The Maori builds
Subtitle: life, art and architecture from Moahunter days.
By: Illustrations by W. A. Taylor.
Contributors: Taylor, W. A. 1882-1952.
Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs
Published: 1966
Place of publication: [Christchurch]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Architecture, Maori.; Maori (New Zealand people)
Description: "Approaches Maori architecture wholly within the context of Maori social life; there are descriptions not only of [buildings] ... but also of the everyday life of the Maori people"--Introduction.

This book describes and illustrates Maori building, life and culture from the Moahunter Phase the Classic Phase to the influences of early European and modern society. A feature of the Maori Builds is the approach to Maori architecture as an intergral part of his everydaylife: the author and illustrator look at the Maori people, their life and architecture, as one.
Notes: Bibliography : p. 80.