In 1882 Kerry-Nicholls carried credentials from Sir George Grey to the Maori King’s gathering at Whatiwhatihoe, then travelled through the thermal Lake Country and into the King Country, the interior of the North Island then closed to Europeans. He describes the people, their history and the land, and climbs volcanic peaks on the way.
A rare first-hand view of a region few outsiders had seen, written with the colonial assumptions of its day. Download the free EPUB.