How The White Men Came to New Zealand wad part of the Pageant of New Zealand series of books written by A.W. Reed and published by Wellington publisher A.H. & A. W. Reed in 1956. Russell Clark illustrated three books in the series with other volumes featuring work by Harry Dansey, L. C. Mitchell, Conrad Freiboe, and Dennis Turner.
View Clark's work on Living in a Maori Village here. Previous posts on Clark feature here and here.
View Harry Dansey's How the Maoris Came here and here.
The road at Hokianga
De Thierry in old age
Land sharks
Governor Hobson
Hobson leaving the Herald
The signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
Busby talking to the chiefs
The British Resident's house
The settlers protect their property
Busby meets Darwin and Fitzroy
De Thierry explains his plans