Wars without end = Ngā pakanga whenua o mua : New Zealand's land wars : a Māori perspective

Title:

Author:

Keenan, Danny author

ISBN:

9780143774938

Additional ISBN:

9780143774938

Personal Author:

Keenan, Danny author

Edition:

Revised edition.

Publication Information:

Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books, 2021.

Physical Description:

304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

General Note:

First published: 2009.

Contents:

'Land is the foundation of all our trouble' -- The New Zealand Wars - what's in a name? -- Meanings of land -- Impasse in North Taranaki -- Settling the land question -- Prelude to war -- North Taranaki -- Invasion of the Waikato -- Last stands -- Taking the land -- 'A vast change has taken place'.

Subject Term:

Maori (New Zealand people) -- History -- 19th century.

Ringa kaha

Whenua raupatu

Kōrero nehe

Geographic Term:

New Zealand -- History -- New Zealand Wars, 1843-1847.

New Zealand -- History -- New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872.

New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876.

Language:

English

Abstract:

"From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Māori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Māori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensified. For both sides, land was at the heart of the conflict, one that casts a long shadow over race relations in modern-day New Zealand. 'Wars without end' is the first book to approach this contentious subject from a Māori point of view, focusing on the Māori resolve to maintain possession."--Publisher.

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Summary

From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Maori have struggled to hold on to their land.

Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Maori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensified. For both sides, land was at the heart of the conflict, one that casts a long shadow over race relations in modern-day New Zealand.

Wars Without End is the first book to approach this contentious subject from a Maori point of view, focusing on the Maori resolve to maintain possession of customary lands and explaining the subtleties of an ongoing and complex conflict.

Written by senior Maori historian Danny Keenan, Wars Without End eloquently and powerfully describes the Maori reasons for fighting the Land Wars, placing them in the wider context of the Maori struggle to retain their sovereign estates.

The Land Wars might have been quickly forgotten by Pakeha, but for Maori these longstanding struggles are wars without end.