Hannah Cook’s Reviews > Ko Taranaki Te Maunga > Status Update

“I asked one of my senior relatives for his views and he said, ‘Treaty settlements are fake news.’ I nearly choked on my Pepsi Max (this kaumātua’s favourite drink). He makes me laugh so much, but in this instance I don’t agree.” 😂👌

“The deeds are signed and published on the Office of Treaty Settlements website...” it me. Tho actually it is Govtnz website

“History, then, is not just a dialogue between present and past but between the intersections of very small stories (what my great-grandmother did and what her father did, and so on) with very big stories (what the New Zealand Company did, what the British Empire did).”

Part of my job recently has been to make PDFs and tables related to the office of treaty settlements accessible. It is quite weird to read about those very documents in this book

Is chapter one too early to say FIVE STARS? It’s reminding me of many amazing books about social justice in the states and I’m always like this is what I want but about Aotearoa - accessible, personal, educational, gripping.