Hazel Petrie: 2 books
Outcasts of the Gods?
The Struggle Over Slavery in Maori New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
‘Us Maoris used to practice slavery just like them poor Negroes had to endure in America . . .' says Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors. ‘Oh those evil colonials who destroyed Maori culture by ending slavery and cannibalism while increasing the life expectancy,' wrote one sarcastic blogger. So was...
Chiefs of Industry
Maori Tribal Enterprise in Early Colonial New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Drawing on a wide range of sources in both English and Maori, this study explores the entrepreneurial activity of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori in the early colonial period. Focusing on the two industries-coastal shipping and flourmilling-where Maori were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and...