Greenstone trails: The Maori search for Pounamu

Politics & Social Sciences

Barry Brailsford

Social Sciences

Reed

<p>At last our story is told. Now the brave ancestors we have hidden for so long stand again for all to see. With these words the Elders of Waitaha tell us that their ancient and sacred lore is shared for the first time. Bound in secrecy for centuries, protected through the ages by those who gave their lives to keep it safe, this knowledge travels out of the past to be revealed in Song of Waitaha . For years New Zealand archaeologists have been puzzled by a people who lived without weapons and created trading systems that moved industrial stone the length of the country. These writings explain they were a peaceful confederation of over two hundred iwi known as the Nation . It tells their story from the dawntime of exploration and settlement to the final days. Song of Waitaha repairs the torn fabric of our past and opens doors into the future. If we are not gentle with life, the garden within us dies. The Histories tell of a society where many peoples walked in harmony with each other. It shows how they honored the land and waters to sustain life harvesting birds and fish to increase the numbers, cutting tall trees for waka and leaving the forest stronger, carving stone without breaking its spirit, respecting the rivers keeping the environment in balance. This treasure from the days of the ancestors journeys out of timeless realms where the people and the land were one beneath the stars. It carries wisdom born of the ancient trails of the spirit and adds a thousand years of wonder to our past. It reminds us if we lose our story we lose our dream.</p>

Song of Waitaha: Histories of a Nation

Wharariki Publishing Company

Greenstone Trails

Stoneprint Press Ltd

This, the second book of five in The Chronicles of the Stone, takes us into the world where the great migration canoes and the whales travelled the long tides together. Song of the Whale picks up the quest in Easter Island and carries it forward into the Islands of the Double Sea with the help of the whales. It speaks strongly of the role of the great Whale Nations, the mystery of their long journeys and how they are bound into our own story.

Song Of The Whale : A Novel

Counter Culture*

The third book of the Chronicles of the Stone. The cry of the eagle, its soaring flight and the vision it brings to its realm marks this time. Drawn by the unseen, by words spoken mind to mind, the heroes of the great quest launch their double-hulled canoe on the Long Tides. Leaving Aotearoa they track a distant cry for help to Kauai in Hawaii. Here new champions gather to the cause, for this is the land of the fabulous Menehune who worked stone in magical ways that leave their mark today. Once again they gather stone to create Tu Ahu that bring the energy of the stars to the aid of Earth. All hangs in the balance. A vast Black Robe Fleet gathers to destroy those who strive to hold the gathering darkness in check. That danger is faced and overcome in a unique way. When the heroes break through they join with the Haida and Inuit of the NW Pacific. Old lore revealed in carvings crafted in stone brings new hope to those who carry the flame that is true. Here we soar with the eagles, walk with the totem animals of the First Nations and enter the icy Arctic world of Night Without End. And the task is not yet done for the Black Robes still deal in death. And the wisdom says, 'We are of the eagle and the eagle is of us. All is one.'

Song of the Eagle (Cronicles of the Stone)

'All born of this land are of this land, All who sleep beneath the mountains of this land are of this land, All who call this land home are of this land'

Song of the Old Tides

Stoneprint Press

<p>Very Attractively Package Set Containing: 50 exquisitely illustrated Full Colour Sacred Path Cards, Handsome 280 page, full colour, hard cover book of readings and guidance to the cards, Black Habotai silk bag to hold the book and cards</p>

Wisdom of the Four Winds (Sacred Path Card & Book Set from New Zealand)

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Song of the Stone tells the magical true story of the journey one man made to fulfill a destiny decided generations ago in order to reveal a hidden secret of the Maori people of New Zealand.

Song of the Stone

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

Stone Print/Wave Link Productions/ JoAnne/Horatio Books

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