Trevor Bentley

Of Samoan and Pakeha descent, Trevor Bentley researches, writes, and teaches about 19th-century New Zealand social, maritime, and military history. A multi-award-winning author, he has a special interest in the interaction of Maori and Pakeha in pre-Treaty New Zealand. His primary focus is the Pakeha and Maori who crossed cultures voluntarily and as captives. Dr. Bentley has authored eight themed New Zealand histories and two anthologies. A long-term member of the New Zealand Military Historical Society, he lives in Tauranga with his wife, Helen.

Genre:

    Skills:

    • Adult Non-Fiction

    Branch:

    Central Districts

    Location:

    Papamoa Beach

    Publications:

    Tribal Guns and Tribal Gunners: The Story of Maori Artillery In 19th Century New Zealand.

    Captured By Maori: White Female Captives, Sex and Racism on the Nineteenth Century New Zealand Frontier.

    Pakeha Maori: The Extraordinary Story of the Europeans Who Lived as Maori in Early New Zealand.

    Cannibal Jack: The Life and Times of Jacky Marmon, a Pakeha-Maori.

    Pakeha Slaves, Maori Masters: The Forgotten Story of New Zealand's White Slaves.

    Transgressing Tikanga, Captured by Maori: First Hand Accounts 1816-1884.

    Pakeha Ta Moko: A History of the Europeans Traditionally Tattooed by Maori.

    Pākehā-Māori Narratives, A New Zealand Genre: First Hand Accounts by Europeans Who Lived as Māori in Early New Zealand.

    Early Maritime Tauranga: A History of Vessels, Visitors, Residents and Events, 1200s-1860s, Vol. I.

    Te Kaewa, The Wanderers: Māori Sailors on Euro-American Whalers, 1790s-1890s