7 NEWSEST BOOKS ON OTHER RELATED TOPICS NOW AVAILABLE

Many really good books have been published recently which touch on the New Zealand Wars, or deal with related but much broader aspects of New Zealand history, or cover very interesting aspects of Māori history. Some of these books are shown here – place your cursor on the cover for the full reference.

Provides a detailed account of the thinking behind the early and persisting European colonial claims to Aotearoa New Zealand - Bain Attwood, 'Empire and the Making of Native Title. Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous People', Cambridge University, Melbourne, 2020.     An amazing collection of artifacts which together relate New Zealand's complex and varied history, including some with direct reference to the New Zealand Wars eg Wiremu Kingi's Tauihi (canoe prow, pp. 127-130), Jock Phillips, 'A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects', Penguin Books, Auckland, 2022.     Fascinating account of a little-known 19th Century prophetic movement in Taranaki - Jeffrey Sissons, 'The Forgotten Prophet. Tāmati Te Ito and His Kaingārara Movement, Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2023.