Uprising

Explore the rich tapestry of New Zealand’s history with 'Ka Tiritiri o te Moana', a profound journey through the Southern Alps as seen through the eyes of its ancestors and the modern lens. This compelling trade paperback, published by The Text Publishing Company in 2021, spans 368 pages, weaving together ancient Maori oral maps and contemporary satellite imagery. Join Nic Low as he retraces the sacred terrains of the Ngai Tahu tribe, illuminating how the mountains and landscapes defined identity and deep cultural connections. Discover the intertwining narratives of exploration, heritage, and belonging that transform these majestic peaks into revered ancestors, shaped in stone. Ideal for readers passionate about indigenous perspectives, environmental history, and New Zealand culture, this book provides a unique understanding of the historical and spiritual significance of the Southern Alps. FREE shipping is included for this brand new edition—just allow up to 10 days for delivery. Dive deep into the understanding of place and identity today, and enrich your collection with this essential read on Maori cosmology and New Zealand's natural heritage.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925355284
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 368


Description:
This book is about walking as a form of knowing. Armed with Ngai Tahu's ancient oral maps and modern satellite atlas, I crossed the Southern Alps more than a dozen times, trying to understand how our forebears saw the land. What did it mean to define your identity by sacred mountains, or actually see them as ancestors, turned to stone?

Raised in the shadow of New Zealand's Southern Alps, Nic Low grew up on stories of mountain exploration from his family's European side. Years later, a vision of the alps in a bank of storm clouds sparked his return home, and a decade-long obsession with comprehending how his Maori ancestors knew that same terrain.

Ka Tiritiri o te Moana, the alps, form the backbone of the Ngai Tahu tribe's territory- five hundred kilometres of mountains and glaciers, rivers and forests. Far from being virgin wilderness, the area was named and owned long before Europeans arrived and the struggle for control of the land began.

Low talked with tribal leaders, dived into the archives and an

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