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Contents: Part 1. Te ao tawhito : the old world -- 1. Ancient origins, 3000 BC-AD 1300 -- 2. Speaking of migration, AD 1150-1450 -- 3. Pieces of the past, AD 1200-1800 -- 4. Emerging societies, AD 1500-1800 -- 5. In the foreign gaze, AD 1642-1820 -- 6. Old ways and new means, AD 1810-1830 -- Part 2. Te ao hou : the new world -- 7. The coming of the pakeha, 1820-1840 -- 8. Rangatiratanga and Kawanatanga, 1840-1860 -- 9. Wars and survival, 1860-1872 -- 10. The land and the people, 1860-1890 -- 11. The quest for survival, 1890-1920 -- Part 3. Te ao hurihuri : the changing world -- 12. Persistence and resilience, 1920-1945 -- 13. Maori Affairs, 1945-1970 -- 14. Rights and revitalisation, 1970-1990 -- 15. Tangata whenua, tangata ora, 1990-2014 -- Postscript : the past matters Summary: Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History charts the sweep of Maori history from ancient origins through to the twenty-first century. Through narrative and images, it offers a striking overview of the past, grounded in specific localities and histories. The story begins with the migration of ancestral peoples out of South China, some 5,000 years ago. Moving through the Pacific, these early voyagers arrived in Aotearoa early in the second millennium AD, establishing themselves as tangata whenua in the place that would become New Zealand. By the nineteenth century, another wave of settlers brought new technology, ideas and trading opportunities - and a struggle for control of the land. Survival and resilience shape the history as it extends into the twentieth century, through two world wars, the growth of an urban culture, rising protest, and Treaty settlements. Today, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Maori are drawing on both international connections and their ancestral place in Aotearoa. Fifteen stunning chapters bring together scholarship in history, archaeology, traditional narratives and oral sources. (Publisher)