Māori Philosopher
Books
Ancient and Modern Philosophers and Great Thinkers: Wisdom and Quotes
Book 1 & Book 2 (2025)
Philosophy (Hard Cover)
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This two-book series, Ancient and Modern Philosophers: Wisdom and Quotes, offers a captivating journey through the minds of 80 of the most influential thinkers in human history, including figures like Pythagoras, Aristotle, Confucius, Laozi, Gautama Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Alan Watts, Carl Jung, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Focusing on both ancient wisdom and modern thought, each volume provides a rich blend of biographical insight and an extensive collection of impactful quotes. This comprehensive collection guides the reader through the foundational intellectual currents that have shaped civilization, governance, ethics, and the nature of existence, serving not only as a repository of knowledge but also as a guide for reflection on personal conduct and perspective.
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Māori Life: A Century in New Zealand Society
By Hare Moriki Waa Hoterene or Rev Charles Brown Shortland (2025)
History/Biography (Paperback)
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"Maori Life: A Century in New Zealand Society" is the compelling memoir of Reverend Charles Brown Shortland (born Hare Moriki Waa Hoterene), a direct descendant of Ngāti Hine chiefs like Kawiti, who chronicles his life beginning in the challenging "Great Slump" of 1932. Introduced by the proverb, "He kokonga whare e kitea ana; he kokonga ngakau e kore e kitea," "Can see the corners of house: cannot see the corners of a heart" the book delves into the spiritual and cultural heart of his community in Matawaia, detailing a life of communal self-sufficiency centered on the marae, and providing personal accounts of fading customs such as tomo wahine (matchmaking) and po whakamoemoe (matching night). Ultimately, this heartfelt tribute is a testament to the enduring resilience of Māori culture and an unwavering commitment to faith, family, and community despite the changing world.
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The British Monarch,
Māori Chiefs and
Sub-Tribes of New Zealand
History (Hard Cover/Paperback)
The enduring constitutional crisis in New Zealand stems from the conflict between the 1835 Declaration of Independence (He Whakaputanga), which asserted absolute Māori Sovereignty, and the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. The Māori text of the Treaty, signed by the vast majority of chiefs, granted the Crown only Governorship (Kawanatanga), critically retaining full Māori authority (Tino Rangatiratanga). This key distinction directly contradicted the English text, which purported to claim a complete cession of Sovereignty. Despite the overwhelming Māori consent being given to the text protecting their Tino Rangatiratanga, the Crown proceeded to govern the country based on the English version. This foundational discrepancy, sidelining the prior Māori sovereignty, is the root of the political and legal challenges defining modern Aotearoa New Zealand.
This research has been formally acknowledged and archived by the British Museum in London. Following a review by the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, this volume was permanently inducted into the British Museum Anthropology Library. It now serves as a primary resource for global scholars.
"An exhibition presenting and explaining the Māori text of the Treaty of Waitangi, as opposed to the British version, is long overdue. It is just a shame that we are not the institution to be able to do so..."
"Once my colleagues and I have had a chance to look at the book, is offer it to our anthropology library."
- James Hamill, Curator (Africa, Oceania and the Americascollections), The British Museum.
"We'd be very happy to add it to the library collection."
- Lisa Taylor, Librarian (Africa, Oceania and the Americas collections), The British Museum.
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9 Lives of Wisdom (2025)
Philosophy (Paper Back)
9 Lives of Wisdom is a book that embodies philosophical quotes through the lived experience of Beau Enoka MacKey. Utilizing the analogy of "cat lives"—where each major shift represents a new chapter of life, a death, and a reincarnation—the narrative explores the radical transformations required to find a true state of being.
Born a twin in Gisborne in 1983, Beau’s life has been a search for identity across vastly different landscapes. For over seventeen years, he has documented his Māori and Scottish whakapapa, tracing his paternal and maternal lines back to the voyagers, chiefs, and soldiers who shaped the history of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Highlands of Scotland.
For nearly twenty years, Beau was a representative Basketball player for Northland, reaching the professional threshold and making a National Basketball Team. He was scouted by the Taranaki Mountain Airs in the New Zealand Basketball League and trialed for the Auckland Stars. However, as this life as an athlete concluded, a new "reincarnation" began. Following the separation from his sons' mother, Beau navigated the complexities of the Family Court system, successfully securing shared care of his two sons. This period of solo fatherhood coincided with a profound spiritual awakening, pondering the teachings of Alan Watts, Osho, Buddhism, and the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching. Yet, as if to test his new-found perspective, the gravity of his former life remained; Beau returned to the field to play Club Rugby League for two seasons as an adult. During this time, he navigated the fringes of society, associating with gang members and eventually receiving an opportunity to play for the Northland Swords Rugby League Team. He declined the offer, closing the door on that chapter of his life for good.
The transition from the world of professional sports then led to a nomadic existence: homelessness, living in a tent, a car, and a van; a relationship and separation from the daughter of a German Village Mayor; travel through Europe; working at the Marsden Point Oil Refinery; and spending five months in the isolation of the New Zealand bush. This was a descent into a storm: Beau was seven times institutionalized within the mental health system and faced fourteen recorded incidents with the police, including arrests, an alleged assault on a police officer, and a desperate escape from a mental health facility—where he was subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis.
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