The History of a Riot Brianne Te Paa strange business of trying to

strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals

one white and one Native American Indian

and ideas that warm our hearts

Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter

this revised edition brings the book up to date with new assessments of Angus and in the context of the Rita Angus exhibition to be held at Te Papa late in 2021

The History of a Riot Brianne Te Paa strange business of trying to'Class lines between settlers and labourers had been drawn What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of its emigrant labourers. Over 70 gang men and their wives collectively resisted their poor working conditions through petitions, strikes and, ultimately, violence. Yet this pivotal struggle went on to be obscured by stories of pioneering men and women 'made