Victoria University of Wellington Library
The Exploration of New Zealand
Contents
Contents
Page
Preface
V
Chapter
I
The Pre-Missionary Era
1
II
Missionaries, Sealers, and Traders
1814–30
8
III
Missionaries, Whalers, and Traders
1830–40
24
IV
The Company and Its Settlements
43
V
North Island: The East Coast
53
VI
Nelson and the West Coast
63
VII
South Island: The East Coast
75
VIII
The Acheron Survey
85
IX
Nelson to Canterbury
94
X
The Interior of Canterbury: Sheepfarmers and Scientists
100
XI
Otago and Southland: Sheep Country
112
XII
The Lake Country
124
XIII
The Otago Gold Rushes
133
XIV
Lake Wakatipu and the West Coast
142
XV
Westland
155
XVI
The Southern Alps and the Tourist Routes
173
XVII
The Southern Lakes and the Sounds of South-West Otago
181
Notes on the Sources
191
Index
197