Description: "In 1800, te reo Maori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In "Ka ngaro te reo", Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonisation that saw political, economic, cultural and linguistic power shifting steadily into the hands of the European core. In this revelatory and hard-hitting account, Moon draws on a vast range of published and archival material, as well as oral histories and contemporary Maori accounts, to chart the tortuous journey of a language under seige in a relentless European campaign to "save the Maori Race". He also chronicles the growing committment among many Maori towards the end of the nineteenth century to ensure that the language would survive"--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "In 1800, te reo Maori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In "Ka ngaro te reo", Paul Moon traces the…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: This is the story of the meeting of two very different peoples and the steady building of the one nation promised by Hobson at the first signing of the Treaty of Waitangi ...

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: This is the story of the meeting of two very different peoples and the steady building of the one nation promised by Hobson at the first signing of the Treaty of Waitangi ...

Description: "In the course of creating the New Zealand that we have today, with its law and order, property rights, personal safety and individual freedom, numerous people - both European and friendly Maori - were killed by tribal violence. They gave their lives in the cause of creating order out of anarchy and are just as deserving of the nation's respect and sympathy as are soldiers who die on the battlefield. In this book some of these brave but unfortunate people are introduced to the modern reader, together with brief details of their lives and of their ... deaths."--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "In the course of creating the New Zealand that we have today, with its law and order, property rights, personal safety and individual freedom, numerous people - both European…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Thirteen stories of conflict between Maori and Pakeha.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Thirteen stories of conflict between Maori and Pakeha.

Description: "An elegant family album descriptive of the lives and fortunes of New Zealanders who lived during the glorious reign of our late beloved Queen-Empress Victoria to whose memory the author respectfully dedicates this book"--t.p.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "An elegant family album descriptive of the lives and fortunes of New Zealanders who lived during the glorious reign of our late beloved Queen-Empress Victoria to whose…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Tree and shrubs in the foreground to the right, open field to the left and building with trees in the background on the horizon.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Tree and shrubs in the foreground to the right, open field to the left and building with trees in the background on the horizon.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

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Description: "Tells dramatic stories of Europeans discovering and exploring New Zealand during the first half of the 1800s. Ocean adventures, cross-country trekking, imperial and spiritual conquests, first contacts with Maori, artists seeking the 'sublime', scientific discovery and commercial pursuits all intertwine to form a fascinating portrait of a land undergoing immense change"--Inside front cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Tells dramatic stories of Europeans discovering and exploring New Zealand during the first half of the 1800s. Ocean adventures, cross-country trekking, imperial and spiritual…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: History of early childhood education during the nineteenth century in New Zealand. Four chapters cover distinct phases of the period: educating of Maori children in missionary infant schools; arrival of European colonists bringing rudimentary educational equipment and school books; provisional government era when beginnings of a public school system emerged; establishment of a national schooling system in the last decades of the century.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: History of early childhood education during the nineteenth century in New Zealand. Four chapters cover distinct phases of the period: educating of Maori children in missionary…

Description: "Stories of abortion in 19th-century New Zealand, from newspaper accounts, court records and coroner's reports"--Publisher information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Stories of abortion in 19th-century New Zealand, from newspaper accounts, court records and coroner's reports"--Publisher information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE