Rawiri Taonui

Taonui is Associate Professor in Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury.

    Non-fiction

  • "Modern Economy Could Benefit From Tribalism." New Zealand Herald 7 May 1998: A17.
  • "Tainui Trust Tries To Balance Profits and People." New Zealand Herald 30 June 1998: A11.
  • "Te Pae-roa-a-Toi (The Coromandel Peninsula)." Te Māori: Nga Hui Hui Nga Korero o Aotearoa 11 May 1998: 3, 6-7.
  • "Why Māori Must Stay in Coalition." New Zealand Herald 27 July 1998: A11.
  • "Tribal Issues Tangle Taranaki Covenants." New Zealand Herald 16 Sept. 1999: A17.
  • "Two Peoples, One Nation and Room For Optimism." New Zealand Herald 5 Feb. 1999: A13.
  • "Time To Set Standards For Tertiary Education." New Zealand Herald 4 May 1999: A13.
  • "Kauhanganui Marks New Era For People of Tainui." New Zealand Herald 25 May 1999: A11.
  • "Bastion Pt Evictions: Only Now Is The Real Story Told." New Zealand Herald 29 June 1999: A13.
  • "Airwaves: Māori Entitled to ‘fair, equitable’ Share." New Zealand Herald 12 July 1999: A13.
  • "Sacred River Much More Than Just a Waterway; Law Should Confine the Tribunal To Its True Task." New Zealand Herald 5 July 1999: A13.
  • Two responses to a Waitangi Tribunal ruling concerning Atihaunui people being recommented to be given ownership of the Whanganui River by Rawiri Taonui and Ken Shirley.
  • "Hikoi in Footsteps of Adventurer’s Ancestor." Kōkiri Paetae (Aug. 1999): 2323.
  • "Tainui Will Get Good Value From Stadium." New Zealand Herald 12 Aug. 1999: A17.
  • "Time to Support Māori Rugby." New Zealand Herald 19 Aug. 1999: A17.
  • "Tragedy of Lost Identity Behind Māori Gangs." New Zealand Herald 26 Aug. 1999: A17.
  • "Māori Voters Should Revise Allegiances." New Zealand Herald 2 Sept. 1999: A15.
  • "We Could Learn From Canadians About Righting Old Wrongs." New Zealand Herald 23 Sept. 1999: A19.
  • "Peacemakers On Dangerous, Delicate Mission in East Timor." New Zealand 30 Sept. 1999: A17.
  • "Treaty Negotiations: Act With Patience." New Zealand Herald 7 Oct. 1999: A17.
  • "Sir Douglas on A Par With Savage." New Zealand Herald 14 Oct. 1999: A19.
  • "Language Key to Racial Harmony." New Zealand Herald 21 Oct. 1999: A17.
  • "Native Hawaiians Sail Same Boat As Māori." New Zealand Herald 4 Nov. 1999: A17.
  • "Vitriolic Rugby Fans Need to Learn That You Can’t Win ‘Em All." New Zealand Herald 11 Nov. 1999: A17.
  • "Māori Would Do Well To Cast Their Votes Wisely." New Zealand Herald 18 Nov. 1999: A17.
  • "Poor Students Borrow More." New Zealand Herald 25 Nov. 1999: A21.
  • "What a Shame Our Politicians Can’t Emulate All-in Wrestlers." New Zealand Herald 2 Dec. 1999: A15.
  • "Cash-rich Ngai Tahu A Tribe Moving Positively." New Zealand Herald 9 Dec. 1999: A15.
  • "Lets Build On Dawn Spirit." New Zealand Herald 6 Jan. 2000: A15.
  • "Waka: Don’t Get Too Proud." New Zealand Herald 13 Jan. 2000: A15.
  • "Adventures on Aoraki Maunga for Māori Historian." Kōkiri Paetae (Feb. 2001): 3117.
  • "Korero-a-iwi: Muriwhenua – Part one: Ngāti Kuri, Ngai Takoto, Ngāti Kahu." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 32 (Apr. 2002): 28-29.
  • "Korero-a-iwi Nga Puhi: Part One: Te Tai Tokerau." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 35 (July 2002): 30-31.
  • "Korero-a-Iwi; Nga Puhi: Part Two." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 36 (Aug. 2002): 28-29.
  • "Māori Tribal Regions." Collins School Arlas for New Zealand and the South Pacifric. Auckland, N.Z.: Harper-Collins, 2002.
  • "Ancient Polynesian Migrations, The Polynesian Navigation System, Mana Whetu – The Power of the Stars and The Renaissance of Polynesian Voyaging." Mana Whetu – The Power of the Stars. Auckland, N.Z.: Stardrome – Observatory and Planetarium, 2002. 1-26.
  • "Māori Mythology." Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies. Ed. J. Parker and J. Stanton. London: Grange Boks, 2003. 402-419.
  • "Te Reo Māori Still Endangered; Celebrating the Revival of Te Reo." Mike Houlahan, Rawiri Taonui. Press 28 July 2004: A11.
  • "Truly People of the Land." Press 19 Aug. 2004: A11.
