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Book Dancing with the King

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Belgrave
  • Publisher : Auckland University Press
  • Release : 2017-10-24
  • ISBN : 1775589390
  • Pages : 719 pages

Download or read book Dancing with the King written by Michael Belgrave and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the battle of Orakau in 1864 and the end of the war in the Waikato, Tawhiao, the second Maori King, and his supporters were forced into an armed isolation in the Rohe Potae, the King Country. For the next twenty years, the King Country operated as an independent state – a land governed by the Maori King where settlers and the Crown entered at risk of their lives. Dancing with the King is the story of the King Country when it was the King's country, and of the negotiations between the King and the Queen that finally opened the area to European settlement. For twenty years, the King and the Queen's representatives engaged in a dance of diplomacy involving gamesmanship, conspiracy, pageantry and hard headed politics, with the occasional act of violence or threat of it. While the Crown refused to acknowledge the King's legitimacy, the colonial government and the settlers were forced to treat Tawhiao as a King, to negotiate with him as the ruler and representative of a sovereign state, and to accord him the respect and formality that this involved. Colonial negotiators even made Tawhiao offers of settlement that came very close to recognising his sovereign authority. Dancing with the King is a riveting account of a key moment in New Zealand history as an extraordinary cast of characters – Tawhiao and Rewi Maniapoto, Donald McLean and George Grey – negotiated the role of the King and the Queen, of Maori and Pakeha, in New Zealand.

Book The King Country

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  • Author : J.H Kerry-Nicholls
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2020-07-22
  • ISBN : 3752350008
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The King Country written by J.H Kerry-Nicholls and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The King Country by J.H Kerry-Nicholls

Book The King Country  or  Explorations in New Zealand

Download or read book The King Country or Explorations in New Zealand written by J. H. Kerry-Nicholls and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following book is a travel guide to New Zealand, written by James Henry-Kerry Nicholls. He explored the terrains of the country quite extensively, from the southern portion, where the Whanganui River passes through it in a long winding course to the sea; the west, where the Mokau River and its tributaries flow from its central region to the coast; the north, where the Waipa Puniu and various other streams, having their sources in the Titiraupenga and Rangitoto Mountains, wind through it to the Waikato River; and the southeast, where the snow-clad heights of Tongariro and Ruapehu pour down their rapid waters in a perfect network of creeks and rivers.

Book The King Country  Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through MaorilandThe King Country  Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland

Download or read book The King Country Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through MaorilandThe King Country Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland written by James Henry Kerry-Nicholls and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN publishing this record of travel, I have deemed it advisable to arrange my narrative under four principal divisions. In the introductory portion I refer to the leading physical features of that part of the North Island of New Zealand known as the King Country, relate the leading incidents connected with its history, describe the condition of the native race, and explain the object with which my journey was undertaken. The succeeding chapters deal with my visit to the Maori King when presenting my credentials from Sir George Grey at the tribal gathering held at Whatiwhatihoe in October, 1882. The description of the Lake Country includes my route from Tauranga, on the East Coast, to Wairakei, and which led me through the marvellously interesting region familiarly termed the Wonderland of New Zealand, while in the pages embracing my explorations in the King Country I record events as they occurred from day to day over a lengthy journey which was delightful on account of its novelty and variety, and exciting by reason of the difficulties, both as regards natural obstacles inseparable from the exploration of an unknown region under the unfavourable conditions by which I was constrained to carry it out, and the deep-rooted jealousy of the native race against the intrusion of Europeans into a portion of the island which is considered by them to be exclusively Maori territory. When it is considered that in company only with my interpreter, and with but three horses—ultimately reduced to two—and with what scant provisions we could carry, I accomplished considerably over 600 miles of travel, discovered many new rivers and streams, penetrated almost inaccessible regions of mountainous forest, found extensive areas of open plains suitable for European settlement, traced the sources of three of the principal rivers of the colony, examined the unknown shores of its largest lake, ascended one of the highest mountains of the southern hemisphere, experienced degrees of temperature varying from 80° in the shade to 12° below freezing-point, and successfully traversed from South to North, through its entire length, a territory with an area of 10,000 square miles, and which had been from the early history of the colony rigorously closed to Europeans by the hostility of the native tribes, it may be readily seen that the explorations, by their varied nature, disclose many important facts hitherto unknown concerning a vast and beautiful portion of New Zealand; and while they cannot fail to prove of practical utility to the colony, they will, I venture to think, be a welcome addition to geographical science. The map appended to this work may be said to form the most complete chart of the interior of the North Island as yet published. Up to the present time the extensive territory embraced by the King Country has, owing to the obstruction of the natives, never been surveyed, and consequently many of its remarkable physical features have remained unknown, the existing maps of this part of the colony being mere outlines. As, therefore, considerably more than half of the country traversed was through a region which was, to all intents and purposes, a terra incognita from the commencement of my journey, I adopted a system of barometrical measurements and topographical observations, and thus secured a supply of valuable material, which I mapped out from day to day, while the names of mountains, rivers, valleys, and lakes were obtained from the natives by the skilful assistance of my interpreter, who was at all times unceasing in his endeavours to carry out this part of the work with accuracy.

