By Warwick Johnston. In Softcovers, First Edition 2007, Colour and Black and White Photographs, illustrations, paintings, maps, 104 Pages, Published By The Author Lower Hutt. A Near Fine Copy. Foreward- '...Britannia was not seen as just a temporary landing site, it was planned as a permanent settlement and indeed rapidly became a town. Although the name has now been lost, that settlement by the Hutt river, gradually grew and developed into Petone and Lower Hutt, a place subject to the same falls and rises in fortune as others, but one that has always played an important role in the social history of New Zealand. Warwick's well researched book brings to life those first crucial months of settlement and dispels many of the myths. It is a valuable contribution to our understanding of our past and, like Warwick, I hope will raise an awareness of the importance the site Of Britannia and the experience of those early settlers' Denise Williams Director Petone Settlers Museum.