Early Voyagers

• Cook (1768-1771)
• Cook (1772-1775)
• Cook (1776-1780)
• Crozet (1771-1772)
• D'entrecasteaux (1791-1793)
• Dillon (1827-1828)
• Dumont d'urville (1826-1829)
• Dumont d'urville (1837-1840)
• Duperry (1822-1825)
• Du Petct-Thouars (1836-1839)
• Labillardière (1791-1793)
• Lesson (1822-1825)
• Surville (1769-1770)
• Tasman (1642-1643)
• Turnbull (1800-1804)
• Wilkes (1838-1842)

Other Writers

Andersen, J. C., Maori string figures, Board Maori Ethnol. Res., Mem. 2, 1927.

Andersen, J. C., Maori music with its Polynesian background: Polynesian Soc., Mem., vol. 10, 1934.

Andersen, J. C., Maori religion: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 49, pp. 513-555, 1940.

Andersen, J. C., Maori place names, also personal names, and names of colours, weapons, and natural objects: Polynesian Soc, Mem., vol. 20, 1942.

Angas, J. F., Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand, vols. 1-2, London, 1847.

Archey, Gilbert, Wood carving in the North Auckland area: Auckland Inst. and Mus., Records, vol. 1, pp. 209-218, 1933.

Archey, Gilbert, Evolution of certain Maori carving patterns: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 42, pp. 171-190, 1933.

Archey, Gilbert, Maori carving patterns: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 45, pp. 49-62, 1936.

Beaglehole, Ernest, New Zealand anthropology to-day: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 46, pp. 154-172, 1937.

Beaglehole, Ernest, Anthropology in New Zealand: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 47, pp. 152-162, 1938.

Beaglehole, Ernest, The Polynesian Maori: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 49, pp. 39-68, 1940.

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Beattie, H., Traditions and legends collected from the natives of Murihiku: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 24, pp. 98-112, 130-139; vol. 25, pp. 9-17, 53-65, 89-98; vol. 26, pp. 75-86, 106-110; vol. 27, pp. 137-161; vol. 28, pp. 42-51, 152-159, 212-225; vol. 29, pp. 128-138, 189-198; vol. 31, pp. 134-144, 193-197; 1915-1922.

Best, Elsdon, The art of the Whare pora [clothing]: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 31, pp. 625-658, 1898.

Best, Elsdon, Notes on the art of war: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 11, pp. 11-41, 47-75, 127-162, 219-246; vol. 12, pp. 32-50, 65-84, 145-165, 193-217; vol. 13, 1-19, 73-82; 1902-1904.

Best, Elsdon, Maori medical lore: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 13, pp. 213-237; vol. 14, pp. 1-23; 1904, 1905.

Best, Elsdon, Maori eschatology [death]: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 38, pp. 148-239, 1905.

Best, Elsdon, The stone implements of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Bull. 4, 1912.

Best, Elsdon, Maori storehouses and kindred structures: Dominion Mus., Bull. 5, 1915.

Best, Elsdon, Some aspects of Maori myth and religion: Dominion Mus., Mem. 1, 1922.

Best, Elsdon, Spiritual and mental concepts of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Mem. 2, 1922.

Best, Elsdon, Astronomical knowledge of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Mem. 3, 1922.

Best, Elsdon, Maori division of time: Dominion Mus., Mem. 4, 1922.

Best, Elsdon, Polynesian voyagers: Dominion Mus., Mem. 5, 1923.

Best, Elsdon, The Maori school of learning: Dominion Mus., Mem. 6, 1923.

Best, Elsdon, The Maori, vols. 1-2: Polynesian Soc, Mem., vol. 5, 1924.

Best, Elsdon, Maori religion and mythology, part 1: Dominion Mus., Bull. 10, 1924.

Best, Elsdon, The Maori canoe: Dominion Mus., Bull. 7, 1925.

Best, Elsdon, Games, exercises, and pastimes of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Bull. 8, 1925.

Best, Elsdon, The Maori system of agriculture: Dominion Mus., Bull. 9, 1925.

Best, Elsdon, The Maori pa [fortified village]: Dominion Mus., Bull. 6, 1927.

Best, Elsdon, Fishing methods and devices of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Bull. 12, 1929.

Best, Elsdon, The Whare Kohanga [maternity house] and its lore: Dominion Mus., Bull. 13, 1929.

Best, Elsdon, Forest lore of the Maori: Dominion Mus., Bull. 14, 1942.

