Heartland of Aotea : Māori and European in South Taranaki before the Taranaki Wars / by Ian Church.
Publisher: Hawera [New Zealand] : Hawera Historical Society, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Description: 182 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:- 0473015153
- 9780473015152
- Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- New Zealand -- Taranaki
- Ngāti Ruanui (New Zealand people) -- History
- Kōrero nehe
- Tāngata
- Whenua tautohetohe
- Whakapono
- Pakanga
- Tino rangatiratanga
- Kāwanatanga
- Taranaki (N.Z.) -- History
- Taranaki (N.Z.) -- Church history
- New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876
- New Zealand -- History -- To 1840
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New Zealand/Pacific | John Kinder Theological Library | BX8325.33 CHU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | A42313236 |
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"Limited to 300 copies'--Title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-169) and index.
Landfall : Maori and European -- New technology and new diseases -- Traders come to Taranaki -- The Harriet incident -- The Waikato invasion -- Slavery and Christianity -- South Taranaki described -- The first missionaries -- War at Waitotara -- Missionary activity in 1841-42 -- The arrival of Rev. John Skevington -- Traders and travellers -- The road and the mail -- Religious schism -- John Skevington's achievements -- The treat of war at Waitotara -- The death of Rev. Skevington -- Richard Taylor and William Hough -- Maori forms of worship -- Rev. W. Woon takes over -- Missionary work at its peak -- the martyrdom of Manihera and Kereopa -- Meeting European land hunger -- A changing society -- Flour mills -- The beginnings of a money economy -- Land : to sell or not to sell -- The decline of the Wesleyan mission -- Epidemics and their effects -- The Puketapu feud -- The missionaries and their rivals -- Unsettled times -- South Taranaki and the king movement -- The battle of Waireka -- The aftermath.