Reviews

The Meeting Place: Maori and Pakeha Encounters, 1642–1840, Vincent O’Malley (2012) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0594 6 (pbk), NZ$45

Trading Cultures – A History of the Far North, Adrienne Puckey (2012) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 388 pp., ISBN 978 1 8696 9454 8 (pbk), US$35

Far From ‘Home’: The English in New Zealand, Lyndon Fraser and Angela McCarthy (eds) (2012) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 232 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7832 8 (pbk), NZ$45

New Zealand’s London: A Colony and its Metropolis, Felicity Barnes (2012) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 344 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0585 4 (pbk), NZ$49.99

New Zealand’s Muslims and Multiculturalism; Muslim Minorities Series, Vol. 9, Erich Kolig (2009) Leiden: Brill, 274 pp., ISBN 978 9 0041 7835 9 (hbk), €125

Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge, Brendan Hokowhitu, Nathalie Kermoal, Chris Andersen, Anna Petersen, Michael Reilly, Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez and Poia Rewi (eds) (2010) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 264 pp., ISBN 978 1 8773 7283 4 (pbk), NZ$49.95

Patched – The History of Gangs in New Zealand, Jarrod Gilbert (2013) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 360 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0729 2 (pbk), NZ$49.99

Patterns of the Past: Tattoo Revival in the Cook Islands, Therese Mangos and John Utanga (2011) Wellington: Huia, 224 pp., ISBN 978 0 4731 9377 5 (pbk), NZ$49.99

A History of the Pacific Islands (Second Edition), Steven Roger Fischer (2013) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 368 pp., ISBN 978 0 2303 6269 7 (pbk), £17.99

I am Five and I go to School: Early Years Schooling in New Zealand, 1900–2010, Helen May (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 8773 7286 5 (pbk), NZ$49.95

Piano Forte: Stories and Soundscapes from Colonial New Zealand, Kirstine Moffat (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 280 pp., ISBN 978 1 8773 7279 7 (pbk), NZ$45.00

The ‘Ukulele: A History, Jim Tranquada and John King (2012) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 296 pp., ISBN 978 0 8248 3634 4 (pbk), US$20.99

Dunedin Soundings. Place and Performance, Dan Bendrups and Graeme Downes (eds) (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 176 pp., ISBN 978 1 8775 7822 9 (pbk), NZ$40

The Settler’s Plot: How Stories Take Place in New Zealand, Alex Calder (2011) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 312 pp., ISBN 978 1 8694 0488 8 (pbk), NZ$45

Striding Both Worlds: Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand’s Literary Tradition, Melissa Kennedy (2011) Amsterdam: Rodopi, 255 pp., ISBN 978 9 0420 3357 3 (pbk), €55