Taiao - Environment - Ao Māori - Subject Guides at Ara Institute of Canterbury

Journals

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text leading Australia/New Zealand magazines, and newspapers, including the Australian Financial Review. Also contains local biographies, reference books, and an image and video collection.

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Includes selected health & life science, as well as physical science titles.

A dictionary of Māori plant names by Beever, J.
Call Number: QK96BEE
ISBN: 095976626X
Publication Date: 1991
New Zealand medicinal plants by Brooker, S.
Call Number: QK99.N5BRO
ISBN: 0790002507
Publication Date: 1987
Treasures of Tane by Tipa, Rob
Call Number: QK463TIP
ISBN: 1775502953
Publication Date: 2017
Whaiora by Mason Durie
Call Number: RA555DUR
ISBN: 9780195584035
Publication Date: 1998-11-03
Traditional healing practices are discussed on p.15 - 24.
The great sacred forest of Tāne : Te wao tapu nui a Tāne by Clarke, A.
Call Number: QH197.5.A1CLA
ISBN: 0790011530
Publication Date: 1994
Rongoā Māori: a practical guide to traditional Māori medicine by McGowan, R.
Call Number: DU423.M38MCG
Publication Date: 2009
McGowan has been careful to include discussion about Māori health in relation to expectations covered in the Treaty of Waitangi. The issues around the Wai 262 claim, which relate to the use of rongoa Māori are also mentioned.
Ko Aotearoa tēnei: a report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Maori culture and identity by New Zealand Waitangi Tribunal
ISBN: 9781869563011
Publication Date: 2011
See Chapter 7 on Rongoā Māori.

Learn about the environment and history of Ōtautahi - Christchurch using I-Hīkoi

Museum of New Zealand: Te papa (2015, June 24) Healing with tutu: rongoā Māori [5 mins.].

Waka Huia. (2014, November 9). David Kukutai Jones: Preserving traditional medicinal Māori practices. [29 mins.]

Waka Huia. (2019, August 25). Rob McGowan [on traditional Māori medicine]. [29 mins.].

Christchurch City Libraries (2019) Harakeke
The history, usage, tikanga (custom), harvesting and more of harakeke or flax (Genus: Phormium).
Christchurch City Libraries (2019) Tī kouka - The cabbage tree
Includes traditional use of Tī kouka or cabbage as a food, fibre and medicinal source.
Christchurch City Libraries - Te rongoa Māori
Environment Canterbury document library
Search resources including information on the Māori concept of kaitiakitanga and the environment, The Estuary (Ihutai), Lake Ellesmere (Waihora) etc.
Mahinga kai
Overview of mahinga kai from the ECAN website.
Jones, R. (2007) Rongoā - medicinal use of plants
From Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Kerridge, D. (2017, October 13) Everything is related
An introduction to rongoā Māori medicine.
Manaaki whenua: Landcare Research. (n.d.) Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga (Māori plant use database)
Easy access to detailed information on Māori traditional uses of New Zealand native plants. e.g. akeake, harakeke, and kowhai
Ministry of Health (2014) Tikanga-a-rongoā
All Ministry funded rongoā providers are required to adhere to these standards.
NZ Research
Science Learning Hub - Harakeke
Science Learning Hub - Resources with Māori content
Includes key concepts of mātauranga Māori and kaitiakitanga.
Science Learning Hub - Resources with te reo Māori