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
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