Best of Both Worlds: the Story of Elsdon Best And Tutakangahau

In 1895, a meeting took place in the rugged Urewera ranges - Tuhoe country - that would have lasting effects on our views of traditional Maori society.
Elsdon Best, a self-taught anthropologist and quartermaster on the road past Lake Waikaremoana, was sought out by a leading Tuhoe Chief, Tutakangahau of Maungapohatu.
this work explores this historically significant relationship further informing the debate on the shared identity and destiny of Maori and Pakeha