Notes

This historical novel set in the 1860s brings a powerful new perspective to events during the New Zealand Wars and to the relationships between invade and invaded anywhere. Traditional Maori beliefs were challenged by European concepts. Maori and missionary tragically failed to understand each other's gods. Pai Marire, the new religion brought to Opotiki by the Hauhau, was based on the wandering Jews of the Old Testament. The religion of the new settlers often seemed based on money, power and land.