Course Contents

This course examines the social and political history of Maori-Pakeha cultural interaction in New Zealand during the nineteenth century. While the focus of the course is on the changing nature of Maori society - particularly attempts to maintain Maori autonomy in the wake of colonisation - the coming of the Pakeha and subsequent Maori-Pakeha relations will also be addressed, with a view to providing a background for understanding some of the issues which concern New Zealanders today. Please contact Paul Meredith for further information.

Assessment

Book review (30%); essay (40%); final test (30%)

Required Course Materials

HIST 227 Book of Readings, available from Student Notes, Student Union Building

Recommended Readings

• J. Belich, Making peoples: A history of the New Zealanders from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century, Auckland, 1996
• R. Walker, Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle without end, Auckland, 1990
• A. Ward, A show of justice? Racial 'amalgamation' in nineteenth century New Zealand, Auckland, 1995