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Author : C. W. Vennell
Release : 1976
Genre : Local government
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Book Synopsis Raglan County, Hills and Sea by : C. W. Vennell
Download or read book Raglan County, Hills and Sea written by C. W. Vennell. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hazel Petrie
Release : 2013-10-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Chiefs of Industry by : Hazel Petrie
Download or read book Chiefs of Industry written by Hazel Petrie. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of sources in both English and Maori, this study explores the entrepreneurial activity of New Zealand's indigenous Maori in the early colonial period. Focusing on the two industries—coastal shipping and flourmilling—where Maori were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s, this title examines how such a society was able to develop capital-intensive investments and harness tribal ownership quickly and effectively to render commercial advantages. A discussion of the sudden decline in the &“golden age&” of Maori enterprise—from changing market conditions, to land alienation—is also included.
Author : Margaret Reeson
Release : 2013-04-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Pacific Missionary George Brown 1835-1917 by : Margaret Reeson
Download or read book Pacific Missionary George Brown 1835-1917 written by Margaret Reeson. This book was released on 2013-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Brown (1835-1917) was many things during his long life; leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Australasia, explorer, linguist, political activist, apologist for the missionary enterprise, amateur anthropologist, writer, constant traveller, collector of artefacts, photographer and stirrer. He saw himself, at heart, as a missionary. The islands of the Pacific Ocean were the scene of his endeavours, with extended periods lived in Samoa and the New Britain region of todays Papua New Guinea, followed by repeated visits to Tonga, Fiji, the Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It could be argued that while he was a missionary in the Pacific region he was not a pacific missionary. Brown gained unwanted notoriety for involvement in a violent confrontation at one point in his career, and lived through conflict in many contexts but he also frequently worked as a peace maker. Policies he helped shape on issues such as church union, indigenous leadership, representation by lay people and a wider role for women continue to influence Uniting Church in Australia and churches in the Pacific region. His name is still remembered with honour in several parts of the Pacific. Browns marriage to Sarah Lydia Wallis, daughter of pioneer missionaries to New Zealand, was long and rich. Each strengthened the other and they stand side by side in this account.
Author : Helen Garrett
Release : 1991
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Te Manihera by : Helen Garrett
Download or read book Te Manihera written by Helen Garrett. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Maunsell was one of New Zealand's most influential early missionaries. An Irish Protestant, he came to New Zealand in 1835 under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society, becoming one of the leaders of the second wave of missionaries who advanced from the Bay of Islands into the Manukau, the Waikato and further south. In the next thirty years, as Superintendent of the Waikato mission, Maunsell established three missions and became expert in Maori. Among his greatest achievements were his translation of the Old Testament into Maori and his successful development of boarding schools fo Maori children.
