by Michael J. Field. Published by Pasifika Press. ISBN: 0-908597-07-X; 135mm x 210mm; 280 pages; softcover with black & white photographs.

Mau was Samoa's passive disobedience movement. Here Michael Field presents all the drama and facts in this lucid but compelling prose. The slaughter of peaceful Mau demonstrators by New Zealand soldiers, the intrigues and paranoia of the colonial administration and the final victory of independence. This story deserves to be essential knowledge for every Samoan and New Zealander.