Anne Salmond's brilliant study of first contact between Maori and European explorers - a trail-blazing achievement in narrative New Zealand history.
Anne Salmond is a Distinguished Professor at the University of
Auckland, New Zealand. One of New Zealand's most prominent
anthropologists and historians, Professor Salmond is the author of
Hui- A Study of Maori Ceremonial Gatherings; Amiria- The Life Story
of a Maori Woman; and Eruera- The Teachings of a Maori Elder
(winner of a Wattie Book Award in 1981) which she co-wrote with
Eruera Stirling.
Among her other acclaimed works are Two Worlds- First Meetings
between Maori and Europeans, 1642-1772; Between Worlds- Early
Exchanges between Maori and Europeans, 1773-1815 (winner of the
Ernest Scott Prize in 1998); The Trial of the Cannibal Dog- Captain
Cook in the South Seas (winner of the Montana Medal for Non-fiction
in 2004); Aphrodite's Island- The European Discovery of Tahiti; and
Bligh- William Bligh in the South Seas (a finalist in the 2012 NZ
Post Book Awards).
She received the CBE for services to literature and the Maori
people in 1988 and was made Dame Commander of the British Empire
for services to New Zealand history in 1995. In 2009, she was
elected as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences
(USA) for her excellence in scientific research.
She lives in Devonport, Auckland.
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