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Traditional lifeways of the Southern Māori the Otago University Museum ethnological project, nineteen twenty Otago University Museum ethnological project, 1920
634 pages
illustrations, maps, portraits.
First published: 1994. Contents include: Murihiku -- Canterbury -- Nelson -- Westland -- Edited remains from the first draft of Murihiku volume -- Glossary for flora and fauna.
Summary: Journalist and researcher Herries Beattie worked with Southern Māori for almost fifty years and produced many books. With a strong sense that traditional knowledge needed to be recorded, in 1920 he interviewed people from Foveaux Strait to North Canterbury and from Nelson and Westland, with Otago Museum support. His research resulted in this book about Southern Māori lifestyle and beliefs.