Title: The Maori - Volume 1

Author: Elsdon Best

Publication details: 1924, Wellington

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• The Published Works of Elsdon Best
• New Zealand Texts Collection

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List of Authorities Quoted

• Angas G. F.—Author of The New Zealanders' Illustrated (1847). Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand (1847).

• Beattie, H.—Author of papers on South Island Natives, published in Transactions of New Zealand Institute and Journal of the Polynesian Society.

• Brown, J. McM.—Author of Maori and Polynesian (1907), and other works.

• Buller, Rev. J.—Author of Forty Years in New Zealand (1878); also of New Zealand Past and Present (1880).

• Burne, C. S.—Handbook of Folklore (1914).

• Cheeseman, T. F.—Author of Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906); also of Cultivated Food Plants of the Polynesians, and many other papers published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.

• Colenso, W.—Author of an essay on the Maori Race of New Zealand, and other papers on the Maori published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.

• Cook, Capt. Jas.—The accounts of Cook's voyages contain highly interesting data concerning the natives of many isles of the Pacific.

• Crooke, W.—Author of Natives of Northern India (1907).

• Crozet—Author of Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, etc. English translation by H. Ling Roth (1891).

• Dieffenbach, Dr. E.—Author of Travels in New Zealand (1843).

• Draper—Author of The Conflict between Science and Religion, etc.

• Earle, A.—Author of A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 (1832).

• Fornander—Author of An Account of the Polynesian Race (1878).

• Forster, G.—Author of an account of Cook's second voyage, published in 1777.

• Gill, Rev. W. W.—Author of Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), and other works.

• Gudgeon, Col. W. E.—Author of many papers on Maori subjects published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, the Monthly Review, etc.

• Hammond, Rev. T. G.—Author of The Story of Aotea (1924).

• Heremia—A native contributor of Ngati-Pamoana, Whanganui district.

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• Hewitt, J. F.—Author of Primitive Traditional History (1907).

• Hochstetter, Dr. F. von—Author of New Zealand, its Physical Geography, etc. (1867).

• Hurae Puketapu—A native contributor of the Wairoa, H.B. district.

• Jenks, E.—Author of A History of Politics (1900). Journal of the Polynesian Society. Vols. 1–32. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

• Letourneau—Author of The Evolution of Marriage.

• Kamakau—A native of the Hawaiian Isles, author of a work on native lore.

• Max Muller—Author of Anthropological Religion (1892), and of many other works.

• McNab, R.—Author of Historical Records of New Zealand, and other works.

• Matorohanga, Te—A famed repository of Maori lore of the Wairarapa district.

• Nahe, Hoani—A native contributor to the Journal of the Polynesian Society.

• Nelson, C.—A noted Maori scholar, but one who did not publish the results of his researches.

• Nicholas, J. L.—Author of Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand in 1814–15 (1817).

• Nihoniho, Tuta—A member of the Ngati-Porou tribe, and an enthusiastic contributor of Maori lore. Author of Narrative of the Fighting on the East Coast (1913).

• Philpot, Mrs. J. H.—Author of The Sacred, Tree (1897)

• Pio, Hamiora—A native correspondent of Te Teko, who contributed ten MS. volumes of Maori lore.

• Polack, J. S.—Author of Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders (1840), etc.

• Renan—Author of The History of Israel, etc.

• Savage, Dr. J.—Author of Some Account of New Zealand (1807).

• Scott, Dr. J. H.—Author of Osteology of Aborigines of New Zealand and of the Chatham Islands, published in Vol. 26 of the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.

• Shand, A.—Author of The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands (1911), being Vol. 2 of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society.

• Shortland, Dr. E.—Author of Maori Religion and Mythology (1882), The Southern Districts of New Zealand (1851), and Traditions and Superstitions of the New Zealanders (1854).

• Skinner, W. H.—A contributor to the Journal of the Polynesian Society, and present Editor of that Journal.

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• Stack, Canon—Author of South Island Maoris (1898); also contributor to the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.

• Tamarau—A native contributor of much data; a member of the Tuhoe tribe.

• Tarakawa—A native contributor to the Journal of the Polynesian Society.

• Taylor, Rev. R.—Author of Te Ika a Maui, 2nd edition (1870).

• Thomson, Dr. A. S.—Author of The Story of New Zealand (1859).

• Tipihau—A native contributor of the Tuhoe tribe. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vols. 1–53.

• Tregear, E.—Author of The Maori Comparative Dictionary (1891), The Maori Race (1904), and other works.

• Turoa, Topia—A learned native of the Whanganui district.

• Tutakangahau—A learned member of the Tuhoe tribe.

• Tylor, Prof. E. B.—Author of Anthropology (1881), Primitive Culture (1871), etc.

• Walpole, Lieut. F.—Author of Four Years in the Pacific (1849). Whare-wānanga, The Lore of the—Translated by S. Percy Smith, being Vol. 3 of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, 1913.

• White, John—Author of The Ancient History of the Maori, in six vols., and Te Rou, (1874). Much of his unpublished MS.S. have been consulted.

• Williams'sMaori Dictionary, 5th edition (1917).

• Williams, John—Author of Missionary Enterprises (1837).

• Wilson, J. A.—Author of The Story of Te Waharoa (1866), and of Sketches of Ancient Maori Life and History (1894).

• Wohlers, Rev. J. F. H.—Contributed papers on South Island natives to vols. 7–8–14 of Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.

• Yate, Rev. W.—Author of An Account of New Zealand (1835).