Moving Forward From Our Past

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Blurb: Second Edition

An Outline of New Zealand's Early History To Help Us Build a Better Future

The debate about the Treaty of Waitangi is polarising our country. Maori
are claiming that they never ceded sovereignty while Pakeha are
labelled as white colonisers who dishonoured the Treaty Partnership and
stole Maori land.

What was the Treaty intended to achieve, and why were the rangatira
willing to sign it? Did they really cede sovereignty? Why were there two
versions of the Treaty? Why were the Land Wars fought and why was so
much land confiscated? After a really positive start, what went wrong?

Join me on a journey back in time

into a world without roads, cars or mobile phones.

Our history is filled with larger-than-life characters who
have mostly been forgotten. There was competition for land and
resources. There were astonishing friendships and violent battles. There
was both honour and treachery in the many struggles to dominate or
survive.

These men and women lived in a very different world to
ours. Thanks to them, we have a history that should be celebrated for
what has since been achieved, even though our nation is still very much
'a work in progress'.
ISBN: 9780473791629
Author: GAELIC, CHRIS
Available Stock: 2
Selling Price: 42.0
Title: Moving Forward From Our Past