Rawene - Heart of the Hokianga

Published 1984, oblong octavo, 80 pages. White covers foxed, inside pages clean and in good condition.

Contents: Rawene: an interface of world views; The arrival of people in the Hokianga (Polynesian, European); Increased contact; First New Zealand Company purchases Herd's Point; Mohi Tawhai and Eruera Patuone; European settlers at Herd's Point; The founding of Rawene; Te Atua Wera - Papahurihia; Captain Clendon and the Clendon house; Ninteenth Century race relations; Dog Tax war; Transport; Timber, gum and flax; Maori schools; Pakeha schools; Early twentieth century Rawene; Dr George McCall Smith; The 1930s Depression and the War; After World War Two; From decline to revival; Future; Acknowledgements and Bibliography.

Black and white photographs and drawings throughout.