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Te Wai Pounamu, the greenstone island : a history of the southern Māori during the European colonization of New Zealand / by Harry C. Evison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Published by Aoraki Press in association with the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board & Te Runanganui o Tahu, 1993.Description: xxii, 582, xxvi p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0908925077
  • 9780908925070
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Wai Pounamu.DDC classification:
  • 993.702 20
LOC classification:
  • DU423.A1 E95 1993
Other classification:
  • KM208.431.L1
Contents:
Ch. 1. Prologue : the Māori world of Te Wai Pounamu -- ch. 2. The approach of civilization -- ch. 3. Te Rauparaha -- ch. 4. Survival -- ch. 5. The new colonialism -- ch. 6. The Treaty of Waitangi & British sovereignty -- ch. 7. Under the British flag -- ch. 8. The old order & the new -- ch. 9. The New Zealand Company moves south -- ch. 10. Governor Grey -- ch. 11. Kemp's purchase -- ch. 12. The advance guard -- ch. 13. A new invasion -- ch. 14. Highly honourable proceedings -- ch. 15. The final Ngāi Tahu awards -- ch. 16. Civilizing the natives -- ch. 17. A whiff of justice -- ch. 18. In Naboth's vineyard -- ch. 19. Left out of New Zealand -- ch. 20. Epilogue -- Appendix A. The Treaty of Waitangi -- Appendix B. The signing of Kemp's deed.
Awards:
  • New Zealand Book Awards, 1994: Non-fiction.
Summary: This book tells for the first time the story of the 19th-century penetration, annexation and colonisation of southern New Zealand by Europeans as it affected the local Maori inhabitants. This is not just a local history. The story is told in the broader context of New Zealand history and imperial politics. Based on first hand contemporary sources.
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Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 993.702 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00082806

Revision of Cataloguing-in-Publication data.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Prologue : the Māori world of Te Wai Pounamu -- ch. 2. The approach of civilization -- ch. 3. Te Rauparaha -- ch. 4. Survival -- ch. 5. The new colonialism -- ch. 6. The Treaty of Waitangi & British sovereignty -- ch. 7. Under the British flag -- ch. 8. The old order & the new -- ch. 9. The New Zealand Company moves south -- ch. 10. Governor Grey -- ch. 11. Kemp's purchase -- ch. 12. The advance guard -- ch. 13. A new invasion -- ch. 14. Highly honourable proceedings -- ch. 15. The final Ngāi Tahu awards -- ch. 16. Civilizing the natives -- ch. 17. A whiff of justice -- ch. 18. In Naboth's vineyard -- ch. 19. Left out of New Zealand -- ch. 20. Epilogue -- Appendix A. The Treaty of Waitangi -- Appendix B. The signing of Kemp's deed.

This book tells for the first time the story of the 19th-century penetration, annexation and colonisation of southern New Zealand by Europeans as it affected the local Maori inhabitants. This is not just a local history. The story is told in the broader context of New Zealand history and imperial politics. Based on first hand contemporary sources.

New Zealand Book Awards, 1994: Non-fiction.

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