Iain Cargill

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Iain Cargill

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Oratia Books Te Kootis Last Foray The extraordinary story of Te Kootis 1870 abduction of two Whakatohea communities into the Waioeka Gorge and how Whanganuis pursuit won the day but never the credit.

by Ron Crosby

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New Zealand in the Twentieth Century: The Nation, the People

by Paul Moon

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Trial Of The Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook In The South Seas (Allen Lane History) by Anne Salmond (2003-04-29)

by Anne Salmond

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