![]() ![]() It is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. This bestselling book by Michael King is the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment. It shows that British motives in colonizing New Zealand were essentially humane and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a ‘fatal impact’, coped heroically with colonization and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered & settled by European, & the Maori peoples were far from being passive victims of a fatal impact, but coped heroically with colonisaztion. ![]() ![]() The narrative that emerges is an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. The Penguin History of New Zealand tells that story in all its color and drama. Between those events, and in the century that followed, the movements and conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. ![]()
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