Tapsell, Paul.

Pukaki : a comet returns / Paul Tapsell ; foreword by Grahame Hall. - Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2000. - 175 pages : illustrations (some color), geneological tables, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. - Montana New Zealand Book Awards. 2001. E.H. McCormick. Best First Book, Non-Fiction. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-172) and index.

Records the life and transformations of Pukaki, ancestral father of Ngati Whakaue of Te Arawa: from mortal rangatira to carved ancestor at Ohinemutu, from curiosity on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to national icon in the Te Maori exhibition, climaxing with his return home to Rotorua in October 1997. This book intersperses Paul Tapsell's narrative with the memories of Ngati Whakaue elders, principally the late paramount leader Hamuera Taiporuto Mitchell.

Montana E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction Award 2001 Winner.

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Ngāti Whakaue (New Zealand people)--History.
Ngāti Whakaue (New Zealand people)--Antiquities.
Wood-carving, Maori--New Zealand--Rotorua District.
Te Arawa (New Zealand people)--History.
Ngåati Whakaue (New Zealand people)--Genealogy.
Whakapapa
Kōrero nehe
Maori (New Zealand people)--History.--New Zealand--Rotorua District