Warrior Prophet
During the New Zealand Wars in the Bay of Plenty, the religious and military leader Hakaraia Mahika was a hugely influential figure. He played a central role in the 1864 battle of Gate Pa, and became a close and respected associate of Wiremu Tamihana and Te Kooti. His authority was once thought to equal, and perhaps even exceed, that of the Maori king, Tawhiao, yet he is barely mentioned in standard histories of the New Zealand Wars. Written with the support of Hakaraia’s descendants and his iwi of Waitaha, this book gives overdue attention to a fascinating, still-controversial and undeniably impressive figure.
Mark Derby is a New Zealand writer and historian whose work has also been published in Britain, Spain and the United States. His previous publications include Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand medical pioneer Dougal Jolly (Massey University Press, co-published with University of Nebraska Press, 2024), Rock College: An unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison (Massey University Press, 2020), Ragnar Redbeard: The Antipodean origins of radical fabulist Arthur Desmond (Steele Roberts, 2017), Petals and Bullets: Dorothy Morris: New Zealand nurse in the Spanish Civil War (Sussex Academic Press/Potton & Burton, 2015), White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the rise of the white-collar unions (Craig Potton Publishing, 2013), The Prophet and the Policeman: The story of Rua Kenana and John Cullen (Craig Potton Publishing, 2009), Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War (Canterbury University Press, 2009; Spanish-language edition published 2011 in association with the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain). He has been jailed but never imprisoned, and lives on Wellington’s south coast with three generations of his family.
- ISBN-13
- 9781991309266
- Publisher
- Massey University Press
- Imprint
- Massey University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 308
- Dimensions
- 230 x 160 mm
- Language
- English