Ngamatea – The Land & the People
Description
Ngamatea is a name which evoked visions of the high-country of the central North Island where ‘the vastness somehow enfolds you and the tussock gets into your blood’. Bounded by the Rangitikei and Ngaruroro rivers, the sheep station is high, remote and often snow-covered in winter. “Ngamatea” recounts the history of the land from Maori occupation, through the early leasehold years to the era of development from tussock and scrub to highly productive grassland. Above all it is the story of the families who worked the land, and of the musterers and packhorse teams, drovers and dogs, cooks and shearers, truck and tractor drivers, poachers and cops who became part of the mystique of the place. Dr Riseborough has recorded the stories of a unique and challenging way of life and a truly important facet of New Zealand’s past.
Cover type
PaperbackType of publication
BookISBN
1-86940-369-XPages
304Dimensions
17 x 24 cmOther Details
8 pre pages, 2 folded pages of plates, illustrations, maps
Publisher
Auckland University PressYear published
2006Bibliography subjects
Holder
Hastings District LibrariesRelated records
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