NEW ZEALAND Graphic Novel History

Set in 1869, Te Kooti Arikirangi te Turuki is founder of the Ringatū religion and the commander of the deadliest Māori guerilla force of the nineteenth century. Te Urewera is the battleground a wilderness of forest and bird, mountain and waterway. A war fought with a ruthlessness and ferocity that even Vietnam, one hundred years later cannot surpass. Kupapa warrior and colonist trooper pitted against Tuhoe toa and Ringatū land-grunt. Crow of Whareatua seeks to bring life to a one month period of a bitter four year war.

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki’s resistance to colonial troops in the Urewera.

98 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 30 cm.

(Gift inscription on title page.)

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