In Dust Jacket a little faded on spine and sellotape marks from removal of plastic cover inside Dust Jacket and on book covers but clean, First Edition 1992, Was owned By the Waiheke island Historical Society and has there small rubber stamp on end papers only, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the Waiheke Historical Society on the half title page, Black and White Photographs, illustrations, maps, end papers, 229 pages, Published By The Dunmore Press Palmerston North. A Very Good Copy. SCARCE. 'Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf is known by countless New Zealanders as the perfect place for a summer holiday. yet even to the casual tourist eye, Waiheke's strategic location close to Auckland and its abundant resources suggest an eventful human history. Here, over a period of 800 years, successive Polynesian/Maori people came and settled. Europeans began arriving about 1800, first as visitors and then as settlers. the impact ofg this settlement on both the tangata whenua and the natural environment is a window on colonial development in New Zealand. Paul Monin tells a well-researched and engaging story while exploring important issues in the history of waiheke Island'