Grey and Iwikau: A Journey into Custom - Softcover

Frame, Alex

 
9780864734310: Grey and Iwikau: A Journey into Custom

Synopsis

Before the Maori tribes of New Zealand and the government descended into hostilities, the governor, Sir George Grey, and a Maori chief, Iwikau Te Heu, journeyed together from Auckland to Taupo in 1849–1850. This book explores their travels and sheds light on the interaction between the respective cultures of Grey and Iwikau, with a special focus on the custom and law of the time.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Alex Frame, PhD, is a barrister in Wellington, New Zealand. His biography of Sir John Salmond, Salmond: Southern Jurist, was awarded the E. H. McCormick Prize and the J. F. Northey Prize for best legal publication. Frame has advised extensively on constitutional questions in the South Pacific and on Treaty of Waitangi matters in New Zealand.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.