This page contains resources related to the Māori of New Zealand, the Māori language, and Māori culture. We hope to add to this page, and we invite you to submit worthwhile links or other resources to be listed on this page.

Barlow, D. Cleve. (1981). The meaning of ko in New Zealand Maori. Pacific Studies, 4(2), 124-141. Available at http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/PacificStudies&CISOPTR=1215&REC=8.

Biggs, Bruce. (1998). Let’s learn Maori: A guide to the study of the Maori language (Revised ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press.

Foster, John. (1987). He whakamārama. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Books. [includes one audio cassette]

Harawira, K. T. (1997). Beginner’s Maori. New York: Hippocrene Books.

Kendall, Thomas, and Lee, Samuel. (1820). A grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand. London: Church Missionary Society. Available at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-KenGramm.html. The first written grammar and vocabulary of Māori.

Kōrero Māori (n.d.). This website was developed by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission, and is an excellent online resouce for those interested in learning Māori. Available at http://www.korero.maori.nz/.

New Zealand electronic text centre (n.d.). Available at http://www.nzetc.org/.

Ngata dictionary (n.d.). Available at http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/ngata/. This is a comprehensive, searchable online Māori-English English-Māori dictionary.

Robley, Major-General. (1896). Moko; Or Maori tattooing. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. Available in HTML at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-RobMoko.html. Also available as a .lit file (Microsoft ebook format), text only, no figures.

Ryan, P. M. (1997). The Reed dictionary of modern Māori (2nd ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Books.

Thompson, David. (1987). The hau of the gift in its cultural context. Pacific Studies, 11(1), 63-79. Available at http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/PacificStudies&CISOPTR=1233.