Pakeha Maori: The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans Who Lived as
the extraordinary story of the europeans who lived as maori in early new zealand
$25.60
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2007
Summary
This book describes one of the most extraordinary and fascinating stories in NZ history. In the early part of the last century several thousand runaway seamen and escaped convicts settled in Maori communities. Jacky Mamon, John Rutherford, Charlotte Badger and many others - this is their largely untold story. They were regarded as unsavoury renegades by the European settlers, but amongst Maori they were usually welcomed. Many Pakeha Maori took wives and were treated as Maori, others were trea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143007838 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143007831 |
| Author: | Trevor Bentley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Trevor Bentley
Trevor Bentley was educated at the universities of Auckland and Waikato and has a special interest in researching, teaching and writing about the interaction of Maori and Pakeha in pre-Treaty New Zealand. He is the author of two previous books, Pakeha Maori (1999) and Captured by Maori (2004). Bentley is an adult education manager for four colleges in the South Waikato, as well as an inveterate surfer and traveller. He lives in Tauranga with his wife Helen.
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