The Fifth Wind New Zealand and the Legacy of a Turbulent Past. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK

The Fifth Wind: New Zealand and the Legacy of a Turbulent Past by Robert MacDonald. 

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 1989, first edition. 

Very good hardback with jacket. Binding firm, minor bumping, owner's label inside front board otherwise excellent, minor marks. 
Price-clipped jacket has some chipping to edges of spine, light foxing. 
356 pages, illustrated. 

In 1840, Maori chiefs met with Queen Victoria's representatives in New Zealand and signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which handed sovereignty of their country over to the British Crown. In return, they were given certain guarantees regarding their land, forests and fisheries. There is little of New Zealand left in Maori hands nowadays, but a new political assertiveness amongst young Maoris has led them to question why their people have become a disadvantaged minority. In 1984, young militants joined with their tribal elders to march to Waitingi to demand that the New Zealand Government and Crown honour the Treaty. The author writes of his experiences accompanying the Maoris on this march, and examines the background of unrest that has generated the new turbulence in New Zealand's race relations.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.