First published in 1987 and here in its third edition, Seven Lives on Salt River is a local history that transcends its boundaries along the northern Kaipara Harbour around Pahi to be a universal story of how European arrivals adapted to life among Māori in a new land.
It is always hard to rate a historical non-fiction that was very readable so I go with a 5 star as default. Incredibly interesting details of colonial founding families within a very small geographical area in the land of my birth. Not an area I know intimately but one I have travelled through a number of times. As always with nonfiction I learn just another piece of the puzzle of life. Enjoyable Interesting