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The journal included content about Māori culture from its inception, but only began to include extensive content by Māori and Pasifika writers in the latter part of the 20th century. As of 2021 [update] around 750,000 copies are published annually, and since 2014 the journal has also been published online in PDF form.
A number of literary fellowships are available in New Zealand. These fellowships give writers the opportunity to stay at a particular place with their accommodation and other costs funded. The first fellowship was the Robert Burns Fellowship, set up anonymously (although widely attributed to Charles Brasch) at the University of Otago in 1958.
This Horrid Practice: The Myth and Reality of Traditional Maori Cannibalism is a 2008 non-fiction book by New Zealand historian Paul Moon. The book is a comprehensive survey of the history of human cannibalism among the Māori of New Zealand.
Māori society at a local level is particularly visible at the marae. Formerly the central meeting spaces in traditional villages, marae today usually comprise a group of buildings around an open space, that frequently host events such as weddings, funerals, church services and other large gatherings, with traditional protocol and etiquette ...
Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's, non-fiction and radio writer; Lorae Parry (born 1955), playwright and actor; Lawrence Patchett (living), novelist and short story writer; Alistair Paterson (born 1929), poet, writer and literary editor; Justin Paton (born 1972), writer, art critic and curator; Jenny Pattrick (born 1936), novelist
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Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]
This continued with mokomokai heads being traded for muskets and the subsequent Musket Wars. During this period of social destabilisation, toi moko became commercial trade items, which could be sold as curios, artworks and museum specimens that fetched high prices in Europe and America, and could be bartered for firearms and ammunition.