Te Puea: A Life
  • Published: 27 October 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143011422
  • Imprint: Raupo
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $40.00
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Te Puea: A Life

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Te Puea Herangi, whom Professor John Pocock identified as 'possibly the most influential woman in our political history', wanted an honest biography of her turbulent life. 'I want the truth told and nothing but the truth,' she told a Pakeha journalist. Michael King has written such a book. He did so with the full support of Te Puea's tribe, Tainui, and of her surviving family and protégés.
When this book first appeared in 1977 it was hailed as the best book written by or about a New Zealander. The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature said it was so far an advance on anything published previously that it was without precedent. It remains so.
  • Published: 27 October 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143011422
  • Imprint: Raupo
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $40.00
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About the author

Michael King

Michael King (1945–2004) was one of New Zealand's leading historians. Over three decades he wrote or edited more than 30 books, most of them New Zealand history or biography. He won a wide range of awards for this work, including the New Zealand Book Award for Non-fiction, the Wattie Book of the Year (twice), the Montana Medal for Non-fiction and, in 2003, an inaugural Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement.

He was a contributor to the prestigious Oxford History of New Zealand and wrote for all five volumes of The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

Dr King taught or held fellowships at seven universities in New Zealand and other countries, including Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he was Visiting Professor of New Zealand Studies. He was tragically killed in a car accident in 2004.

portrait photo of Michael King

Also by Michael King

The Penguin History of New Zealand
The Silence Beyond: Selected Writings by Michael King
Being Pakeha Now: Reflections & recollections Of A White Native
Being Pakeha Now
Silence Beyond
Wrestling With the Angel
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