Notes

Cook's last voyages; Ancient Maori society; Busy seas - maritime visitors after Cook; The language of the Maori; Prelude to a new society; Sealers in the south; Maori reactions to the advent of the Europeans - the early years; Marion du Fresne: bloodshed at the Bay; Navy and empire; Maori Place Names; The whalers; The introduction of Christianity; The wars between the tribes; Maori rock drawings; Kororareka; Dumont d'Urville charts the coast; The zealous man of God; The wars between the tribes; Joel Samuel Polack - the first Jewish settler; Edward Markham - the Georgian Rake; Early days at the Bay; The bankrupt sovereign; Henry Williams - Missionary Leader; Travellers in a new land; The flax trade.