The Tattooed Land deales with the South Island Maori in such detail that it breaks new ground and gives a broader picture of the people who once roved the coastlines and forests of the south island of New Zealand.  Filled with many, many drawings and illustrations.  Written by a renowned archaelogist.  A great book on New Zealand archaeology!

The tattooed land: The southern frontiers of the Pa Maori

Brailsford, Barry

Reed

In Search of the Southern Serpent

Counter Culture*

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.

Song of Waitaha: The histories of a nation

Ngatapuwae Trust

'Song of the Stone' is the true story of five remarkable journeys. 
Barry Brailsford, the highly acclaimed author of 'The Tattooed Land' and 'Greenstone Trails', spent six years writing 'Song of Waitaha', at the invitation of the oldest tribes of New Zealand. 
This white historian and archaeologist was initiated into the sacred school of learning and sat with knowledge long thought lost. 'Song of the Stone' describes his fascinating odyssey into the world of the wisdom-keepers of his land and the North American Indian peoples. 
Barry's amazing quest is about the discovery of the self. He left the comfort of the known to travel deep into the old knowledge to write the story. The lore revealed had never been shared before and asked much of him. 
Before a single word could be written it was necessary to reopen an ancient trail across the Southern Alps - one closed for over 100 years. In 1988 he led a party of 12 over the mountains, to carry greenstone, the healing stone, and lift the tapu that closed the way by opening seven sacred doors. 
Barry's next journey was to the Red Earth of North America. This trail carried him into the world of the shaman. Many tests were met along the way. The trail fire he lit beside the manuscript of the book, in the the canyon lands of Utah was answered by Wallace Black Elk of the Sioux Nation. 
In 1992 Barry carried greenstone to the Hopi Indians and then discovered that the real itinerary was to carry the stone to twelve Indian Nations. With four companions he made an amazing journey of 8,000 miles by road to form a great circle of healing stone within the heart of North America. 
The fourth journey was to the ancient standing stones of Europe. Stonehenge, Iona, Creevykeel, Carrowmore, the Burren, New Grange and the Rath of Tara were the sacred markers on this trail to ancestors who honoured stone in the age of the pyramids. 
The fifth journey was made within himself - the journey of the spirit - the most challenging of all. He experienced different dimensions of time and space, learned to listen to the land and to explore exciting realms that opened his mind and heart to the world of the ancestors. It was an exhilarating journey, a painful and lonely one fraught with danger, a trail of joy and tears that helped him see the spirit of life in all things. 
In 1990 Barry was awarded an MBE, by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to education and to Maori scholarship.

Song of the stone

History

Stoneprint Press

In writing The Chronicles of the Stone Barry accepted a great challenge. He decided to carry his archaeological knowledge, historical research and his understanding of the ancient lore, into a novel to share the story of the past with greater freedom. Truth and fiction are exciting partners within these pages, for all is paradox when we walk the rim of the circle. There is no beginning and no end, just the journey. This, the first book of five in The Chronicles takes us back to the great stone builders in the Americas. In the days before the Inca and Aztec Nations the world gave birth to children who sailed into the Pacific with a message of hope for the planet. The Circle encompasses many realms and opens wonderful gateways to trails of wisdom. It is a quest for truth.

Song Of The Circle : Journeys Into Ancient Wisdom : A Novel

Stoneprint Press Ltd

, x, 262 pages, illustrated with 112 black an white maps throughout the text (along with maps on front and rear endpapers), also with over 220 black and white figures throughout the text, these being either photographs or illustrations, book also includes 42 colour plates across 8 double sided plates (16 pages)

The Tattooed Land

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Song of the Silence (Chronicles of the Stone)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Stone House Publishing, Inc.

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