Book The Penguin History of New Zealand

Download or read book The Penguin History of New Zealand written by Michael King and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.

Book The King Country  Rohe Potae

Download or read book The King Country Rohe Potae written by and published by . This book was released on 1991* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book For King and Other Countries

Download or read book For King and Other Countries written by Glyn Harper and published by Chp. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war was declared in August 1914, many New Zealanders were travelling or living abroad. In the rush to sign up to defend the Empire, it was often easier to enlist locally than travel back to New Zealand to join the NZEF. That's one of the reasons that more than ten thousand New Zealanders fought the First World War under other flags, in the military forces of other nations. If they are added to the total number of New Zealanders currently understood to have served, then New Zealand's contribution to the war effort becomes even more remarkable, but to date they have not been correctly enumerated, let alone included. These New Zealanders served with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), with British Army units, the Indian Army, the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the French Foreign Legion, and they include the considerable number of women who served with other nations' medical organisations. Leading military historian Glyn Harper has scoured archives and museums worldwide to show where and when these New Zealanders served, and to tell their remarkable - and sometimes surprising and tragic - stories for the first time. For King and Other Countries makes a unique contribution to our understanding of our military history.

Book The King Country  Or  Explorations in New Zealand

Download or read book The King Country Or Explorations in New Zealand written by James Henry Kerry-Nicholls and published by London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. This book was released on 1884 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author travelled through the King Country immediately it had been opened up for railway survey and construction. His journey with a Maori guide around central North Island is a valuable account.

Book The King Country

    Book Details:
  • Author : J.H Kerry-Nicholls
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2020-08-04
  • ISBN : 3752404345
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The King Country written by J.H Kerry-Nicholls and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The King Country by J.H Kerry-Nicholls

Book Dancing with the King

Download or read book Dancing with the King written by Michael Belgrave and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the battle of Orakau in 1864 and the end of the war in the Waikato, Tawhiao, the second Maori King, and his supporters were forced into an armed isolation in the Rohe Potae, the King Country. For the next twenty years, the King Country operated as an independent state - a land governed by the Maori King where settlers and the Crown entered at risk of their lives.Dancing with the King is the story of the King Country when it was the King's country, and of the negotiations between the King and the Queen that finally opened the area to European settlement. For twenty years, the King and the Queen's representatives engaged in a dance of diplomacy involving gamesmanship, conspiracy, pageantry and hard headed politics, with the occasional act of violence or threat of it. While the Crown refused to acknowledge the King's legitimacy, the colonial government and the settlers were forced to treat Tawhiao as a King, to negotiate with him as the ruler and representative of a sovereign state, and to accord him the respect and formality that this involved. Colonial negotiators even made Tawhiao offers of settlement that came very close to recognising his sovereign authority.Dancing with the King is a riveting account of a key moment in New Zealand history as an extraordinary cast of characters - Tawhiao and Rewi Maniapoto, Donald McLean and George Grey - negotiated the role of the King and the Queen, of Maori and Pakeha, in New Zealand.

Book Te K  ngitanga

    Book Details:
  • Author : Angela Ballara
  • Publisher : Auckland University Press
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9781869402020
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Te K ngitanga written by Angela Ballara and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1800's Te Kingitanga has been a force in New Zealand society. The Maori King movement combines spiritual and political elements which conserve the "turangawaewae" (standpoints) of the past with practical leadership in the contemporary Maori world. This collection of 14 biographies of leaders has been put together to celebrate the settlement of the Tainui claim and the royal apology given by Queen Elizabeth to the Tainui people in 1995.

Book The King Country

Download or read book The King Country written by James Henry Kerry Nicholls and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ongarue

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  • Author : Lyndsay McMillan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2005-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780473102678
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book Ongarue written by Lyndsay McMillan and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Observations of a Rural Nurse

Download or read book Observations of a Rural Nurse written by Sara McIntyre and published by Massey University. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observations of a Rural Nurse (Hardback) By McIntyre, Sara RRP: $50.50 $40.40 Save $10.10 Pub Date 13 May 20 Sara McIntyre, the daughter of the artist Peter McIntyre, was nine years old when her family first came to Kakahi, in the King Country, in 1960. The family has been linked to Kakahi ever since. On the family car trips of her childhood, McIntyre got used to her fathers frequent stops for subject matter for painting. Fifty years on, when she moved to Kakahi to work as a district nurse, she began to do the same on her rounds, as a photographer. This book brings together her remarkable photographic exploration her observations of Kakahi and the sparsely populated surrounding King Country towns of Manunui, Ohura, Ongarue, Piriaka, Owhango and Taumarunui.

Book Catalogue of the General Assembly Library of New Zealand

Download or read book Catalogue of the General Assembly Library of New Zealand written by New Zealand. Parliament. Library and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kakahi New Zealand

Download or read book Kakahi New Zealand written by Peter McIntyre and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand

Download or read book Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand written by New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: