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Loading... Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemesisby Ron Crosby
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A well researched and written account of Captain Gilbert Mair who took part in the Tauranga Bush Campaign of 1867 and also commanded the No. 1 Arawa Flying Column that hunted Te Kooti (pronounced 'te caughty') and his followers through the Urewera bush. Very readable with a contents page, list of maps, preface, acknowledgements, prologue, family tree, notes, bibliography, glossary and index. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Ron Crosby, author of the popular Musket Wars, profiles one of the most prominent Pakeha men of early colonial New Zealand in Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemisis. Gilbert Mair is best known as a soldier. He commanded the No. 1 Arawa Flying Column, with whom he spent several years in hot pursuit of the elusive Te Kooti. However, Mair was a many-faceted character: he was also a surveyor, land purchase agent, government interpreter, farmer, collector and botanist. He also possessed a knowledge of te reo and tikanga that was unrivalled among Pakeha. One of the first people to visit Mt Tarawera after the disastrous eruption of 10 June 1886, Gilbert Mair played a significant part in organising relief for victims of the disaster. He was present at Parihaka in 1881, belatedly awarded the New Zealand Cross in 1886, and in 1902 was appointed the first superintendent of the Maori Councils of New Zealand. Ron Crosby tells Mair's story in a way that allows us to appreciate the drama, hardship, personal joy and sadness of Gilbert Mair's life. He also managers to draw the readers attention to the paradoxes that arise when we view these events with the 20/20 hindsight of the present day. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)993.022092History and Geography Oceania and elsewhere New Zealand 1840-1908LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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