Mohi Turei: Ana tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori (new edition)

First published in 1996, Mohi Turei: Ana tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is the collected writings in te reo Maori of Mohi Turei (circa 1830–1914), Ngati Porou leader, scholar and Anglican minister.

Mohi Turei is thought to have been born about 1830 and was brought up at Te Kautuku near Rangitukia in the Waiapu district. During the conflicts on the East Coast of the North Island in the 1860s and in the following decades, he became a tribal leader, especially in the Waiapu district, where he lived almost all his life.

Turei was celebrated as a composer of haka, as an orator, as a writer and a notable carver. He was consulted by Samuel Williams and Elsdon Best on Maori traditions and language.

This new edition of Mohi Turei: Ana tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is one of four new editions of essential reo Maori texts released in 2024 by Te Herenga Waka University Press, in collaboration with Te Takarangi, a national programme celebrating matauranga Maori through Maori-authored works of non-fiction. The other three titles are:

Apirana Turupa Ngata: Ana tuhinga i te reo Maori

Ngaa mahi whakaari a Tiitokowaru

Nga korero a Reweti Kohere ma

Wiremu Kaa was a kaumatua of Ngati Porou, Tuwhakairiora, Te Whanau a Kahu, Hunaara, Ngati Hoko, Hinepare, Ngai Tane, and Takimoana. He worked as a teacher, civil servant in the Education Department, Maori Education Lecturer at Victoria University, publisher and editor. Wiremu was active in the Anglican Church, and a broadcaster in te reo Maori for Te Upoko o Te Ika Radio.

Jossie Mateohorere (Te Ohorere) Kaa was a Ngati Porou teacher, editor, writer, and Maori language expert. Over a long career she worked on numerous Maori publications and was also the coordinator for the Ngata Dictionary. She has authored short stories for children under the pen name Oho Kaa and has written levelled readers in Maori as part of the Nga Kete Korero series produced by Huia Publishers.

Together, Jossie and Wiremu worked on the first all-Maori language dictionary, Tirohia Kimihia, with a team from Huia Publishers; this dictionary was a finalist in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards reference category. They have edited three collections in te reo Maori with Te Herenga Waka University Press, new editions of which are published in 2024.

Format: Board Books
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Publication date: 13/06/2024