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Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
- A New Zealand Story
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All is the story of the cultural collision between Westerners and the Maoris of New Zealand, told partly as a history of the complex and bloody period of contact between Europeans and the Maoris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and partly as the story of Christina Thompson's marriage to a Maori man.
As an American graduate student studying history in Australia, Thompson traveled to New Zealand and met a Maori known as "Seven." Their relationship is one of opposites: he is a tradesman, she is an intellectual; he comes from a background of rural poverty, she from one of middle-class privilege; he is a "native", she descends directly from "colonizers." Nevertheless, they shared a similar sense of adventure and a willingness to depart from the customs of their families and forge a life together on their own.
In this book, which grows out of decades of reading and research, Thompson explores cultural displacement through the ages and the fascinating history of Europeans in the South Pacific, beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and Cook's circumnavigation of 1770.
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- DIL
- 12-09-23
Maori culture should be discussed more, not enough books.
Great insight into Maori Culture in New Zealand. Maori people are mistreated, still to this day.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-06-23
wonderful story so exquisitely woven together.
As a fellow NZ pakeha/Māori, I so enjoyed this story. It helped me connect my pakeha and Maori heritage. My maternal grandfather was quarter Māori. Look forward to reading Sea People.
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- KK
- 13-07-22
Wonderful
To learn almost from the inside what Māori culture & history is, this is delightful - well read, well written & informative
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- Kathryn Lesko
- 26-04-23
New and different
I really enjoyed the narration, mix of history and autobiography, and overall craft of this story. Would recommend!
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- ec52
- 29-02-24
loved it
really truly informative history of NZ whilst also having a personal touch by included her own relationships and how they affect one another. has set my standards fairly high however in that im more than a week into MY trip of NZ and haven't yet met the love of my life. so thumbs down to that.
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