Best, Elsdon, Maori religion and mythology, part 2: Dominion Mus., Bull. 11, in press.

Chapman, F. R., On the working of greenstone or nephrite by the Maoris: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 24, pp. 479-539, 1891.

Colenso, William, On the Maori races of New Zealand: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 1, Last essay, pp. 1-76, 1868.

Cowan, James, The Maoris of New Zealand, Christchurch, 1910.

Cowan, James, andPomare, Maui, Legends of the Maori, vols. 1-2, Wellington, 1930, 1934.

Cruise, R. A., Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand, London, 1823.

Dodge, E. S., The New Zealand collection in the Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem, 1941.

Downes, T. W., Notes on eels and eel-weirs (tuna and pa-tuna): New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 50, pp. 296-316, 1918.

Downes, T. W., Maori rat-trapping devices: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 35, pp. 228-234, 1926.

Downes, T. W., Bird snaring, etc., in the Whanganui River district: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 37, pp. 1-29, 1928.

Duff, Roger S., Maori stone "axes": Canterbury Mus., Records, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 249-253, 1939.

Duff, Roger S., A cache of adzes from Motukarara: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 49, pp. 285-302, 1940.

Duff, Roger S., Moa hunters of the Wairau: Canterbury Mus., Records, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-49 and 16 plates, 1942.

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Duff, Roger S., First records of the maro in the New Zealand area: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 52, pp. 212-215, 1943.

Fairchild, F. G., Maori fish-hooks from Manakau Heads, Auckland: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 42, pp. 145-155, 1933.

Fairchild, F. G., A necklace of human teeth: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 46, pp. 130-133, 1937.

Firth, R. W., Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori, New York, 1929.

Firth, R. W., Maori canoe-sail in the British Museum: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 40, pp. 129-140, 1931.

Fisher, V. F., The material culture of Oruarangi, Matatoki, Thames: Auckland Inst. and Mus., Records, 1, Bone ornaments and implements, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 275-286, 1934; 2, Fish hooks, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 287-300, 1935; 3, Stone implements and ornaments, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 15-27, 1936; 4, Musical instruments, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 111-118, 1937.

Fisher, V. F., Maori decorated sinkers: Auckland Inst. and Mus., Records, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 163-167, 1932.

Goldie, W. H., Maori medical lore: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 37, pp. 1-120, 1904.

Grey, George, Ko nga moteatea me nga hakirara o nga Maori [songs and chants], Wellington, 1853.

Grey, George, Nga mahinga a nga tupuna Maori [traditions], London, 1854. (A second edition was printed in Auckland in 1885. A third edition, revised and corrected by H. W. Williams was published by the Board of Maori Ethnological Research as volume 1 of its Maori texts, New Plymouth, 1928.)

Grey, George, Mythology and traditions of the New Zealanders, London, 1854.

Grey, George, Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealanders, London, 1855.

Gudgeon, T. W., The history and doings of the Maori, Auckland, 1885.

Gudgeon, W. E., Maori religion: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 14, pp. 107-130, 1905.

Gudgeon, W. E., The Maori tribes of the east coast of New Zealand: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 3, pp. 208-219; vol. 4, pp. 17-32, 117-182; vol. 5, pp. 1-12, 177-186; 1894-1896.

Hamilton, A., Maori art, Dunedin, 1896.

Keesing, Felix, The changing Maori: Board of Maori Ethnol. Res., vol. 4, 1928.

Kelly, L. G., Some problems in the study of Maori genealogies: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 49, pp. 235-242, 1940.

Knapp, F. V., Canoe-buildling tools of the Tasman Bay Maoris: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 33, pp. 103-113, 1924.

Lockerbie, Leslie, Excavation at King's Rock, Otago, with a discussion of the fish-hook barb as an ancient feature of Polynesian culture: Polynesian So.c, Jour., vol. 49, pp. 393-446, 1940.

Manning, F. E. (Pakeha Maori), Old New Zealand, London, 1876.

Ngata, Apirana T., Nga moteatea [songs]: Board of Maori Ethnol. Res., Parts 1-2, Hastings, 1928, 1929.

Ngata, Apirana T., Notes on Rev. H. Williams' paper on "The Maori Whare": Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 6, pp. 85-88, 1897.

Phillips, W. J., Carved meeting houses of the eastern district of the North Island: Dominion Mus., Records, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 69-119, 1944.

Polack, J. S., Manners and customs of the New Zealanders, London, 1840.

