Mau: Samoa's struggle against New Zealand oppression

by Michael J. Field

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

good in depth account and analysis of the mau movement. outlines how insanely violent nz was and how the movement wrapped up due to repression and later the nz labour party. the info on chinese indentured labourers was also interesting. from the book you can def clearly see what the weaknesses of the movement were (lack of political leadership) but you can also see how brave, inspiring and resilient the samoans were and how it was always the nz administration inciting violence against their peaceful tactics.