Te Arawa : A History of the Arawa People

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Fading to dust-jacket spine. Some creasing and rubbing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; x, [1], 573 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 247 x 151mm. Maps on endpapers. "This history of Te Arawa, who today occupy the Rotorua lakes district and part of the central Bay of Plenty coastline, is notable for its readable scholarship." - from dust-jacket blurb. Includes a 5 page Genealogical Index. Chapters include: The Beginning; The Canoe; The Journey to New Zealand; Exploration by Ihenga; Hatupatu and Kurangaituku; The Curse of Manaia and its Sequel; The Destruction of Ngati Kahupungapunga; Further Settlement of the Lakes District; The Capture of Moura by Tutanekai; The Beginning of the Wars at Rotoiti; The Invasion and Capture of Maketu; The Taking of Maunganui; Trouble at Rotorua with Tamamutu of Taupo; An Arawa Army goes to Waikato; Trouble in the Te Puke Area; Ngati Pukenga; Te Ramaapakura; Pukekaikahu; Thomas Chapman, his Wife and Helpers Settle in Rotorua; Visit of Governor Sir George Grey; Arawa become Involved in Maori-Pakeha Wars; Death of Fulloon and the Attack on Te Teko; Te Kooti and the Whitmore Expedition; Attack on Rotorua by Te Kooti; Conclusion of Urewera Campaigns; Appendices. .