Wairarapa Moana : the lake and its people / general editor: Ian F. Grant.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-310) and index.

Creation myths and Wairarapa Moana / Haami Te Whaiti -- The shaping of the lower valley / John Rhodes -- The archaeology of Wairarapa Moana / Christine Barnett -- The early Māori history of Wairarapa Moana / Haami Te Whaiti -- The European invasion of Wairarapa Moana / Gareth Winter -- The chiefly gift of Wairarapa Moana / Bruce Stirling -- The promised lands / Murray Hemi -- The pumiced lands / Murray Hemi -- Water : flooding farming and wetlands / Ian Gunn -- The plant life of Wairarapa Moana / Tony Silbery -- The fish of Wairarapa Moana / Amber McEwan and Alton Perrie -- The eels of Wairarapa Moana / Joseph Potangaroa -- The birds of Wairarapa Moana / Colin Scadden -- The saga of the Pouākani Block / Murray Hemi -- The Mangakino township : problems and solutions / Murray Hemi -- Wairarapa Moana : valuing what nature intended / Jim Flack.