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Chiefs of Industry - Maori Tribal Enterprise in Early Colonial New Zealand by Hazel Petrie
49.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
This fascinating book explores the entrepreneurial activity of Maori in the early colonial period. It focuses on two industries, coastal shipping and flour-milling, where they were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s. Hazel Petrie shows how quickly and effectively Maori society adapted to ac ...Show more
Outcasts of the Gods?: The Struggle Over Slavery in Maori New Zealand by Hazel Petrie
44.99 NZD
Category: Māori History | Reading Level: Very Good
Tracing ideas of freedom and unfreedom in Maori society, this book is the first history of Maori war captives. 'Us Maoris used to practise slavery just like them poor Negroes had to endure in America...' says Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors. 'Oh those evil colonials who destroyed Maori culture by ending ...Show more
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