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ISBN: 9780143202424
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Pages: 168
Description:
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.
Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritual background is explained; and a selection of waiata (songs), karakia (prayers) and mihi (greetings) are provided for the visitor who wishes to make correct responses. There is also a moving personal account of the marae that have played an important role in Hiwi Tauroa's life.
ISBN: 9780143202424
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Pages: 168
Description:
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.
A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.
Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritual background is explained; and a selection of waiata (songs), karakia (prayers) and mihi (greetings) are provided for the visitor who wishes to make correct responses. There is also a moving personal account of the marae that have played an important role in Hiwi Tauroa's life.