Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

A New Zealand Story

By: Christina Thompson

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

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!

Navel gazing

Great fun but really went off track at times into the author’s navel gazing , self indulgent analysis

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.

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.

Interesting

An interesting premise or experience of an individual person relative to indigenouspeoples, and a fascinating marriage relationship of 2 very differentcultures. An interesting premise or experience of an individual person relative to indigenous people’s, and a fascinating marriage relationship. Worth a listen.