Whaikorero: The World of Maori Oratory

by Poia Rewi

Overview

Based on in-depth research and interviews with 30 tribal elders, this guidebook to whaikorero—or New Zealand’s traditional Maori oratory—is the first introduction to this fundamental art form. Assessing whaikorero’s origin, history, structure, language, and style of delivery, this volume features a range of speech samples in Maori with English translations and captures the wisdom and experience of the Maori tribal groups, including Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Awa, Te Arawa, and Waikato-Maniapoto. Informative and noteworthy, this bilingual examination will interest both modern practitioners of whaikorero and Maori culture aficionados.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781869404635
Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2010
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Poia Rewi is a social scientist, a certified translator and interpreter of the Maori language, and an associate professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has been a judge at regional Maori language speaking competitions as well as at national, regional, and tribal Maori performing arts competitions.