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Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century: The Struggle of the Northern Against the Southern Maori Tribes Prior to the Colonisation of New Zealand in 1840 by S. Percy Smith
104.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History
Stephenson Percy Smith (1840-1922) arrived in New Zealand as a boy, and in early 1858 travelled six hundred miles exploring the volcanic interior of North Island, including Taupo, Lake Tarawera and the Tongariro-Ruapehu area, returning via Rangitikei and Wanganui. He also witnessed the unrest caused by ...Show more
Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times by a Pakeha Maori by Frederick Edward Maning
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History
First published anonymously in 1863, this classic book recounts the experiences of Frederick Edward Maning (c.1811-83), an Anglo-Irish trader who emigrated to Tasmania with his family as a boy and later relocated to New Zealand. A self-styled 'Pakeha-Maori' ('Pakeha' is the Maori word for a white New Ze ...Show more
The Maori King: Or, The Story of Our Quarrel with the Natives of New Zealand by J. E. Gorst
89.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History
The British politician and lawyer Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916) arrived in New Zealand in 1860, shortly after the outbreak of the Taranaki Wars (from 1860 onwards), with idealistic intentions of working with Bishop Selwyn and the Maori. He took on various governmental roles that required contact with ...Show more
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