{"product_id":"purakau-legendary-maori-tales","title":"Pūrākau: Legendary Māori Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 1946 as \u003cem\u003eMyths and Legends of Maoriland\u003c\/em\u003e, these stories help explain the traditional Māori perspective on the origins of many things – not just people – in the world around us. They help to explain the natural world and the relationships between the different elements within that world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuccessful both in New Zealand and internationally, the stories traverse the creation story, the discovery of Aotearoa, people, animals and plants, and the relationships between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Wycliff Reed\u003c\/strong\u003e helped to found a book-publishing business, A.H. \u0026amp; A.W. Reed, one of New Zealand’s leading publishing houses of the time with an enduring list of local books. Reed wrote more than 200 books himself, with a range of reference works and popular accounts of Māori culture. He died in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuddy Mikaere\u003c\/strong\u003e has whakapapa links to Ngāti Pākenga, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pikiao and Tāhoe. He has an environmental consultancy with a national client base specialising in infrastructure projects. He has published widely and with White Cloud Books has edited \u003cem\u003eTaonga Tuku Iho\u003c\/em\u003e and written \u003cem\u003eTe Maiharoa and the Promised Land\u003c\/em\u003e and the hugely popular \u003cem\u003eVictory at Gate Pā\u003c\/em\u003e in association with fellow author Cliff Simons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKREPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51164211839141,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9314\/7557\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-12174647.png?v=1794458849","url":"https:\/\/www.maoribydesign.co.nz\/products\/purakau-legendary-maori-tales","provider":"Māori by Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}