Overview
In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlers poured into Aotearoa demanding land. Millions of acres were acquired by the government or directly by settlers; or confiscated after the Land Wars. By 1891, when the Liberal government came to power, Maori retained only a fraction of their lands. And still the losses continued. For rangatira such as James Carroll, Wiremu Pere, Paora Tuhaere, Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, and many others, the challenges were innumerable. To stop further land loss, some rangatira saw parliamentary process as the mechanism; others pursued political independence. For over two decades, Maori men and women of outstanding ability fought hard to protect their people and their land. How those rangatira fared, and how they should be remembered, is the story of Maori political struggle during the Liberal era.
Full Product Details
Author: Danny Keenan
Publisher: Massey University Press
Imprint: Massey University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.892kg
ISBN: 9781991016287
ISBN 10: 199101628
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 13 April 2023
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A scrupulously told and illustrated story of Māori political struggle during a formative era in New Zealand political history -- Jenny Nicholls The Fate of the Land triumphs in its ability to render this period accessible and alive, thanks to the clarity and confidence of Keenan’s writing. He breathes life into rangatira and the formidable movements they led, framing them beyond a single issue or stereotype -- Tiopira McDowell Keenan’s Māori focused book fills a serious gap in our historiography. . . . Anybody wanting to understand ‘co-governance’ should read this important book -- Tom Brooking
‘Each work paints a picture of what our collective future could be . . . And in this, the anthology is inspiring.’ — Rachel Smith, Landfall Review Online
Author Information
Danny Keenan (Ngāti Te Whiti ki Te Ātiawa) completed a PhD in history at Massey University in 1994 and became a senior lecturer there in 2004. In 2009 he won a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to teach New Zealand history at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He has published widely on Māori and New Zealand history. In 2016, Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka (Huia, 2015) received a Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Award, and his 2009 book Wars Without End Ngā Pakanga Whenua o Mua: New Zealand’s Land Wars — a Māori perspective was revised and reissued in 2021.
