Additional Notes

"Tuai of Ngre Raumati was probably the most written-about Mori in the first quarter of the 19th century. His name or a version of it appears in most indexes of books about the pre-1830s Bay of Islands. But almost all modern references to him are in passing. This book indicates that Tooi, who was born about 1797, should be more widely remembered for the key roles he played in those early engagements. His short life he was 27 when he died included periods living in Australia and England, and he probably knew more than any other contemporary Mori person about European life. He sought Pkeh friends, and worked hard at educating them, contributing significantly to early-nineteenth-century English and French knowledge of Mori language and culture. Tuais plans for Pkeh were shaped by the tensions in the Bay of Islands between his Ngre Raumati people (to the south east) and a northern alliance of hap under the leadership of Ngpuhi. Following Tuais death in 1824, Ngre Raumati were dispersed from their territories, and Ngpuhi could complete their push into the Bay of Islands. Perhaps because of this defeat, Tuais story is only now being properly told"--Publisher information.