Toa - Leaders and heroes - Ao Māori - Subject Guides at Ara Institute of Canterbury

Videos

Video from NZ On Screen

Dennis Marsh - entertainer [Te Karere - 2 minutes]
Princess Te Puea [Drama based on Te Puea Herangi's life ]
Te Rauparaha - [Drama based on the life of Māori rangatira, te Rauparaha]
Tame Iti - [Documentary on this well-known activist]
Whina Cooper - [Documentary of her early life]
Hone Tuwhare - [Documentary on this famous New Zealand poet]
Āpirana Ngata - [Leader, land reformer and politician]

Books and ebooks

100 Māori sports heroes by Romanos, J.
Call Number: GV679ROM
ISBN: 9780986461538
Publication Date: 2012
Alan Duff's Maori Heroes by Duff, A.
Call Number: DU422.8DUF
ISBN: 186941425X
Publication Date: 2000
Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi by Bannister, M.
ISBN: 9780814345337
Publication Date: 2021
Ebook
Impossible: My Story by Walker, S.
Call Number: DU422.82.W355
ISBN: 9781775541479
Publication Date: 2021
Find in the Māori Collection
Kia kaha: a storybook of Māori who changed the world by Morrison, S.
Call Number: DU422.8 MOR
ISBN: 9780143776437
Publication Date: 2021
Includes Sir Āpirana Ngata -- Billy T. James -- Buck Shelford -- Carmen Rupe -- Dalvanius Prime -- Sir Hekeukumai Busby -- Hinewehi Mohi -- Hirini Melbourne -- Sir Howard Morrison -- Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira -- Keisha Castle-Hughes -- Sir Mason Durie -- Māui -- and many more
The Longest Day by Calman, M
ISBN: 9781988547305
Publication Date: 2020
ebook
Mana Whakatipu: Ngāi Tahu leader Mark Solomon on leadership and life by Solomon, M.
ISBN: 9780995135437
Publication Date: 2021
Ebook
Mokorua: My story of moko kauae by Tikao, A.
Call Number: DU423.T26TIK
ISBN: 9781869409708
Publication Date: 2023
In the Māori Collection.
Māori role models by Harrington, T.
Call Number: DU422.7HAR
ISBN: 9780473170592
Publication Date: 2010
Māori role models II by Harrington, T.
Call Number: DU422.8HAR
ISBN: 9780473215293
Publication Date: 2012
New Zealand's top 100 history makers by Romanos, J.
Call Number: DU402ROM
ISBN: 0958245568
Publication Date: 2005
Point of order Mr Speaker: Modern Māori political leaders by Katene, S. (Ed.)
ISBN: 9781775503422
Publication Date: 2017
Ebook
There's a cure for this by Espiner, E.
Call Number: R729ESP
ISBN: 9780143776857
Publication Date: 2023
From the quiet inequities of her early life to hard-won revelations as a Māori medical student and junior doctor, Dr Espiner recounts her experiences in this memoir.

Pae tukutuku - Websites

100 Māori Leaders
This resource identifies Māori leaders of today who influence and contribute to Māori health and wellbeing.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography by Te Ara
On the Biographies page you can find information in a few different ways.
• Browse the names listed in the A-Z.
• Search for a particular name.
• Browse for biographies by occupation.
New Zealand History Biographies

Ngā wāhine kaipakihi : he tirohanga = Māori women in business : insights by Ministry for Women
Publication Date: 2019

Te Ara encyclopedia of New Zealand

Ao Māori: Toa - Leaders and heroes

Videos

Books and ebooks

Pae tukutuku - Websites