Township of Rawene

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Author: Jean Irvine

First published in 1975, Jean Irvine’s history, in her words, “bites off more than it can chew. I have tried to tell the story of one small European town against the background of the Polynesian culture that it challenged. To the Māori, Rawene-Okura was a religious centre, sacred from time immemorial. For the Pakeha, it was to become a commercial and administrative town, catering for the scattered and struggling rural population that relied at first on the extractive kauri timber trade and then on pastoral production.” This is the first reproduction of this fascinating piece of social history which retains its authority nearly 50 years on. Facsimile edition.

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Author: Jean Irvine

First published in 1975, Jean Irvine’s history, in her words, “bites off more than it can chew. I have tried to tell the story of one small European town against the background of the Polynesian culture that it challenged. To the Māori, Rawene-Okura was a religious centre, sacred from time immemorial. For the Pakeha, it was to become a commercial and administrative town, catering for the scattered and struggling rural population that relied at first on the extractive kauri timber trade and then on pastoral production.” This is the first reproduction of this fascinating piece of social history which retains its authority nearly 50 years on. Facsimile edition.

Author: Jean Irvine

First published in 1975, Jean Irvine’s history, in her words, “bites off more than it can chew. I have tried to tell the story of one small European town against the background of the Polynesian culture that it challenged. To the Māori, Rawene-Okura was a religious centre, sacred from time immemorial. For the Pakeha, it was to become a commercial and administrative town, catering for the scattered and struggling rural population that relied at first on the extractive kauri timber trade and then on pastoral production.” This is the first reproduction of this fascinating piece of social history which retains its authority nearly 50 years on. Facsimile edition.