“A new modus operandi for Māori and Pākehā relations in the 21st century may draw at least in part on some of the lessons learned from the encounters that took place before 1840.” — Vincent O’Malley, from his new book The Meeting Place.
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“It is obvious that the drafters of the bill were not only appallingly ignorant, deliberately or otherwise, of Aotearoa New Zealand history, but also British history.” — Vincent O’Malley.
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“This was a defining and transformative conflict in the nation’s history. The two 20th-century world wars involved many more New Zealanders in absolute terms, but it was war in the Waikato that had a bigger impact on the course and direction of New Zealand as a whole.” — Historian Vincent O’Malley.
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“At first, some Crown officials… advocated ignoring the Kīngitanga in the hope that it would die if not given the oxygen of government attention. They had fatally underestimated the depth of Māori resolve.” — Historian Vincent O’Malley.
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“It’s often assumed that the 19th-century New Zealand Wars fought between the Crown and various groups of Māori were exclusively a Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island) story. But there is a largely unknown history of southern engagement with these conflicts. ” — Historian Vincent O’Malley.
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“For Kīngitanga supporters who had been urged to fight in a ‘civilised’ manner, the assault on Rangiaowhia was an almost incomprehensible act of treachery.” — New Zealand Wars historian Vincent O’Malley.
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