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Knowledge about traditional harvesting and processing of native plants dwindled as imported products replaces old ones. Today, though, there is new interest in the ways native plants can provide us with food, fibre, building materials and medicines. These stories of native plants of the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand describe the characteristics of the plants and the ways that Måaori and European settlers grew and processed them, and the...

Searching for fragrance is a metaphor for striving for the best, with others' support. This book celebrates His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi's intellectual and cultural legacy to Samoa as he seeks and discusses the best of things Samoan or 'the Samoan indigenous reference'. It was first compiled and published as a festschrift in commemoration of his seventieth birthday. Fourteen Samoan scholars reply, discuss the ideas, raise qu...

Kishonna L. Gray is assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and Communication at the University of Illinois¿Chicago. She is the author of Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live: Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins and a featured blogger and podcaster with ¿Not Your Mama¿s Gamer.¿ David J. Leonard is a professor at Washington State University. He is the author of several books, including Playing While ...

Christopher Sanford, MD, MPH is associate professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Global Health at the University of Washington, and a family medicine physician who specializes in tropical medicine and travelers¿ health. His research interests include medical education in low-resource settings and health risks of urban centers in low-income nations.

Brook Colley (Wasco/Eastern Cherokee, Enrolled Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) is assistant professor of Native American studies at Southern Oregon University.

Brook Colley (Wasco/Eastern Cherokee, Enrolled Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) is assistant professor of Native American studies at Southern Oregon University.

Lorraine K. Bannai is director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and professor of lawyering skills at Seattle University School of Law.

Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth teaches history at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and is owner of the public history consulting business Tundra Vision.

This comprehensive history of Aotearoa New Zealand written entirely from M?ori viewpoints using M?ori customary structures takes a fresh look at what M?ori history is and how it is different from that formerly portrayed.

In this book, Maori traditional stories, understandings, and history stand alongside geothermal science in an exploration of the thermal phenomena of the Volcanic Plateau. The text provides information about the natural history of the area, its formation, and its significance to Maori.

For more than ten years, the Maori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers have organised a biennial writing competition to promote Maori stories and writers. This is a collection of the best short stories and novel extracts from the 2015 awards. The book contains the stories from the finalists for Best Short Story written in English, Best Short Story written in Maori and Best Novel Extract.

The New Zealand environment has been allowed to deteriorate, but it is not too late to undo the damage. This book advocates the adoption of the kaupapa of kaitiakitanga (guardianship) to preserve what is left and to restore the lakes, streams, rivers.

A collection of papers that examine the current place of the Treaty of Watangi in core public policy areas. The authors analyse the tensions and dynamics in the relationship between Maori and the Crown in their areas of expertise, detail the key challenges being faced, and provide insights on how these can be overcome.

Te Kete Kupu contains the 300 most frequently used words in M?ori, sentences provide examples of how the words are most often used. The large text and colourful illustrations aid the reader's learning.

This book brings together a series of papers that reflects on the effect of P?keh? law, legal processes, and teaching on M?ori legal thought and practice.

Here New Zealand's foremost Maori chef combines traditional ingredients with tantalizing culinary flare.

A revised edition of the definitive guide to audio terminology.

Looks at the continuing political significance of religious rituals commemorating the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

This invaluable guide to theatrical production includes up-to-date definitions of all technical aspects of stagecraft, including the many advances in the past decade, particularly in the areas of trusses, rigging, and automated lights and their control. More than 200 terms, along with 25 new drawings, have been added, many existing definitions have been expanded and drawings revised to include new technological developments, and World Wide Web...

Yun Xia is assistant professor of history at Valparaiso University.