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Cannibal Jack by Trevor Bentley
44.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
In a frontier society full of colourful characters in early nineteenth century New Zealand, Jacky Marmon, more commonly known as Cannibal Jack, was more colourful than most. Jumping ship off the New Zealand coast, he first lived among Ngapuhi at the Bay of Islands, where he acquired five wives and serve ...Show more
Captured by Maori - White Female Captives, Sex and Racism on the Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Frontier by Trevor Bentley
36.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The capture of white women by Maori in the nineteenth century was often accompanied by high hysteria and moral outrage. Trevor Bentley tells these women
Hunting for a Hobby by Trevor Bentley
12.99 NZD
40.00 (67% off)
Category: Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals (usually wildlife) for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting.Hobby is an actvity carried out in one's spare time, for pleasure or relaxation. Put the two together and you have the most fun you can have with yo ...Show more
Pakeha Maori - The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand by Trevor Bentley
32.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
New edition. This book describes one of the most extraordinary and fascinating stories in NZ history. In the early part of the last century several thousand runaway seamen and escaped convicts settled in Maori communities. Jacky Mamon, John Rutherford, Charlotte Badger and many others this is their larg ...Show more
Transgressing Tikanga - Captured by Maori - First-hand Accounts 1816-1884 by Trevor Bentley
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Transgressing Tikanga is a collection of 20 first-hand accounts written by Europeans who were captured by Maori between 1816 and 1884. These Pakeha men and women were seized when they either committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressed tikanga Maori (customary law), for which utu was ...Show more
Tribal Guns and Tribal Gunners: The Story of Maori Artillery in 19th Century New Zealand by Trevor Bentley
39.99 NZD
Category: Māori Military History | Reading Level: New
European sailing ships arriving in New Zealand waters during the early nineteenth century, brought with them terrifying and destructive gunpowder weapons that Maori soon termed pu repo (great guns). Sold to some 120 chiefs in the shape of muzzle loading cannon, carronades and swivel guns, 165 documented ...Show more
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