The Interpreter - The Biography of Richard 'Dicky' Barrett

David Bateman, 1998. Good conditon with jacket.

Richard Barrett arrived on a whaling ship from Sydney in 1829.
He was one of New Zealand's key pioneers, marrying a high-born Maori woman and experienced first hand the conflict between Taranaki and Waikato Maori.
He set up whaling stations and became a translator for the New Zealand company.