We’ve just
received a shipment of books from Huia Publishers, at special
mid-year summer holiday prices.
Here’s a small
selection:
The Struggle for
Māori Fishing Rights: Te Ika a Māori
By Brian Bargh
This book claims
that four pou or elements significantly assisted in the recognition
and eventual recovery of Māori fishing rights: The Treaty of
Waitangi; the courts; The Waitangi Tribunal and the resilience and
tenacity of Māori people, who never gave up fighting for what was
right.
$20
Polynesian Panthers:
Pacific Protest and Affirmative Action in Aotearoa NZ 1971-1981
By Melani Anae,
Leilani Tamu, Lautofa Iuli
The Panthers
organised prison visit programmes and sporting and debating teams for
inmates; provided a halfway-house service for young men released from
prison; ran homework centres; and offered ‘people’s loans’,
legal aid and food banks that catered for 600 families at their
height.
$15
Māori and the
Environment: Kaitiaki
By Rachael Selby,
Pātaka Moore, Malcolm Mulholland
This collection of
articles discusses the impact of changes in Aotearoa New Zealand's
natural environment due to factors such as climate change, pollution
and degradation of waterways and land, pest control and environmental
management policy.
$15
Colonising Myths:
Māori Realities
By Ani Mikaere
This book brings
together a series of papers by Ani Mikaere that reflect on the effect
of Pākehā law, legal processes and teaching on Māori legal thought
and practice
$15
