Elsdon Best
30 June 1856–9 September 1931
(Person)
Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- Waikaremoana: The Sea of Rippling Waters in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 75
- In Ancient Maori Land: being notes collected from the descendants of the aboriginal of the Rangitaiki valley and the Ure-wera country, and from the Mataatua tribes in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori
- Forest Lore of the Maori
- Games and Pastimes of the Maori
- Maori Agriculture
- The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Life as it Was in Pre-European Days
- The Maori Canoe
- The Maori Division of Time
- Maori Religion and Mythology Part 1
- Maori Religion and Mythology Part 2
- Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures
- The Maori - Volume 1
- The Maori - Volume 2
- The Pa Maori
- Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer
- The Stone Implements of the Maori
- The Whare Kohanga (The “Nest House”) and its Lore
Works by this Author in other Collections
- Obituary Notices Mr Alfred Philpott, F.E.S., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXV.—Maori Eschatology: The Whare Potae (House of Mourning) and its Lore; being a Description of many Customs, Beliefs, Superstitions, Rites, &c., pertaining to Death and Burial among the Maori People, as also some Account of Native Belief in a Spiritual World., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIV.—Maori Origins., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account of the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times.., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—Maori and Maruiwi: Notes on the Original Inhabitants of New Zealand and their Culture; on the Question of how that Culture affected the Later-coming Maori; and on the Existence in these Isles of Customs, Arts, and Artifacts not traceable to Polynesia., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—Tuhoe Land: Notes on the Origin, History, Customs, and Traditions of the Tuhoe or Urewera Tribe., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. V.—Maori Magic: Notes upon Witchcraft, Magic Rites, and various Superstitions as practised or believed in by the Old-time Maori., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. II.—Old Redoubts, Blockhouses, and Stockades of the Wellington District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—Maori Marriage Customs: being Notes on Ancient Maori Customs, Ritual and Sociological, connected with Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce, together with some Account of the Levirate, and of many Superstitious Beliefs, and Ancient Animistic Myths connected with the same, as held and preserved by the Maori Peoples of the Tuhoe Tribe., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVII.—Maori Voyagers and their Vessels: How the Maori explored the Pacific Ocean, and laid down the Sea Roads for all Time., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XV.—Maori Numeration: Some Account of the Single, Binary, and Semi-vigesimal Systems of Numeration formerly employed by the Maori., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. I.—The Maori Genius for Personification; with Illustrations of Maori Mentality., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Tuhoe: the Children of the Mist, in Te Ao Hou
- Art. 48.—Miramar Island and its History: How Motu-kairangi was discovered and settled by Polynesians, and how, in Times long past, it became Miramar Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. II.—Notes on Ancient Polynesian Migrants, or Voyagers, to New Zealand, and Voyage of the “Aratawhao” Canoe to Hawaiki., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—Maori Origins: Part II.* For Part I., see vol. xxxii., page 294., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXV.—The Art of the Whare Pora: Notes on the Clothing of the Ancient Maori, their Knowledge of preparing, dyeing, and weaving Various Fibres, together with some Account of Dress and Ornaments, and the Ancient Ceremonies and Superstitions of the Whare Pora., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand
- A Dictionary of the Maori Language
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- A year among the Maoris: study of their arts and customs
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Early Wellington
- England and the Maori Wars
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- History and traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand, prior to 1840
- [dedication]
- Chapter IV. — Toi and his Descendants
- Ancient High-Ways
- [The ancient inhabitants of the Taranaki Coast]
- Whare-Kura
- Whanga-Nui Tribes
- The Coming of the Sands
- Ngati-Mutunga go to Kawhia. — (Circa 1675.)
- Te Kerikeringa
- Puke-Rua
- Death of Tu-Whare
- The first ships at Kawhia
- [introduction]
- Eke Tataramoa. — 1822
- The Massacre at Papa-i-Tonga. — 1822
- Horo-Whenua. — 1823 (?)
- Wai-o-Rua or Whaka-Paetai. — ? 1824
- The Ati-Awa Occupy Pout Nicholson.* — 1825-6
- Ngati-Ira of Port Nicholson
- Te Rau-Paraha Starts for the South Island. — 1828-29
- Conquest of Tasman Bay. — 1828
- Te Kuititanga. — 1839
- Introduction to The Maori As He Was
- Island Stories
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Lore and history of the South Island Maori
- Making New Zealand vol 01 no 02: The Maori
- Manual of the New Zealand Flora.
- Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Maori Pronunciation and the Evolution of Written Maori
- Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century:
- Medicine Amongst the Maoris, in Ancient and Modern Times
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- New Zealanders and Science
- New Zealand Texts Collection
- Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- Plume of the Arawas
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
- Takitimu
- Te Kāhui Kura Māori, Volume 0, Issue 1
- Te Kāhui Kura Māori, Volume 0, Issue 2
- The Coming of the Maori
- The Discovery of New Zealand
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Farmer in New Zealand
- The Maori Division of Time
- The Maori Race
- The Maori Situation
- The Maoris of the South Island
- The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- The Old-Time Maori
- Victoria University College an Essay towards a History
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
- Vikings of the Sunrise
- ‘A Curious Document’: Ta Moko as Evidence of Pre-European Textual Culture in New Zealand
Cited in
- A Bibliography of Online Resources for the "Moko; or Maori Tattooing" Project
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- A year among the Maoris: study of their arts and customs
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Introduction to The Maori As He Was
- Land Tenure in the Cook Islands
- Mangaian Society
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Medicine Amongst the Maoris, in Ancient and Modern Times
- Mokomokai: Commercialization and Desacralization
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
- Takitimu
- Te Kāhui Kura Māori, Volume 0, Issue 2
- Vikings of the Sunrise
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- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.