02138nam 2200433 450 991079658990332120230126220547.00-9941473-7-6(CKB)3840000000330828(MiAaPQ)EBC5439089(EXLCZ)99384000000033082820200218d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDear Oliver uncovering a Pākehā history /Peter WellsAuckland, New Zealand :Massey University Press,2018.1 online resource (333 pages) illustrations0-9941473-6-8 Includes bibliographical references."A fresh way to look at New Zealand's history. When writer and historian Peter Wells found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mother's effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a not-untypical family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth-century human diaspora from Britain. His family experienced the war against Te Kooti, the Boer War, the Napier earthquake of 1931 and the Depression. They rose from servant status to the comforts of the middle class. There was army desertion, suicide, adultery, AIDS, secrets and lies. There was also success, prosperity and social status. In digging deep into their stories, examining letters from the past and writing a letter to the future, Peter Wells constructs a novel and striking way to view the history of Pākehā New Zealanders"--Back cover.Wells, Bess. 1916-2017 - FamilyFamily historiesNapier (N.Z.)GenealogyNew ZealandGenealogyNew ZealandSocial life and customsWells, Bess. 1916-2017 - Family.Family histories.929.20993Wells Peter1950-2019,1534456MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796589903321Dear Oliver3782052UNINA