Pomare, Maui, See Cowan and Pomare.

Ranapiri, T., Ancient method of bird snaring: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 4, pp. 132-151, 1895.

Robley, H. G., Moko or Maori tattooing, London, 1896.

Roth, H. Ling, The Maori mantle, Halifax, 1923.

Rowe, W. Page, Maori artistry: Board Maori Ethnol. Res., Mem., vol. 3, 1928.

Scott, John H., Contribution to the osteology of the aborigines of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 26, pp. 1-64, 1893.

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Shapiro, H. L., The physical anthropology of the Maori-Moriori: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 49, pp. 1-18, 1940.

Shortland, Edward, Traditions and superstitions of the New Zealanders, London, 1840.

Skinner, H. D., Culture areas in New Zealand: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 30, pp. 71-78, 1921.

Skinner, H. D., The origin and relationship of Maori material culture: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 33, pp. 229-243, 1924.

Skinner, H. D., Archaeology of Canterbury, Moa-bone Point Cave: Canterbury Mus., Rec, vol. 2: no. 3, pp. 93-104; no. 4, pp. 151-162, 1923, 1924.

Skinner, H. D., Maori adzes, axes, chisels and gouges from the Murihiku region, New Zealand: 3rd Congress of Prehistorians of the Far East, Proc, Singapore, pp. 142-172, 1938.

Skinner, H. D., Maori amulets in stone, bone, and shell: Polynesian Soc, Jour., vol. 41, pp. 202-211, 302-309; vol. 42, pp. 1-9, 107-113, 191-203, 310-320; vol. 43, pp. 25-29, 106-117, 198-215, 271-279; vol. 44, pp. 17-25; vol. 45, pp. 127-141; vol. 52, pp. 132-152; 1932-1936, 1943.

Skinner, H. D., A classification of the fish hooks of Murihiku: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 51, pp. 256-286, 1942.

Skinner, H. D., andTeviotdale, D., A classification of implements of quartzite and similar materials from the moa-hunter camp at Shag River mouth: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 36, pp. 180-193, 1927.

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Smith, S. Percy, The peopling of the North: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 6, Supplement pp. 1-108, 1896.

Smith, S. Percy, Maori wars of the nineteenth century …, 2d ed., Christchurch, 1910.

Smith, S. Percy, History and traditions of the Maoris of the west coast, North Island of New Zealand, prior to 1840: Polynesian Soc., Mem., vol. 1, 1910.

Smith, S. Percy, The Lore of the Whare-wananga or teachings of Maori college, pt. 1, Te Kauwae-runga, or "Things Celestial"; pt. 2, Te Kauwae-raro or "Things terrestrial": Polynesian Soc., Mem., vols. 3, 4, 1913, 1915.

Stack, J. W., South Island Maoris, Christchurch, 1898.

Sutherland, I. G. (Editor), The Maori people to-day [a general survey by various experts], Wellington, 1940.

Taylor, Richard, Te Ika a Maui or New Zealand and its inhabitants, London, 1855.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Maori food supplies of Lake Rotorua: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 53, pp. 433-451, 1921.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Maori decorative art, house panels: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 53, pp. 452-470, 1921.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Maori Somatology: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 31, pp. 37-44, 145-153, 159-170; vol. 32, pp. 21-28, 189-199; 1922, 1923.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Maori plaited basketry and plaitwork: 1, mats, baskets, and burden carriers: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 54, pp. 705-742, 1923.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Maori plaited basketry and plaitwork: 2, belts and bands, fire-fans and fly-flaps, sandals and sails: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 55, pp. 344-362, 1924.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), The coming of the Maori: Cawthron Inst., 1925.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), The Maori craft of netting: New Zealand Inst., Trans., vol. 56, pp. 597-646, 1926.

Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), The evolution of Maori clothing, Polynesian Soc., Mem., vol. 7, 1926.

Teviotdale, David, The material culture of the Moa-hunters in Murihiku: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 41, pp. 86-120, 1932.

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Tregear, Edward, The Maori Race, Wanganui, 1904.

White, John, The ancient history of the Maori, vols. 1-6, Wellington, 1887-1891.

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Williams, Herbert W., The Maori whare: notes on the construction of a Maori house: Polynesian Soc., Jour., vol. 5, pp. 145-154, 1896.

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Wilson, J. A., The story of Te Waharoa with sketches of ancient Maori life and history, Auckland, 1906.

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