Russell Clark - How The White Men Came to New Zealand

  

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

Harry Dansey

Harry Dansey at Ngāweka pā, Ōkato, holding an adze which was found at Ngaweka pā. (Photo by Rigby Thomas Ewen Allan)

Further selection of Harry Dansey illustrations from How the Maoris Came.

More samples of Dansey's work here.

 
Source: Harry Dansey photo:  http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/search.do?id=280044&db=object&view=detail&mode=1