This book is dedicated, with much love, to my husband, Michael, for his unfailing and perceptive support; and also to our children, Richard, Philip and Elisabeth. As well, I express my deep gratitude to the numerous men and women, Maori and Pakeha, who, over the quarter century I have devoted to research and writing, have not only entrusted me with their memories of earlier times, but have bestowed on me their enduring friendship.