Voices from the New Zealand wars
Subtitle: he reo nō ngā pakanga o Aotearoa
By: Vincent O'Malley
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781988587790; 9781988587769; 9781988587776; 9781988587783
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people); History; Ngā Pakanga Whenua o Mua
Other titles: Reo nō ngā pakanga o Aotearoa
Description: "Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself.... It is, of course, a story of colonisation and resistance - and a history that has never stopped repeating. Arama Rata. The New Zealand Wars of the mid-nineteenth century profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. This book takes us to the heart of these conflicts with a series of first-hand accounts from Māori and Pākehā who either fought in or witnessed the wars that ravaged New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. From Heni Te Kiri Karamu's narrative of her remarkable exploits as a wahine toa, through to accounts from the field by British soldiers and powerful reports by observers on both sides, we learn about the wars at a human level. The often fragmentary, sometimes hastily written accounts that make up Voices from the New Zealand Wars vividly evoke the extreme emotions - fear, horror, pity and courage - experienced during the most turbulent time in our country's history. Each account is expertly introduced and contextualised, so that the historical record speaks to us vividly through many voices"--Publisher information.
Notes: Edited by Nancy Swarbrick.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English with some Māori.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Arama Rata; title: Introduction; title: The Northern War, 1845-46; title: Central New Zealand, 1843-47; title: Taranaki, 1860-64; title: The Waikato War, 1863-64; title: Tauranga, 1863-67; title: Pai Mārire and the West Coast, 1864-66; title: The East Coast Wars, 1865-66; title: Titokowaru, 1868-69; title: Te Kooti, 1868-72; title: Timeline; title: Further Reading; title: Bibliography; title: Map sources; title: Editorial note; title: Iwi and Hapū names.