About the Author

R.D. (Ron) Crosby was born and brought up in Auckland but has spent most of his adult life in Blenheim, where he was a partner in the law firm Gascoigne Wicks, specialising in resource management and iwi claims in the northern South Island. Now working as a barrister and author, Ron was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2011. Among his other works are Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemesis and NZSAS: The First Fifty Years.

Reviews

This is a prodigious work of research as well as a brilliantly written tale of heroes, bloody battles and tenacity It should should rank among the most important works of New Zealand history of this century. It is also a thoroughly good read.'"