Shoal Bay Press, Christchurch, 1993. First edition. Brown hard cover with gilt titles on spine. In very tidy condition with no inscriptions. Tight and clean. 184pp with illustrations. Dust jacket is also very tidy with faded spine.
The Chatham Islands are home to one of the loneliest and most remote human outposts on earth. More than 800km east of the New Zealand mainland, they are characterised by volcanic cones which rise suddenly from the mist and the sea, and akeake trees bent and twisted by relentless winds over a harsh landscape.
The author explains how an ancient people, the Moriori, left their imprint on the islands. And he tells how the coasts came to be littered with trypots, stone fireplaces and the bones of sea mammals. He gives a graphic account of the activities of a mixed race fishing and farming community. from the blurb