14092009 Maori Book Awards - Merata Kawharu: Te Reo Maori

Tāhuhu Kōrero: The Sayings of Tai Tokerau. Auckland University Press This bi-lingual volume commemorates the traditional sayings of the Tai Tokerau confederation of iwi, allowing Māori and Pākehā alike to understand and explore the landscape, the people and the iwi. Beautifully illustrated through the photography of Krzysztof Pfeiffer which brings to life and contextualises more than 200 sayings in the form of whakatauaākī, tauparapara, pëpeha and waiata Researched and written over a period of two years this important work has been produced to entice rangatahi with Northern connections to embrace the richness of their ancestry and to celebrate the beauty of te reo Māori, Tai Tokerau style.