This page lists a selection of resources relating to different aspects of Māori hair care, including:

• Mythology
• Hair cutting
• Hair rituals
• Hair-dress
• Hair ornaments
• Hair dyes
• Hair shampoos
• Oils.

It also includes information on skin care, including massage, oils and cleanliness.

Manukau Libraries has a Māori collection in each of its libraries, with the most extensive collection held at the South Auckland Research Centre.

All resources are available from Manukau Libraries.

Resources

• Buck, P. Sir. The coming of the Māori (993.01 z BUC)
• Best, E. Forest lore of the Māori : with methods of snaring, trapping, and preserving birds and rats, uses of berries, roots, fern-root, and forest products, with mythological notes on origins, karakia used etc.(639.108999442 z BES)
• Pope, J.H. Health for the Māori : a manual for use in native schools (1894) (614 z POP)
• Barrow, T. An historic heru iwi from North Auckland. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 70 (4), 470
• Shawcross, W. An archaeological assemblage of Māori combs. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 73 (4), 382
• Smith, S. Percy. A Māori ceremonial comb (Heru). Journal of the Polynesian Society, 12 (48), 243
• Stokes, J.F.G. Notes on Polynesian featherwork. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 34 (133), 24
• Taylor, R. Te ika a Maui (993.101 z TAY)
• Best, E. The Māori, Vol. I and The Māori, Vol. II (993.01 z BES)
• Best, E. The Māori as he was : a brief account of Māori life as it was in pre-European days (572.9931 z BES)
• Hamilton, A. Māori art (572.9931 z HAM)
• Barrow, T. Māori art of New Zealand (572. 9931 z BAR)
• Dansey, H. Māori custom today (390.08999442 z DAN)
• Riley, M. Māori healing and herbal : New Zealand ethnobotanical sourcebook (581.634 z RIL)
• Phillipps, W.J. Māori life and custom (572 z PHI)
• Best, E. Māori religion and mythology : being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Māori folk of New Zealand (vol I and II). (398.2 z BES)
• Williams, P.M.E. Te Rongoā Māori = Māori medicine (581.634 z WIL)
• Mead, S. Traditional Māori Clothing (572.9931 MEA)
• Best, E. Tuhoe, the children of the mist : a sketch of the origin, history, myths, and beliefs of the Tuhoe tribe of the Māori of New Zealand; with some account of other early tribes of the Bay of Plenty district (993.42 z BES).

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