TY - BOOK AU - Moon,Paul TI - FitzRoy: governor in crisis, 1843-1845 SN - 0908990707 AV - DU420.18.F59 M66 2000 U1 - 993.021092 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - David Ling Pub KW - Fitzroy, Robert, KW - Governors KW - New Zealand KW - Biography KW - History KW - 1840-1876 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index N2 - Challenges the conventional history of the period and substantially revises the picture of British involvement in the fledgling colony. Moon discloses: details of the first Treaty settlement by the Crown; FitzRoy's desire for a separate Maori legal and justice system; the possible reasons for FitzRoy's suicide in 1865; newly discovered material on the conspiracy to have FitzRoy removed as Governor of New Zealand ER -