Being Pākehā - Michael King

Michael King - half Irish, a quarter Scottish, and a quarter English - was born in New Zealand. He grew up in the Pakeha New Zealand of the 1940s and 1950s, in which Britain was Home, families were Christian and nuclear, and demonstrations, inflation, and racial unrest were things that occurred abroad...

Unlike most New Zealanders, however, he became dramatically involved in the Māori renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s. He was forced to reassess his assumptions about Māori and Pakeha culture, and to examine his conscience and that of his country on racial issues.

This book is the result of that reassessment, and the story behind his Māori histories, biographies, and documentaries. 

Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. Hardback, 248 pages. This book was first published in 1985. 

Condition: first edition hardback in excellent condition. Minor fading on dustjacket. Former owner’s name on first page.