  • "Good News For All In Lakes Settlement." New Zealand Herald 13 Dec. 2004: A15.
  • "Orewa to Oscars – It’s Been a Big Year for Māori." New Zealand Herald 27 Dec. 2004: A19.
  • "Settlement Benefits All." Press 22 Dec. 2004: A21.
  • "Settling Injustices in Best Interests of NZ." Press 6 Feb. 2004: A15.
  • "Ups and Downs of the Māori Year." Press 3 Feb. 2005: A9.
  • "The Real Lesson In The Haka." Press 24 June 2005: A13.
  • "The Dawning of a New Age for Māori." Press 25 Jan. 2006: A19.
  • "ACC Chief Sees Best and Worst of NZ." Press 25 Jan. 2006: C6.
  • "Māori Armed to Meet Challenges." New Zealand Herald 26 Jan. 2006: A12.
  • "You Do The Math…" Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 79 (2006): 16-18.
  • "Māori Party on Track." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 80 (2006): 32-33.
  • "No Justice Where Accused if Judge." New Zealand Herald 28 Feb. 2006: A11.
  • "Electoral Roll Moves Statement of Intent." Otago Daily Times 18 Aug. 2006: 15.
  • "Value for all New Zealanders in Kingitanga." Otago Daily Times 22 Aug. 2006: 13.
  • "A Lady for Our Time; The Mana of Succession." Tainui Stephens, Rawiri Taonui. New Zealand Herald 19 Aug. 2006: B7.
  • "The Kingitanga Represents Our History – And Our Future." New Zealand Herald 22 Aug. 2006: A11.
  • "Guidelines the Key as Cash Complicates Koha." Otago Daily Times 7 Sept. 2006: 17."Māori Party’s Integrity Survives First Year." Press 28 Sept. 2006: A15.
  • "Party an Instrument for Māori Voiceless." New Zealand Herald 28 Sept. 2006: A17.
  • "Attitude of Party Leader Disturbing." Otago Daily Times 4 Oct. 2006: 17.
  • "Old Fashioned Colonial Racism in New Age Disguise." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 81 (2006): 14.
  • "Realising Māori Dreams." Press 29 Nov. 2006: A17.
  • "Time for a ‘brown table’ to Match the Round One." Otago Daily Times 5 Dec. 2006: 11.
  • "Time for Treaty Justice." Dominion Post 12 Dec. 2006: B5.
  • "Deadline on Waitangi Claims Backward Step." Otago Daily Times 14 Dec. 2006: 19.
  • "Deadline Spells End of Justice for Māori." New Zealand Herald 15 Dec. 2006: A21.
  • "The Power to Decide." Dominion Post 2 Feb. 2007: B7.
  • "Don’t Fly Just One Flag."Sunday Start Times 4 Feb. 2007: A16.
  • "The Sea, Rivers, Lakes, Foreshore, Seabed and Water." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 83 (2007): 40-42.
  • "Revisiting Idea of Māori Parliament." Otago Daily Times 16 Mar. 2007: 15.
  • "Going, Going, Gone." Sunday Star Times 18 Mar. 2007: A14-15.
  • "Is There Need for a Māori Parliament?" Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 85 (2007): 8-9.
  • "Māori Education in Schools and University." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 86 (2007): 16-18.
  • "More Māori Seats Important Step Towards Empowerment." New Zealand Herald 21 Mar. 2007: A17.
  • "Ngai Tahu Rumblings Part of the Process." Otago Daily Times 4 Apr. 2007: 23.
  • "Star Start." Sunday Star Times 17 June 2007: C6.
  • "Out of the Red and Into the Black." Sunday Star Times 15 July 2007: A9.
  • "Uniting Kiwiana and Kiwitanga; A Māori Sensibility." Rawiri Taonui, Dean Baigent-Mercer. Sunday Star Times 29 July 2007: C5.
  • "Family v whanau Won’t Rest in Peace." Sunday Star Times 23 Sept. 2007: A12.
  • "Māori Find Their Voice." Sunday Star Times 18 Nov. 2007: A11.
  • "Haka Power! Review." Sunday Star Times 25 Nov. 2007: C6.
  • "2007…thus far." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 89 (2007): 26-27.
  • "UNDRIP." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 92 (2007): 30.
  • "The Republic Debate for Māori." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 93 (Dec. 2007/Jan. 2008): 48-49.
  • "The Black Mob and Mongruel Power." Tu Mai 100 (2008): 30-32.
  • "Creating New Injustices." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 94 (2008): 20-21.
  • "Putting the Back in Whanganui." Tu Mai: Offering an Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 98 (2008): 20-21.
  • "Spotlight on Politics." Tu Mai 109 (2010): sup. 36-37.

