Notes
Traces the course of our history from the arrival of the first Maori canoes to the present day. Each chapter has a short summary of a particular era, followed by picture strip stories which focus on individuals and events.Contents
Contents : the arrival of the maori : The legend of kupe / The voyage of the arawa -- maori life before the europeans : the legend of hinemoa -- the first european explorers : Captain James Cook -- sealers, whalers, traders and missionaries : Hongi Hika / William Colenso -- the treaty of Waitangi : Hone Heke -- more european settlers : an immigrant family -- the New Zealand Wars : Parihaka -- the gold rushes : Otago Gold -- The late nineteenth century : Mt Tarawera eruption / Kate Sheppard -- the early twentieth century : Princess Te Puea / the hawkes bay earthquake -- war, protests and economic problems : second world war -- the rainbow warrior -- changes in peoples lives : the Takahe -- two cambodian refugees.
