Maori King - Or, the Story of Our Quarrel With the Natives of New Zealand

This 1864 publication by a Victorian colonial official analyses the causes of the 1860s Taranaki Wars in New Zealand.

List of contents

1. Introductory; 2. Waikato; 3. The Queen's sovereignty; 4. The revolt; 5. Potatau, the King; 6. The Justice on Circuit; 7. The Taranaki War; 8. Wiremu Tamihana Te Waharoa; 9. The interregnum; 10. Sir George Grey; 11. Face to face; 12. The 'new institutions'; 13. The Maori Kingdom; 14. Rumours of war; 15. The Awamutu; 16. Tataraimaka; 17. Rewi Maniapoto; 18. The outbreak of war; 19. The invasion of Waikoto; 20. Conclusion.

Summary

This 1864 publication analyses the New Zealand Taranaki Wars of the early 1860s, probing the causes behind the deterioration of relations between Maori and Europeans. The author, a former Civil Commissioner for the Waikato region, both criticises errors by the British administration and describes political wrangling within the Maori community.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Gorst, Gorst J. E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039949
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03994-9
• No. of pages: 434
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Ethnic Studies, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Political science and theory, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General