Our New Zealand Cousins is a classic 1887 travelogue written by the Australian politician and author James Inglis. The book documents his journey through Aotearoa in the mid-1880s, offering vivid historical observations on the country's Maori heritage, expanding colonial settlements, and spectacular geothermal landscapes.
Writing under the pen name "Maori", Inglis originally penned these observations as letters to the Sydney press before compiling them into a book. His writing captures a transformative period in New Zealand's history, spanning from Auckland harbor down to the geothermal wonders of the North Island.
This is an original 1886 edition.