TY  - BOOK
AU  - Church,Ian
ED  - Hawera Historical Society
TI  - Heartland of Aotea: Māori and European in South Taranaki before the Taranaki Wars 
SN  - 0473015153
PY  - 1992///]
CY  - Hawera [New Zealand]
PB  - Hawera Historical Society
KW  - Wesleyan Methodist Church
KW  - Missions
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Taranaki
KW  - Ngāti Ruanui (New Zealand people)
KW  - History
KW  - Kōrero nehe
KW  - reo
KW  - Tāngata
KW  - Whenua tautohetohe
KW  - Whakapono
KW  - Pakanga
KW  - Tino rangatiratanga
KW  - Kāwanatanga
KW  - Taranaki (N.Z.)
KW  - Church history
KW  - 1840-1876
KW  - To 1840
N1  - "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
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