Rua and the Māori millennium / Peter Webster.
"In the heart of the Urewera ranges in the North Island of New Zealand, there is a great clearing in the forest, and scattered over it the empty houses of a departed people ... these are remains of the once thriving Maori settlement of Maungapohatu. Here, at the beginning of this century, the p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington :
Price Milburn for Victoria University Press,
1979.
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| Summary: | "In the heart of the Urewera ranges in the North Island of New Zealand, there is a great clearing in the forest, and scattered over it the empty houses of a departed people ... these are remains of the once thriving Maori settlement of Maungapohatu. Here, at the beginning of this century, the prophet Rua Kenana led his people to found a New Jerusalem in the wildnerness. In the shadow of a sacred mountain, over a thousand of Rua's followers sought to escape the European settlers and live free from the domination of an alien race."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 328 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0705506959 9780705506953 |