Boundary Markers

Land Surveying and the Colonisation of New Zealand

• Author(s): Giselle Byrnes,
• Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
• Pages: 158
• ISBN_10: 187724290X
  ISBN_13: 9781877242908
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic History , History / General , History / Australia & New Zealand , History / World , Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Australian & Oceanian Studies , Technology & Engineering / Surveying ,

Description:... With theodolites and Maori guides, nineteenth-century land surveyors travelled over New Zealand renaming peaks and rivers, cutting survey lines through bush and across Maori cultivations. The surveyors saw themselves as taming the wilderness, travelling through uncharted country, and claiming commercial opportunities. But they depended heavily on Maori assistance and hospitality - while documenting the fierce resistance of the Maori to the surveys.This book examines the complexities and inherent contradictions of colonisation through the activities and words of the land surveyors themselves.