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Title:Welcome of Strangers : An Ethnohistory of Southern Maori, AD1650-1850
Author:Atholl Anderson
ISBN:1877133418 : 9781877133411
Illustrations:b/w photos & illus
Format:Paperback
Size:175x260mm
Pages:249
Weight: .646 Kg.
Published:University of Otago Press - January 1998
List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Australasian & Pacific history: History of specific groups eg ethnic,gender,social: Ethnic studies: New Zealand


Two hundred years ago, Maori in the south of New Zealand had a lifestyle quite distinct from their northern cousins, and different experiences of contact with Europeans. This book provides an insight into those times, covering the period 1650-1850, and focusing on Maori history from Marlborough to Stewart Island. Atholl Anderson surveys the origins and migrations of Waitaha and Kati Mamoe, and the subsequent arrival of Ngai Tahu and the establishment of their tribal authority and lifeways in the South Island. Drawing on tribal knowledge as well as early written accounts, he creates the fullest description yet of Maori in this period.