13 best-selling nonfiction books like Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori by Keri Opai

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Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori

By: Keri Opai

4.41

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Tikanga: An introduction to te ao Māori provides a unique explanation of the Māori world for Pākehā…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori by Keri Opai , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Whale Rider

By: Witi Ihimaera

3.84

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duti… read more

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"Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time."

-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider

"This is the last spear. It is the seed of Paikea and we must return it to the land."

-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider

"Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back."

-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider

"Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide."

-Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider

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2. Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)

By: Derek Landy

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back th… read more

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3. The White Mouse

By: Nancy Wake

0.00

Format: None pages,

The Gestapo called her White Mouse. Nancy Wake, a New Zealander who became one of the most highly d… read more

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4. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

By: Linda Tuhiwai Smith

4.25

Format: None pages,

From the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European c… read more

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5. Pounamu Pounamu

By: Witi Ihimaera

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera. First published om 1972, it was immediately endorsed by Maori … read more

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6. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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7. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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8. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

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9. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

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"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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10. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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11. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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12. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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13. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

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"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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14. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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15. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

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16. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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17. Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised

By: Alice Te Punga Somerville

4.51

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

A first book of poetry from acclaimed Maori writer and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville. read more

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18. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

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19. Girls That Invest: Your Guide to Financial Independence through Shares and Stocks

By: Simran Kaur​

4.53

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Your step-by-step guide to financial independence―from the creator of the #1 investing education po… read more

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"Women are told we’re risk averse, but we’re not. We’re just risk aware."

-Simran Kaur​, Girls That Invest: Your Guide to Financial Independence through Shares and Stocks

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20. The Imaginary Lives Of James Pōneke

By: Tina Makereti

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A vivid novel about a Māori boy exhibited in Victorian London – a provocative tale about what makes… read more

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21. Poukahangatus: Poems

By: Tayi Tibble

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-centur… read more

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22. Backwaters

By: Emma Ling Sidnam

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Laura is tired of being asked where she’s really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand… read more

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23. Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

By: Hinemoa Elder

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Ancient wisdom for difficult modern times Kia oraWelcome to Aroha.Aroha is an ancient Maori word a… read more

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24. The Waters

By: Carl Nixon

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Forty years. The Waters kids ― practical, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful drea… read more

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25. Wawata - Moon Dreaming: Daily wisdom guided by Hina, the Māori moon

By: Hinemoa Elder

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Hina, the Maori moon goddess, has 30 different faces to help illuminate life’s lessons - a differen… read more

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26. Pūrākau: Māori Myths Retold by Māori Writers

By: Witi Ihimaera

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of pūrākau - Maori myths - by contemporary Māori write… read more

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27. Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori

By: Keri Opai

4.41

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Tikanga: An introduction to te ao Māori provides a unique explanation of the Māori world for Pākehā… read more

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28. Tikanga Maori: Living by Maori Values

By: Hirini Moko Mead

4.25

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Tikanga Māori is the authoritative and accessible introduction to understanding the correct Māori w… read more

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29. Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes

By: Gavin Bishop

4.86

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Gavin Bishop's stunning, once-in-a-generation compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Maor… read more

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30. Imagining Decolonisation

By: Biana Elkington

4.59

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Decolonisation is a term that alarms some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and oft… read more

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31. The Ani Waaka Room

By: Debbie Broughton

5.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From Taranaki poet Debbie Broughton, The Ani Waaka Room is a collection of poems that celebrate the… read more

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17 Top fiction books like The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

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