Te Hau Kainga

Reviews / Votes

'The war caused revolutionary changes at all levels: it proved to be a
stimulus for the Maori leadership at home as well as laying the basis for new
developments in the following years. This book provides a lens for
understanding the years both before and after the war.' - Dame Claudia
Orange



'The depth and detail presented here affords
a greater understanding of the critical roles and significant contributions of Maori
that previously have not been explained and accounted for, or have not been
recorded in such detail. There is a great need to supply information on the
Second World War from a Maori perspective, and this fills a void that has been
wanting and waiting for rich and detailed contributions.' - Professor
Tangiwai Rewi, Dean of Maori and Indigenous Studies, Te Whare Wananga o Waikato
- University of Waikato





'Sir Apirana Ngata spoke of Maori contribution to the war effort as the
price of citizenship; it is a price which should not have had to be paid, and
this book reminds us what a huge opportunity for Maori self-determination was
destroyed by the power structure at war's end.' - Jim
McAloon, Professor of History, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of
Wellington



'This is not simply a story of Maori during the war. Two themes stood out
for me: first, the enormous cost carried by Maori during the war and its impact
on communities, whenua and moana. Second, Maori sacrifice - both in terms of
human life and hardship - are alongside stories of creative survival in the
face of the long-term effects of colonisation. Te Hau Kainga will attract a general readership, both
Pakeha and Maori, while contributing to scholarly arguments around indigenous
responses to global war.' - Rowan Light, Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland