TY - BOOK AU - McKinley, M. H. TI - Wars in the whitecloud: Wairau, 1843 SN - 9780473356514 U1 - 993.7601 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Havelock North PB - Kin Ltd. NZ KW - Colonists KW - New Zealand KW - Wairau Valley History KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Juvenile literature KW - Ngāti Toa (New Zealand people) KW - Ngā Pakanga Whenua o Mua KW - reo KW - Utu KW - Tikanga KW - Mana KW - Rangatira KW - Taipūwhenuatanga KW - Pakiwaituhi KW - Kōrero pono mā te hunga taiohi KW - Noho-a-iwi KW - Kōrero nehe KW - New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847 N1 - Secondary; National Library of New Zealand N2 - In a small clearing of land nestled within the Wairau valley two peoples met; the recently established settlers of Nelson, and the governing tribe of that region - the renowned Ngati-Toa. When they marched, both sides were prepared for confrontation...yet they weren't expecting that their actions would drastically alter the future of the nation. Shaking both native Maori and settler populations alike, what occurred at Wairau made it clear throughout the Empire that not all was well within Britain's infant colony ER -