Preface 7 Introduction: Is There an Us? 12 1. Vikings of the Sunrise 18 2. The Mapmakers 27 3. Wooden Ships and Wooden Crosses 36 4. Muskets and Christianity 46 5. The Battle over Maori Sovereignty 57 6. White Savages, Chancers and Entrepreneurs 68 7. Agreement at Waitangi 81 8.

Colonies of Towns 100 9. Possessing the Soil 119 10. Governor George Grey: One Country 129 11. Gold and Fleece 140 12. Looming Crisis 148 13. England's Not So Little War 160 14. Pai Marire and Confiscation 174 15. Another Country: Beyond the Battlefield 182 16.

The Great Expansion 199 17. Hard Times and Old-world Problems 215 18. Reimagining the New World 230 19. Remaking the New World 247 20. Dick Seddon's Dream 268 21. Maori Landlords, Red Feds, Wobblies and Cossacks 282 22. Fatal Adventure: New Zealand and the Great War 294 23. The War at Home 306 24.

The Tango on Britain's Farm 318 25. The Depression and Its Nemesis 342 26. The Second World War 361 27. When the War Was Over 385 28. Paradise Shared 397 29. Managing the Present, Planning the Future 411 30. Protest and Performance 431 31. The Road to 1984 447 32.

Come the Revolution 460 33. National: Second Wind 482 34. Finding a Third Way 495 35. Becoming Aotearoa 506 Epilogue 528 Notes 532 Bibliography 592 Acknowledgements 627 About the Author 628 Index 629.