Pēwhairangi : Bay of Islands missions and Māori 1814 to 1845

Drawing upon the author's ongoing examination of the archaeology of missionization in New Zealand, Pewhairangi also places it in international comparative context. When a small group of three English families landed in the bay below Rangihoua pa in 1814, under the protection of its chief and inhabitants, the story told in Pewhairangi began. It is the story of New Zealand's first permanent European settlement at Hohi, of the church mission that it represented, and of the other mission communities subsequently established in the Bay of Islands at Kerikeri, Paihia, Te Puna, and Waimate. It tells of Ngapuhi and Pakeha engagement, as neighbors, over four decades: the chiefs, the missionaries, the mastermind Samuel Marsden, and the wives and children of all these men. The book also records the multiple comings and goings in the Bay of the amateur and professional artists whose works supply many of the book's fine illustrations. "When a small group of three English families landed in the bay below Rangihoua pa under the protection of its chief and inhabitants, the story of Pēwhairangi began. It is the story of New Zealand's first permanent European settlement, at Hohi, and the church mission that it represented and other mission communities subsequently established in the Bay of Islands, at Kerikeri, Paihia, Waimate and Te Puna. It is a story of Ngapuhi and Pakeha engagement, as neighbours, over four decades. More than anything else, the rich fabric of the book is a story of people - of the chiefs Te Pahi, Ruatara, Hongi Hika, Tareha, Korokoro; of the missionaries John King, Thomas Kendall, James Kemp, John Butler, George Clarke, William Yate, and Henry Williams; of the mastermind Samuel Marsden; and of the wives and children of all these men, including Hongi's wife Turikatuku and daughter Hariata, Hannah King and Hannah Butler, Hone Heke and George Clarke junior, Marianne Williams and Charlotte Kemp. And, documenting the activity in the Bay of Islands were the artists, both amateur and professional, whose works supply many of the book's fine illustrations"-- Back cover "When a small group of three English families landed in the bay below Rangihoua pa under the protection of its chief and inhabitants, the story of Pewhairangi began. It is the story of New Zealand's first permanent European settlement, at Hohi, and the church mission that it represented and other mission communities subsequently established in the Bay of Islands, at Kerikeri, Paihia, Waimate and Te Puna. It is a story of Ngapuhi and Pakeha engagement, as neighbours, over four decades. More than anything else, the rich fabric of the book is a story of people - of the chiefs Te Pahi, Ruatara, Hongi Hika, Tareha, Korokoro; of the missionaries John King, Thomas Kendall, James Kemp, John Butler, George Clarke, William Yate, and Henry Williams; of the mastermind Samuel Marsden; and of the wives and children of all these men, including Hongi's wife Turikatuku and daughter Hariata, Hannah King and Hannah Butler, Hone Heke and George Clarke junior, Marianne Williams and Charlotte Kemp. And, documenting the activity in the Bay of Islands were the artists, both amateur and professional, whose works supply many of the book's fine illustrations"--Back cover