He Whenua Rangatira : A Mana Maori History of the Early-Mid Nineteenth Century

This publication by Associate Professor Manuka Henare presents a mana Maori history of the earlymid nineteenth century. It is a history of ideas, some internal to Maori society and others external to Nu Tireni, and a Maori response to them. It is a review of a sequence of events, from the beginning of the nineteenth century and culminating in the signing of a treaty in 1840 between Maori leaders and the British Crown.

The focus is on the Maori response to the offer, which takes into account prior events as well as earlymid nineteenth-century Maori language texts, which contain a consistent set of ideas, aspirations, anxieties and intentions.