I whanau au ki Kaiapoi

ISBN: 9781877578120

Author: Te Maire Tau    Publisher: Otago University Press

Natanahira Waruwarutu was a child at the time of the capture of Kaiapoi Pa by Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa warriors in 1832. The early years of his life, recounted here in the original Maori text and an accompanying translation, saw great change in the Maori communities of Waitaha (Canterbury) and Akaroa. Otako leaders set aside Moe...