He Kupu Tuku Iho Ko te Reo Maori te Tatau ki te Ao

This is a book of chapters on key aspects of Maori language and culture. The authors discuss key cultural language and cultural issues of the modern world. The language used is an exemplar for learners and speakers of te reo Maori. With assistance from a team at Te Ipukarea, the National Maori Language Institute, who transcribed and edited structured conversations between these two kaumatua, this book preserves the voices and ideas of these two renowned scholars for present and future generations.

Timoti Karetu QSO, KNZM (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tuhoe) heads the Department of Maori at the University of Waikato. Wharehuia Milroy QSO, CNZM (Ngai Tuhoe and Ngati Koura) was a professor of Maori at the University of Waikato from 1993 to 2000, having taught there since 1978.