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504 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits Contents includes: Part 1. Early support : allegiance to Treaty or to Crown? -- Part 2. Difficult choices : land sales and Kingitanga -- Part 3. Reaction to the perceived threat from Paimarire -- Part 4. Rejection of the charismatic : Titokowaru and Te Kooti Summary: The Treaty of Waitangi struck a bargain between two parties: the Crown and Maori. Its promises of security, however, were followed from 1845 to 1872 by a series of volatile and bloody conflicts commonly known as the New Zealand Wars. Many people today believe that these wars were fought solely between the Crown and Maori, when the reality is that Maori aligned with both sides - resulting in three participants with differing viewpoints ... Kupapa addresses those realities, the complex Treaty-related reasons for them, and the cynical use of Maori by the Crown for its own purposes. (Publisher)