The Great Sacred Forest of Tane

📖 The Scoop

Table of Contents: Introduction Part One: Te wao-tapu-nui-a-Tane = The great sacred forest of Tane: 1. The New Zealand forest setting 2. Te haerenga mao o te iwi me to ngarotanga o te ngahere = The arrival of the people and the loss of the forest 3. Exploitation versus conservation? 4. Nga korero o nga ra o mua, korero onemata = Stories from the past, from ancient times Part Two: Exploitation of forest resources: 5. Maori edible plants and fungi 6. Fibre-yielding plants, insecticicdes, vegetable dyes, ornamentation and perfumes 7. Industrial forest resources 8. House-building materials, methods and styles 9. Sea and forest craft Part Three: Rongoa Maori = Maori medicinal plants and practices 10. Pre-contact Maori illness and medicinal practices 11. The holistic approach of Maori medical practices 12. Post-contact Maori medicinal plant usage 13. Later post-contact Maori medicine 14. Botanists' records of medicinal plant uses 15. Common ailments and treatments 16. Maori women's medicine and pregnancy Conclusion. Te iwi Maori me te wao-tapu-nui-a-Tane i te ao hurihuri = Maori and the forests in today's world Appendices: 1. Rongoa Maori. Glossary of botanical and medical terms 2. Elsdon Best's Maori nomenclature 3. Taylor's list of native diseases.

Genre: Science / Life Sciences / Botany (fancy, right?)