Title: Transgressing tikanga
Description: "A collection of 20 first-hand accounts written by Europeans who were captured by Māori between 1816 and 1884. These Pākehā men and women were seized when they either committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressed tikanga Māori (customary law), for which utu was required"--Back cover.
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people), First contact with Europeans, History, Culture conflict, Prisoners, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Race relations, Colonies, Mauhere, Tikanga, Tikanga tuku iho, Taipūwhenuatanga, Noho-ā-iwi
Places: New Zealand, Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century