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Totara: A Natural and Cultural History

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The ‘mighty totara’ is one of New Zealand's most extraordinary trees. Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the 1980s: the story of New Zealand can be told through totara. Simpson tells that story like nobody else could. In words and pictures, through waka and leaves, farmers and carvers, he takes us deep inside the trees: their botany and evolution, their role in Maori life and lore, and their current status in New Zealand's environment and culture.

Pages: 300

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Release: June 26, 2021

ISBN: 186940906X

ISBN 13: 9781869409067

Totara: A Natural and Cultural History

0/5 ( ratings)

The ‘mighty totara’ is one of New Zealand's most extraordinary trees. Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the 1980s: the story of New Zealand can be told through totara. Simpson tells that story like nobody else could. In words and pictures, through waka and leaves, farmers and carvers, he takes us deep inside the trees: their botany and evolution, their role in Maori life and lore, and their current status in New Zealand's environment and culture.

Pages: 300

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Release: June 26, 2021

ISBN: 186940906X

ISBN 13: 9781869409067

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