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001			ocn436869178
003			OCoLC
005			20190306145601.0
008			090903s2009 nz ab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009675103
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035			_a(OCoLC)436869178
037			_bParemata Press, 73 Seaview Road, Paremata, Porirua, N.Z. ; mrhys@paradise.net.nz
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050	0	0	_aDU423.A1 _bD43 2009
082	0	4	_a993.99 _222
245	0	2	_aA decade of disasters : _bthe Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1875 / _ccompiled by Rhys Richards and Bill Carter.
260			_aPorirua, N.Z. : _bParemata Press, _c2009.
300			_a196 p. : _bill., map ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"With notes on John Amery and 'Koche, King of Pitt'."
500			_a"John Amery wrote most of the newspaper articles in this compendium..."--P. [165].
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Chatham Island historians, Rhys Richards and Bill Carter, have compiled a book sourced almost entirely from the National Library's Papers Past website, the Library’s digitised newspaper collections. "A Decade of Disasters reads more like a novel and is based on the tumultuous times for the Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1875. It was also the first time New Zealand newspapers found them a source of interest," says Rhys Richards. Papers Past allowed us to easily source first hand accounts from the island correspondent of the Hawkes Bay Herald," says Bill Carter "More importantly, the mass of material enabled us to deduce from style and literary quotations who the man was who had written these reports." The book tells of the Māori and Moriori populations, drastically reduced by disease introduced from visiting ships, and a small group of sheep farmers, and what they had imposed on them by the New Zealand Government. A penal colony of about 200 troublesome East Coast Māori were held there without trial. The reports show they proved, however, to be industrious and well behaved, in marked contrast with the motley crew of military guards who spent most of their time drinking and playing cards, as well as stealing Government property. The book includes some of the first photographs taken by Samuel Barker in 1873, W H Rau in 1874 and Alfred Martin in 1877."--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aMaori (New Zealand people) _zNew Zealand _zChatham Islands. _943305
650		0	_aTāngata whenua. _2reo _922273
650		0	_aNoho-a-iwi. _2reo _92734
651		0	_aChatham Islands (N.Z.) _xHistory _y19th century _y19th century _943306 _z1853-1876.
651		0	_aChatham Islands (N.Z.) _vAnecdotes. _943307
650		0	_941721 _aKōrero nehe. _2reo
650		0	_925996 _aPūrākau. _2reo
700	1		_aRichards, Rhys.
700	1		_aCarter, Bill, _d1932-
700	1		_aAmery, John, _dapproximately 1835-1896.
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