This is his single most important work, based on a major field project for the Otago Museum in 1920 and published here for the first time. Beattie had a strong sense that traditional knowledge needed to be recorded fast.
... Sketch ofPolynesian History, Being an Introduction to the Native History ... Lore ofthe Whare-wänanga, or, Teachings ofthe Maori College on Religion ... South Island Maoris', Transactions and Proceedings ofthe New Zealand Institute,Vol.10 ...