The rise and fall of Te Hemara Tauhia / Paul Goldsmith.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2003.Whakaahuatanga: 117 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0790009056 (paperback)
- 9780790009056 (paperback)
- Te Hemara Tauhia
- 993.1800499442 22
- DU422.82.T38 G65 2003
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Māoritanga | Pātea LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Māoritanga | 993.18 GOLD (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2028492 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index.
Map of Northland -- Map of North Auckland -- Introduction -- 1. The locust years -- 2. The return to Mahurangi -- 3.'Pax Britannia' -- 4. Patriarch and autocrat -- 5. Coping with irrelevance -- 6. The turning of the screw -- 7. Last things -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Te Hemara's whakapapa -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Based on research from the Native Land Court records this is the story of Te Hemara, a chief of the Ngāti Rongo. Following the establishment of the British legal system he was successful in finding wealth and security, but eventually unsustainable land sales brought about his financial ruin.
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