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The Southern Districts of New Zealand - A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines (Paperback)
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The Southern Districts of New Zealand - A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
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The physician and ethnographer Edward Shortland (1812-93) first
travelled to New Zealand in 1841, a year after the Treaty of
Waitangi. He became private secretary to Governor William Hobson,
and quickly learned the Maori language. First published in 1851,
this book describes Shortland's experiences on the east coast of
New Zealand's South Island while conducting a census of the local
Maori settlements in 1843. It documents South Island Maori myths,
traditions and everyday life, and includes genealogical tables and
a short word-list of the local dialect. It also describes a French
Company agent at Akaroa reporting the successful introduction of
French vines, the Scottish settlement at Dunedin, and the
productivity of several whaling stations. Shortland reminds
prospective settlers of the importance of understanding the 'ideas
and prejudices' of the Maori, whose many qualities including
'natural bravery and love of freedom' guarantee them continuing
'political weight in their own country'.
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