Te Arawa : A History of the Arawa People

This is the 2022 reprint of the edition published in 1967, Te Arawa was the major work by distinguished Rotorua historian, the late Don Stafford. This sumptuous new edition reproduces the complete history of the Arawa people. This relates the iwis origins in the South Pacific; migration and settlement in Aotearoa; the exploits of ancestors including Tamatekapua, Ihenga, Hatupatu, Tutanekai and Wahiao; development and relations among the Arawa confederation; the arrival of Europeans; Te Arawa's participation in Maori / Pakeha warfare; and the campaigns involving Te Kooti. Includes a new foreword by Professor Paul Tapsell and extensive whakapapa (genealogies).