Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa -
Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa -

Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa Paperback

By Vincent O'Malley

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Evoking emotions from the most turbulent time in our country's history, this book takes us to the heart of the New Zealand Wars with a series of first-hand accounts from Maori and Pakeha who either fought in or witnessed the conflicts that ravaged New Zealand between 1845 and 1872.

Product code: 9781988587790

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ISBN 9781988587790
On Sale Date 15/11/2021
Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) 260x185mm
No. Of Pages 420
Publisher Bridget Williams Books

Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself....It is, of course, a story of colonisation and resistance - and a history that has never stopped repeating.' The New Zealand Wars of the mid-nineteenth century profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. This book takes us to the heart of these conflicts with a series of first-hand accounts from Maori and Pakeha who either fought in or witnessed the wars that ravaged New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. From Heni Te Kiri Karamu's narrative of her remarkable exploits as a wahine toa, through to accounts from the field by British soldiers and powerful reports by observers on both sides, we learn about the wars at a human level. The often fragmentary, sometimes hastily written accounts that make up Voices from the New Zealand Wars vividly evoke the extreme emotions - fear, horror, pity and courage - experienced during the most turbulent time in our country's history. Each account is expertly introduced and contextualised, so that the historical record speaks to us vividly through many voices.