THE FATE OF THE LAND KO NGĀ ĀKINGA A NGĀ RANGATIRA: Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era 1891-1912, by Danny Keenan (Massey University Press, $65 hb)
n the wake of the Land Wars, Māori seemingly disappear from the national narrative, retiring to what Richard Seddon called “their Native fastnesses” to get on with the important business of dying out. Nothing could be further from the truth: the post-war period proved to
