Mohi Turei

First published in 1996, Mohi Turei: ¿na tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is the collected writings in te reo M¿ori of Mohi Turei (circa 1830-1914), Ng¿ti 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...
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First published in 1996, Mohi Turei: ¿na tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is the collected writings in te reo M¿ori of Mohi Turei (circa 1830-1914), Ng¿ti 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 M¿ori traditions and language.This new edition of Mohi Turei: ¿na tuhinga i roto i te reo Maori is one of four new editions of essential reo M¿ori texts released in 2024 by Te Herenga Waka University Press, in collaboration with Te Takarangi, a national programme celebrating m¿tauranga M¿ori through M¿ori-authored works of non-fiction.