Te Ata o Tu The Shadow of Tumatauenga

This major book deploys taonga from Te Papa's rich taonga Māori, history and art collections to explore the New Zealand Wars of 1845 to 1872.

It's stories of 500 powerful objects - from weapons and paintings to photographs and soldiers' letters - help us understand why the wars occurred and how their legacy of conflict endures.  

Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald, Rebecca Rice