Tears of Rangi

This is an absorbing historical narrative with bigger and bolder political and ethical arguments. The book is engagingly written and a worthy successor to Salmond’s Two Worlds and Between Worlds, from which it picks up chronologically, as well as to more recent works on Cook and Bligh. – Nicholas Thomas, University of Cambridge

This manuscript was an absolute joy to read. It engages in highly relevant and topical issues for all of us as New Zealanders. By anchoring our colonial history in contemporaryy issues of sovereignty and property, it has the potential to be a landmark book for Aotearoa New Zealand. – Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Tears of Rangi carries a message to the thinking citizen. Have a fresh look at New Zealand society from another angle. Salmond puts forward a complete debate… This significant book has the ability to influence hope for a united future as two peoples reconcile their different views. Modern New Zealand can be transformed by greater understanding of the Māori world. – Sonia Edwards, NZ Booklovers

Dame Anne Salmond is Distinguished Professor of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland and author of books including The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas; Aphrodite’s Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti and Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas. Among many honours and awards, she is an International Member of the American Philosophical Society, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy; in 2013 she became New Zealander of the Year and winner of the Rutherford Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand.