This remarkable account presents oral tradition alongside archaeological evidence and narrative history. The editors both have extensive experience in researching the past of southern New Zealand, particularly Ngai Tahu. Te Maire Tau lectures in history at Canterbury University; Atholl Anderson is Professor of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
This is his single most important work, based on a major field project for the Otago Museum in 1920 and published here for the first time. Beattie had a strong sense that traditional knowledge needed to be recorded fast.
Hekeia Revisited: Stevens Family History, 1853-2015