Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-290) and index.
Introduction / J. Hight -- The Maoris / H.D. Skinner -- Discovery and exploration. Captain Cook / J. Holland Rose -- Later exploration / J.R. Elder -- The missionaries and the Maoris / Johannes Andersen -- The companies and British sovereignty, 1825-1850 / A.J. Harrop -- The Constitution and the provinces, 1850-1876 / W.P. Morrell -- The Maori wars, 1843-1872 / J. Hight -- The Maoris since the wars / H.D. Skinner -- Economic development ; Political parties and state experiments / J.B. Condliffe -- New Zealand and the Empire, 1851-1921 / A.J. Harrop -- New Zealand in the World War / James Allen -- Social life and culture / G.H. Scholefield -- Epilogue / J. Macmillan Brown