Whaikorero - Rewi, Poia
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Based on in-depth research and interviews with 30 tribal elders, this guidebook to whaikorero--or New Zealand's traditional Maori oratory--is the first introduction to this fundamental art form. Assessing whaikorero's origin, history, structure, language, and style of delivery, this volume features a range of speech samples in Maori with English translations and captures the wisdom and experience of the Maori tribal groups, including Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Awa, Te Arawa, and Waikato-Maniapoto. Informative and noteworthy, this bilingual examination will interest both modern practitioners of whaikorero and Maori culture aficionados.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Based on in-depth research and interviews with 30 tribal elders, this guidebook to whaikorero--or New Zealand's traditional Maori oratory--is the first introduction to this fundamental art form. Assessing whaikorero's origin, history, structure, language, and style of delivery, this volume features a range of speech samples in Maori with English translations and captures the wisdom and experience of the Maori tribal groups, including Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Awa, Te Arawa, and Waikato-Maniapoto. Informative and noteworthy, this bilingual examination will interest both modern practitioners of whaikorero and Maori culture aficionados.
Autorenporträt
Poia Rewi is a social scientist, a certified translator and interpreter of the Maori language, and an associate professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has been a judge at regional Maori language speaking competitions as well as at national, regional, and tribal Maori performing arts competitions.