The interpreter: The biography of Richard 'Dicky' Barrett

by Angela Caughey

Richard Barrett, arrived on a whaling ship from Sydney in 1829. He was one of New Zealand's key pioneers, marrying a high-born Maori woman and experienced first hand the conflict between Taranaki and Waikato Maori. He set up whaling stations and became a translator for the New Zealand company.

296 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1998