Becoming Aotearoa: A new history of New Zealand

In the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to be published for 20 years, Professor Michael Belgrave advances the notion that New Zealand’s two peoples — tangata whenua and subsequent migrants — have together built an open, liberal society based on a series of social contracts.

Frayed though they may sometimes be, these contracts have created a country that is distinct. This engaging new look at our history examines how.