Te Arawa : A History of the Arawa People

Printed label on front endpaper "With the Compliments of The Maori Purposes Fund Board". Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some rubbing to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; x, [1], 573, [3 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 248 x 151mm. Maps on endpapers. "This history of Te Arawa, who today occupy the Rotorua lakes district and part of the central Bay of Plenty coastline, is notable for its readable scholarship." - from dust-jacket blurb. Includes a 5 page Genealogical Index. Chapters include: The Beginning; The Canoe; The Journey to New Zealand; Exploration by Ihenga; Hatupatu and Kurangaituku; The Curse of Manaia and its Sequel; The Destruction of Ngati Kahupungapunga; Further Settlement of the Lakes District; The Capture of Moura by Tutanekai; The Beginning of the Wars at Rotoiti; The Invasion and Capture of Maketu; The Taking of Maunganui; Trouble at Rotorua with Tamamutu of Taupo; An Arawa Army goes to Waikato; Trouble in the Te Puke Area; Ngati Pukenga; Te Ramaapakura; Pukekaikahu; Thomas Chapman, his Wife and Helpers Settle in Rotorua; Visit of Governor Sir George Grey; Arawa become Involved in Maori-Pakeha Wars; Death of Fulloon and the Attack on Te Teko; Te Kooti and the Whitmore Expedition; Attack on Rotorua by Te Kooti; Conclusion of Urewera Campaigns; Appendices.

Product Info

Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed

Year: (1967)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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