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24 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.

Published for the Ministry of Education.

'The Gift of Rongoa and Lips, Lipids and Locks ... are thematically linked and could be used together in a classroom programme'--Back cover.

Notes for teachers also available (item no. 30848)

Summary: The first of the three sections focuses on Nanny Peka, a teacher at a Maori, girls' college who uses a stand of native bush at the school to teach a group of students about rongoa Maori (traditional Maori healing). The second section profiles Mother Aubert, a nineteenth century nun who based many of her famous remedies on traditional Maori herbalism. The third section explores rongoa Maori in a contemporary, commercial context - that of Tairawhiti Pharmaceuticals. This East Coast company has been extracting and promoting manuka oil since 1992.
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