Totara: A Natural and Cultural History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781869409067)

The 'mighty totara' is one of New Zealand's most extraordinary trees. Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the 1980s: the story of New Zealand can be told through totara. Simpson tells that story like nobody else could. In words and pictures, through waka and leaves, farmers and carvers, he takes us deep inside the trees: their botany and evolution, their role in Maori life and lore, and their current status in New Zealand's environment and culture.

Author: Philip Simpson
ISBN-10: 186940906X
ISBN-13: 9781869409067
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2021
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.60w x 0.80d