Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "Earle's crowded six months (not nine) in northern New Zealand gave posterity a double legacy. In his text a fascinating if not unprejudiced outline of Maori social life and custom and European intruders in the amalgam's most unsettled decade; in the sketches not merely landscapes but a series of reclining or posturing figures, the most striking of any visitor since the navigators' artists. Earle crossed from Sydney to Hokianga in 1827, moving across after a short stay to the Bay of Islands. The Narrative crisply depicts not merely the set scenes, such as tatooing, the haka, a hui to discuss peace or war, the grimmer aspects of eliminating an expendable slave or errant wife, but an almost pastoral glimpse of village agriculture. The death of Hongi, the tensions, local conflicts, and disputes contrast with his strictures on the missionaries, later challenged and, like S.M.D. Martin's 14 years on, unwarrantably extreme, prompted by a genuine sympathy for the Maori when treated fairly and with regard to tribal protocol"--Bagnall 1757.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Earle's crowded six months (not nine) in northern New Zealand gave posterity a double legacy. In his text a fascinating if not unprejudiced outline of Maori social life and…

Description: "Earle's crowded six months (not nine) in northern New Zealand gave posterity a double legacy. In his text a fascinating if not unprejudiced outline of Maori social life and custom and European intruders in the amalgam's most unsettled decade; in the sketches not merely landscapes but a series of reclining or posturing figures, the most striking of any visitor since the navigators' artists. Earle crossed from Sydney to Hokianga in 1827, moving across after a short stay to the Bay of Islands. The Narrative crisply depicts not merely the set scenes, such as tatooing, the haka, a hui to discuss peace or war, the grimmer aspects of eliminating an expendable slave or errant wife, but an almost pastoral glimpse of village agriculture. The death of Hongi, the tensions, local conflicts, and disputes contrast with his strictures on the missionaries, later challenged and, like S.M.D. Martin's 14 years on, unwarrantably extreme, prompted by a genuine sympathy for the Maori when treated fairly and with regard to tribal protocol"--Bagnall 1757.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Earle's crowded six months (not nine) in northern New Zealand gave posterity a double legacy. In his text a fascinating if not unprejudiced outline of Maori social life and…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Maori man holding two sticks, one with a noose and one with a bunch of feathers on the end, snaring a weka which is in some low bushes.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Maori man holding two sticks, one with a noose and one with a bunch of feathers on the end, snaring a weka which is in some low bushes.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "The record of [Wade's] holiday journey provides the substance of the book, the most important being to the far north, with Colenso for part of the way, and to Tauranga and Rotorua. Attempts formal description of tress, etc. , Maoris and life - an unflattering portrait - but is happiest in his clear description of simply what he saw: Kerikeri, Waimate, Mangungu, Hokianga, Kaihu, Kaipara, Thames, Waikato, Rotorua, and Ohinemutu. Possible that he was author of frequently quoted extracts from the 'Protestant Guardian', Madras. The book, dedicated to Lady Franklin, whom he would have met during her 1841 visit, lists 550 subscribers' copies and over 600 printed of a work of present day rarity and textual value"--Bagnall, 5770.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "The record of [Wade's] holiday journey provides the substance of the book, the most important being to the far north, with Colenso for part of the way, and to Tauranga and…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Dieffenbach's extended account of his New Zealand visit. Vol. I outlines his journeys in the North Island with two chapters on the Maoris and whalers of the Sounds. More important expeditions were to the Hutt River headways, his ascent of Egmont, his walk to Mokau and journey through Waikato to Taupo and Rotoaira returning by Rotorua and Tauranga in company with W.C. Symonds and (for part only) A.D. Best. His visits to many parts of Northland in company with a Capt. Bernard on the latter's vessel are outlined ... The second volume has an extended treatment of the Maoris, their culture, traditions and a lengthy section on the language with grammar, vocabulary and examples. Dieffenbach has a short chapter on the flora and over 120 pages on the fauna by J.E. Gray of the BM. Cf. Bagnall.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Dieffenbach's extended account of his New Zealand visit. Vol. I outlines his journeys in the North Island with two chapters on the Maoris and whalers of the Sounds. More…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames and gives a unique account of the country and of Maori society in the inter-tribal war period"--Bagnall C1818

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands,…

Description: Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames and gives a unique account of the country and of Māori society in the inter-tribal war period. Cf. Bagnall.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands,…

Description: Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames and gives a unique account of the country and of Maori society in the inter-tribal war period. Cf. Bagnall.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands,…

Description: "Was Maori slavery 'just like' the experience of Africans in the Americas and were British missionaries or colonial administrators responsible for ending the practice? What was the nature of freedom and unfreedom in Maori society and how did that intersect with the perceptions of British colonists and the anti-slavery movement? Looks closely at a huge variety of evidence to answer these questions, analysing bondage and freedom in traditional Maori society; the role of economics and mana in shaping captivity; and how the arrival of colonists and new trade opportunities transformed Maori society and the place of captives within it"--Publisher information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Was Maori slavery 'just like' the experience of Africans in the Americas and were British missionaries or colonial administrators responsible for ending the practice? What…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "Statement commenting favourably on the New Zealand Company's proposals and William Wakefield's departure. Basic geographical information, as far as known, climate and soil and the Maoris. Appendices include an extract from Nicholas, Company prospectus and terms of land purchase, etc." -- Bagnall, 4651

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Statement commenting favourably on the New Zealand Company's proposals and William Wakefield's departure. Basic geographical information, as far as known, climate and soil…