  • Reviews

  • "Reviews." Rev. of Nga Waka o Nehara: The First Voyaging Canoes, by Jeff Evans in Journal of the Polynesian Society 107.2 (1998): 198-199.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of 1000 Years of Māori History: Nga iwi o Te Motu, by Michael King in Journal of the Polynesian Society 107.3 (1998): 321.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of Te Mana Te Kawanatanga: The Politics of Māori Self-Determination, by Mason Durie in New Zealand Journal of History 32.2 (1998): 210-212.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of Iwi: The Dynamics of Māori Tribal Organisation From c. 1769 to 1945, by Angela Ballara in New Zealand Journal of History 33.1 (1999): 112-113.
  • Taonui, Rawiri, and Bryan Gilling. "Books." Rev. of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research an Indigenous Peoples, by Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Rev. of Pakeha Māori, by Trevor Bentley in New Zealand Education Review 30 July 1999: 11.
  • Pond, Wendy and Rawiri Taonui. "Martial Arts; A Partial History." Rev. of The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806-45, by R. D. Crosby in New Zealand Books 10.1 (2000): 7-8.
  • "The Musket Wars." Rev. of The Musket Wars, by Ron Crosby in Tu Mai: Offering An Indigenous New Zealand Perspective 13 (May 2000): 22.
  • "Preoccupied With Native Blood Lust." Rev. of The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806-1845, by R. D. Crosby in New Zealand Defence Quarterly 28 (Aut 2000): 30.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of The Treaty of Waitangi and the Control of Language, by Richard Dawson in Journal of the Polynesian Society 113.3 (2004): 297-299.
  • "An End To The ‘Musket Wars’." Rev. of Taua – Musket Wars, Land Wars, or Tikanga? Warfare in Māori Society in the Early Nineteenth Century, by Angela Ballara in New Zealand Books 14.3 (2004): 6-7.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of The Waitangi Tribunal: Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ed. by Janine Hayward and Nicola R. Wheen in New Zealand Journal of History 39.2 (2005): 258-259.
  • "Reviews." Rev. of An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi, by Claudia Orange in New Zealand Journal of History 39.2 (2005): 260.
  • "View from the Hilltop." Rev. of State of the Māori Nation: Twenty-first Century Issues in Aotearoa, by Malcolm Mulholland and contributors. Rev. of Ngapua: the Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua, by Paul Moon in New Zealand Books 16.4 (2006): 18-19.
  • "Book Reviews." Rev. of Ngā Mōteatea:He Maramara Rero Nō Ngā Waka Maha He Mea Kohikohi nā Sir Apirana Ngata/The Songs: Scattered Pieces From Many Canoe Areas collected by Sir Apirana Ngata – part 1, ed. Pei Hurinui Jones. Rev. of Traditional Songs of the Māori, 3rd ed, ed Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell in Journal of Pacific History 41.1 (2006): 119-121.
  • "Books: Healing Māori."Rev. of Ratana Revisited: An Unfinished Legacy, by Keith Newman in Dominion Post 6 Jan. 2007: sup.13.