Hongi Hika, Warrior Chief

By Dorothy Urlich Cloher

The foremost Maori leader during the years of early European settlement, Hongi Hika led Ngapuhi on their devastating raids durings the Musket Wars. Thousands of Maori were killed using the new weapons, and tribal power balances were radically altered. This striking book by a kinswoman of Hongi's is one of the major New Zealand biographies in recent times.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670045446
• ISBN13: 9780670045440
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.4"