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Oral Literature
Māori oral literature in historical textual witnesses, with iwi, hapū, place, reciter, recorder, editor, language, and publication chain kept visible.
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Texts
Hinemoa — Te Arawa Tradition — H. J. Fletcher ReaderThe complete 1907 Hinemoa Māori teaching reader: historical title matter, Fletcher's introduction, the Te Arawa/Rotorua narrative, whakapapa, notes, and story-specific vocabulary.Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills — James CowanJames Cowan's complete 1923 account of Māori traditions, place names, histories, songs, and landscapes of the Canterbury Port Hills, principally narrated by Hone Taare Tikao.