"As a wise teacher grows older, she encouages her students to learn from the example of famous ancestors. She gives the next generation simple messages of days gone by: getting into nature, letting go of anger, anxiety and stress, and standing strong and tall."--Publisher's description.

"As a wise teacher grows older, she encourages her students to learn from the example of famous ancestors. She gives the next generation simple messages of days gone by: getting out into nature, letting go of anger, anxiety and stress, and standing strong and tall"--Back cover.

Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.

"... An official collection of Māori historical traditions"--BIM.

" ... An official collection of Māori historical traditions"--BIM.

Published 1887-90, this six-volume compilation of Maori oral literature, with English translations, contains traditions about deities, origins and warfare.