Song of the Waitaha

For it tells the story of this land that embraces us, touches my life and yours with the past that is always with us, and eternity that walks with us every day.

It is the creation of the stars and the wonder of a world of light that gives birth to life. It holds high the Mana of Aotearoa, the Spirit of this Land, and our place within it, for we do not stand apart. Everyday this homeland speaks to us with a voice that honors the ancestors, and shares the way they saw its Promise.

It is of the Peace Makers, who carried Pounamu over the mountain passes, and the Warriors, and the Days of the Patu, the Days of the Muskets, and the Days of the Horse Soldiers. And it is about the Days of Healing.

It offers a unique journey into the spirit of this land, a journey with two wise elders who carry the Promise that has never been set aside.

Born in Westland, New Zealand, where the land shouts history at every turn, Barry Brailsford followed its call into the writing and publishing world. Barry's work is a journey into the wisdom traditions of the Pacific peoples and the story of their past. He is author of The Tattooed Land, Greenstone Trails, Song of Waitaha, Song of the Stone and In Search of the Southern Serpent.

His five novels, in the Chronicles of the Stone series, are based on ancient migration trails. Barry has an MA in history and in 1990 was awarded an MBE for his contribution to education and Maori scholarship.

Song of the Old Tides by Barry Brailsford. ISBN 0958350280. Published by Stoneprint Press. Soft cover, 320 pages. Published in 2004.

"Song of the Circle , the first book of five in the Chronicles takes us back to the great stone builders in the Americas. In the days before the Inca and Aztec Nations was a world that gave birth to children who sailed into the Pacific with a message of hope for the planet. The Circle encompasses many realms and opens wonderful gateways to trails of wisdom. It is a quest for truth.

Barry Brailsford was born on the wild west coast of the South Island of New Zealand beside the Mawhera River and beneath the mountain Tuhua. He has lectured and written widely in archaeology and history and received an MBE for his contribution to education and Maori scholarship. Song of the Circle by Barry Brailsford. ISBN 0958350213. Published by StonePrint Press. Soft cover, 300 pages. Published in 1996"

"It encompasses the fascinating world of Easter Island, the mountain trails of Aotearoa, or New Zealand, and sub-Antarctic waters, the feeding grounds of the whales. Soft cover, 222 pages. First published in 1997."

Song of the Whale by Barry Brailsford. ISBM 0958350248. Published by StonePrint Press.

About to be re-printed: Stonepress is currently gauging interest to plan re-print quantity.

Song of the Eagle moves with the ancestors on their long voyages to Kauai and the NW Pacific Nations of the Haida and the Innuit. Within its pages we soar with the eagles, walk with the totem animals of the First nation peoples and enter the icy Arctic world of the longest night of darkness." Soft cover, 202 pages. Published in 1998.

Amidst tall mountains we find the center that is of the silence and travel into its power. Old trails that reach into many lands are laid open within the wilderness and the Sphinx beckons. Soft cover, 229 pages. Published in 1998.

Those who have already entered the Circle understand truth is paradox,, that there is no beginning and no end, just the journey. This is the last in time but ultimately beyond time. Soft cover, 217 pages. Published in 1998.