring options for time ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Colonising New Zealand

    A Reappraisal

    by Paul Moon ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
    Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand. It commences by confronting the problems arising from subjective and ever-evolving moral judgements about colonisation and examines the possibility of understanding colonisation beyond the confines of any preoccupations with moral perspectives.It then investigates the motives ... Read more

    $60.99 USD