Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

A New Zealand Story

By: Christina Thompson

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All is the story of the cultural collision between Westerners and the Maoris of New Zealand, told partly as a history of the complex and bloody period of contact between Europeans and the Maoris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and partly as the story of Christina Thompson's marriage to a Maori man.

As an American graduate student studying history in Australia, Thompson traveled to New Zealand and met a Maori known as "Seven." Their relationship is one of opposites: he is a tradesman, she is an intellectual; he comes from a background of rural poverty, she from one of middle-class privilege; he is a "native", she descends directly from "colonizers." Nevertheless, they shared a similar sense of adventure and a willingness to depart from the customs of their families and forge a life together on their own.

In this book, which grows out of decades of reading and research, Thompson explores cultural displacement through the ages and the fascinating history of Europeans in the South Pacific, beginning with Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 and Cook's circumnavigation of 1770.

©2008 Christina Thompson (P)2020 Tantor

Beautifully written history of New Zealands Maori

I wanted to book to continue forever. Loved it so much I bt Ms. Thompsons other book!

Interesting and Engaging

Before leaving for vacation in New Zealand, I listened to this book. The history and culture of the Māori was presented in an interesting and engaging way. Very well read and enjoyable.

Loved this book!

I was drawn in from the first minute. The critics' praise deserving. Do not hesitate, thinking it will be a narration of a textbook. The historical research is in evidence, but the book is also memoir. This blend makes for a compelling and fascinating listen/read but it is also an intelligent listen/read. You don't have to be an antipodean to appreciate this book.

I enjoyed the seamless narration, as well as the pleasing voice and cadence of the narrator.

ADHD approved listening .

Not much of a story line, but a great account of first Western contact in New Zealand, and also parallel world history events.

a beautiful story

Thompson intertwines the story of her life with Seven, her Maori husband, with the history of the colonisation of New Zealand and the people. terrific performance from Sarah Mollo-Christensen, whose facility for accents is precise and excellent.

I wanted more from this title.

I guess I got carried away with the intriguing title and did not read the blurb of what this book was about. I thought this would be a history of early New Zealand and it did cover a bit of that history for which I will give it two stars. However, it was more centered on the author's experiences and her viewpoint. So it wasn't quite a history or a travelogue, it was sort of a memoir but not really that either. The interspersing of history and culture with her own life just didn't work for me. I wanted one or the other.

There's no point.

Spoiled, rich, hippie chick has a fling with a Maori. what's the point Why should anyone care?

Racist, classist drivel.

Fantastic reviews on Goodreads that summarize all that is wrong with this book. Terrible storytelling, no self-awareness by the author. Couldn’t finish it.

A story of a marriage between an A Merican and a Māori

This is a story of a young woman that marries a Maori man. There is very little in the way of history of the Maori people, or of New Zealand. There are a lot better books out there. This is like listening to a personal family history of this woman. Not much substance and have only slight interest..