Maori Origins and Migrations: The Genesis of Some Pakeha Myths and Legends

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781869400538


This is a brief but fascinating study of European theories about where the Maori people came from, how they reached New Zealand and how they lived when they arrived. Some of these theories now seem bizarre but others hardened into myths that became accepted truths. This is an illuminating, sometimes amusing, account of the making of myths.