The oral traditions of Ngāi Tahu =
Subtitle: Ngā pikitūroa o Ngāi Tahu
By: Rawiri Te Maire Tau.
Publisher: University of Otago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Ngaitahu (New Zealand people) -- Folklore; Ngaitahu (New Zealand people) -- History; Ngaitahu (New Zealand people) -- Genealogy; Oral tradition -- New Zealand -- South Island; South Island (N.Z.) -- History; South Island (N.Z. -- Genealogy
Genres: Folklore.; Genealogy.
Other titles: Pikitūroa o Ngāi Tahu
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-314) and index.
Edited version of the author's Ph.D. thesis, University of Canterbury, 1997.
Table of contents: title: Knowledge and whakapapa. ch. 1. The oral traditions of Ngāi Tahu; title: ch. 2. The meaning and purpose of whakapapa; title: ch. 3. Ngāi Tahu creation myths and the ritual of tapu; title: ch. 4. The realms of myth and history; title: Migration of Ngāi Tahu in Te Ika a Māui.  ch. 5. The Ngāi Tahu migration south; title: ch. 6.  Ngāi Tahu traditions compared with those of East Coast iwi; title: Migration of Ngāi Tahu in Te Waipounamu. ch. 7. Three Ngāi Tahu tribal manuscripts; title: ch. 8. The role and purpose of oral traditions; title: Appendices. 1. The origins of Waitaha; title: 2. The tradition of Tū Ahuriri.