Peter Tremewan: Selling Otago. A French Buyer, 1840; Maori Sellers 1844.

Dunedin, Otago Heritage Books 1994. Softcover, 108 pages, b/w illustrations, maps. Condition: as new.

"Did you know that in 1840 a French sea-captain, Pierre Darmandarits, bought 16 square miles of land adjoining Otago Harbour? Is Port Chalmers really French? Who signed that French deed? And who were the 25 Kai Tahu men who signed the deed of sale for the Otago Block (including the land already sold to Darmandarits) in 1844?"

Study of the first sales of the Otago Land, to French sea-captain Pierre Darmandarits, then to the New Zealand Company for 2400 pounds. Short biographies of the Maori leaders in Otago at the time.