Māori literature & non-fiction

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A list of novels and non-fiction by Māori writers, from classic bestsellers to exciting new voices.

Māori literature & non-fiction
Beyond Betrayal
Keith Newman
Healing Our History 3rd Edition
Robert Consedine, Joanna Consedine
Pakeha Maori: The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans Who Lived as
Trevor Bentley
Struggle Without End
Ranginui Walker
Te Mahi Kete
Mick Pendergrast
Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka
Dick Scott
Hui
Anne Salmond
Aroha
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Hongi Hika: Warrior Chief
Dorothy Urlich Cloher
Taua
Angela Ballara
Introducing Maori Culture
Don Stafford
Te Puea: A Life
Michael King
Navigating the Stars
Witi Ihimaera
Best of Both Worlds: The Story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau
Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Between Worlds
Anne Salmond
Nga Puriri o Taiamai
Jeffrey Sissons, Wiremu Wi Hongi
Two Worlds
Anne Salmond
Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders From Polynesian
James Belich
Captured By Maori: White female Captives, Sex & Racism On The NineteenthCentury New Zealand frontier
Trevor Bentley
Queen of Beauty
Paula Morris
The Uncle's Story
Witi Ihimaera
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori-A New Perspective
Keith Newman
Forbidden Cities
Paula Morris
False River
Paula Morris
Watercress Tuna & the Children of Champion Street
Patricia Grace, Robyn Kahukiwa
Waiariki
Patricia Grace
Te Marae: A Guide to Customs and Protocol
Hiwi Tauroa, Pat Tauroa
The Kuia and The Spider
Patricia Grace
Chappy
Patricia Grace
Baby No-eyes
Patricia Grace
How to Make a Piupiu
Leilani Rickard
Sky Dancer
Witi Ihimaera
His Best Stories
Witi Ihimaera
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Witi Ihimaera
Waiata Maori Songs in History
Margaret Orbell
The Matriarch
Witi Ihimaera
Hibiscus Coast
Paula Morris
Matariki The Maori New Year
Libby Hakaraia
Rangatira
Paula Morris
Electric City
Patricia Grace
Hello Strange
Pamela Morrow
Collected Stories: Patricia Grace
Patricia Grace
Mutuwhenua
Patricia Grace
Sleeps Standing
Witi Ihimaera, Hemi Kelly
Te Rongoa Maori Medicine
P.M.E. Williams
Native Son
Witi Ihimaera
The Parihaka Woman
Witi Ihimaera
Tu
Patricia Grace
Small Holes in the Silence
Patricia Grace
The Thrill of Falling
Witi Ihimaera
White Lies
Witi Ihimaera
Once Were Warriors
Alan Duff
Pounamu Pounamu
Witi Ihimaera
Māui and Other Māori Legends
Peter Gossage
Dogside Story
Patricia Grace
Maori Boy
Witi Ihimaera
Black Marks on the White Page
Witi Ihimaera, Tina Makereti
Potiki
Patricia Grace
Traditional Maori Legends
Warren Pohatu
Bulibasha Film Tie-In
Witi Ihimaera
Pūrākau
Ed. Witi Ihimaera and Whiti Hereaka
Small Holes In The Silence
Hone Tuwhare
Where the Rekohu Bone Sings
Tina Makereti
The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke
Tina Makereti
Te Kaieke Tohora
Witi Ihimaera
Amiria
Anne Salmond
The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera
Hiakai
Monique Fiso
Maori Made Fun
Scotty Morrison, Stacey Morrison
Atua
Gavin Bishop
Cousins
Patricia Grace
From the Centre
Patricia Grace
Farm for Life
Tangaroa Walker
Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere/The Kuia and the Spider
Patricia Grace, Robyn Kahukiwa
Tuna Wātakirihi Me Ngā Tamariki O Te Tiriti O Toa, Te/Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street
Patricia Grace, Robyn Kahukiwa
Raupō Phrasebook of Modern Māori
Scotty Morrison
Kia Kaha
Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock