by Danny Keenan | Oct 26, 2021 | Published Works
The section provides details of chapters Danny has published in books edited by various scholars and writers. In most cases, you can read the chapter by clicking on the book cover, with reference details also provided. Chapters not yet available will be uploaded in...
by Danny Keenan | Sep 20, 2021 | Histories of Māori
Land, Culture and History Interwoven ‘Māori history’ can be defined in many different ways – it depends on which historian you are talking to, and whether that historian is Māori or not. In this book, Huia Histories of Māori. Ngā Tāhuhu Kōrero, Danny...
by Danny Keenan | Aug 23, 2021 | Wars Library
Octavius Hadfield, The Second Year of One of England’s Little Wars, London, 1861 (the North Taranaki War 1860-61). F.E. Maning, Old New Zealand. A Tale of the Good Old Times by a Pakeha Maori, Auckland, 1863. John Eldon Gorst, The Maori King, new edition edited...
by Danny Keenan | Aug 23, 2021 | Causes
Native Peoples The first settlers to New Zealand were Māori people, thought to have originally migrated here from Eastern Polynesia. When Māori first arrived is uncertain. Archaeologist Janet Davidson suggests around 800AD. This is now the generally accepted date of...
by Danny Keenan | Jul 15, 2021 | Politics of the 19th Century
The Māori Franchise In 1867, Māori were finally awarded the vote, 27 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It had taken that long for the Crown to grant Māori the right to participate in New Zealand’s political process. By the Māori...
