Tikera; or, Children of the Queen of Oceania
Contents
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Contents
Introduction by Dennis McEldowney | vii |
Locality map | xxi |
Author's preface | xxiii |
1. I arrive in Auckland | 1 |
2. We set out to explore Maoriland | 15 |
3. From Auckland to the Manukau | 25 |
4. The Pakehas learn about New Zealand flora | 32 |
5. Through the New Zealand bush | 41 |
6. The Maoris welcome the pakeha | 54 |
7. Every cloud has a silver lining | 63 |
8. We take French leave | 82 |
9. The troubles of a Teutonic Don Juan | 98 |
10. The Pakehas meet a collector of curios and learn how to work in the colonies | 110 |
11. Friends may meet: but mountains never greet | 127 |
12. Mr Schaeffer hopes to become a New Zealand farmer | 146 |
13. The Pakehas taste the pleasure of war | 160 |
14. Charles von Schaeffer amazes the world with his knowledge | 172 |
15. Major Tempski explains colonial notions about the relations between the races and hears what he has not heard for a long time | 183 |
16. I learn about colonial society and listen to a lecture on colonial notions of seemly behaviour | 189 |
17. War does not favour my friend | 199 |
18. Tikera proves that her sojourn in Town has not softened her. | 206 |
19. Mr Schaeffer unexpectedly makes a discovery which leads me to uncover another secret | 214 page vi |
20. My discovery enables me to learn more about Maori customs | 227 |
21. A few comments on legal procedure in the colonies | 237 |
22. Mr Wittmore falls between Scylla and Charybdis | 248 |
23. Monsieur le Docteur attempts to explain the peculiar colonial beliefs | 264 |
24. We part: Some go to the place from whence no one returns | 278 |
25. Goodbye | 288 |
Notes | 293 |