Na to Hoa Aroha, From Your Dear Friend : The Correspondence of Sir Apirana Ngata and Sir Peter Buck, 1925-50 (Volume I, 1925-29)

The Leading Historian Keith Sorrenson Has Collected In Three Volumes The Complete Correspondence (174 Letters In All) Between Two Distinguished Twentieth-century Maori Scholars And Statesmen, Sir Apirana Ngata And Sir Peter Buck (te Rangi Hiroa). 'the Letters Confirm That Each Man Was Indeed A Totara Tree Of Some Magnificence And That Each Was A Tree That Stood Alone. Even Today Such Trees Remain Rare,' Writes Hirini Moko Mead. The leading historian Keith Sorrenson has collected in three volumes the complete correspondence (174 letters in all) between two distinguished twentieth-century Māori scholars and statesmen, Sir Apirana Ngata and Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa). 'The letters confirm that each man was indeed a totara tree of some magnificence and that each was a tree that stood alone. Even today such trees remain rare, ' writes Hirini Moko Mead