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The
Maori King

by
J. E. Gorst
Edited with an introduction by Keith Sinclair,
Associate Professor of History, University of Auckland

Paul's Book ArcadeHamilton & Auckland: New Zealand
London: Oxford University Press
MCMLIXpage iv First published by Macmillan & Co., 1864
Reprinted 1959
This edition is published with the assistance of the
New Zealand Literary Fund

Printed in Great Britain by
Tonbridge Printers Ltd., Tonbridge, Kent