The great sacred forest of Tane
Subtitle: Te wao tapu nui a Tāne : a natural pre-history of Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Alan Clarke
Publisher: Reed
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Auckland [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780790011530
Subjects: Natural history; Forest ecology; Botany
Other titles: Wao tapu nui a Tāne
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-439) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part One: Te wao-tapu-nui-a-Tane = The great sacred forest of Tane:; title: 1. The New Zealand forest setting; title: 2. Te haerenga mao o te iwi me to ngarotanga o te ngahere = The arrival of the people and the loss of the forest; title: 3. Exploitation versus conservation?; title: 4. Nga korero o nga ra o mua, korero onemata = Stories from the past, from ancient times; title: Part Two: Exploitation of forest resources:; title: 5. Maori edible plants and fungi; title: 6. Fibre-yielding plants, insecticicdes, vegetable dyes, ornamentation and perfumes; title: 7. Industrial forest resources; title: 8. House-building materials, methods and styles; title: 9. Sea and forest craft; title: Part Three: Rongoa Maori = Maori medicinal plants and practices; title: 10. Pre-contact Maori illness and medicinal practices; title: 11. The holistic approach of Maori medical practices; title: 12. Post-contact Maori medicinal plant usage; title: 13. Later post-contact Maori medicine; title: 14. Botanists' records of medicinal plant uses; title: 15. Common ailments and treatments; title: 16. Maori women's medicine and pregnancy; title: Conclusion. Te iwi Maori me te wao-tapu-nui-a-Tane i te ao hurihuri = Maori and the forests in today's world; title: Appendices:; title: 1. Rongoa Maori. Glossary of botanical and medical terms; title: 2. Elsdon Best's Maori nomenclature; title: 3. Taylor's list of native diseases.