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The Greenstone Door

by William Satchell

The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his past, telling the story both from his vantage point as an old man remembering, and as a young man experiencing his life. The story starts with the sack of the Te Kuma pa and the death of his father, his subsequent adoption by the trader Purcell and protection of Te Waharoa. He grows up among the Maori people, with his foster sister Puhi-Huia and his friend, Rangiora. Together the three young people penetrate to a secret limestone cave, where in their fancy the stalagmites take the shapes of men and women in some drama of the future; Rangiora and Cedric end the racial hostility of their boyhood with an oath of peace, the compact of the Tatau Pounamu, that the Greenstone Door be closed. Events then move on in history, through the troubles that followed Waitangi. We see Cedric in Auckland, meeting his love interest and observing Governor George Grey at close range. When the Waikato war breaks out, his sympathies and loyalties are divided and, in theory, we are shown both sides.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1914

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William Satchell

New Zealand

William Arthur Satchell was a New Zealand orchardist, writer, stockbroker, novelist and accountant. Satchell was born in London, England in 1861. In 1886 he decided to emigrate to New Zealand for his...

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01 - I am Lost and Found
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02 - I am Claimed in Utu and Become the Little Finger of Te Waharoa
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03 - I Find A Haven
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04 - I Meet Rangiora
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05 - Cave and River
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06 - I Visit the Pa of the Cannibal Chef
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07 - The War of Light and Darkness
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08 - The Triumph of Love - and of Darkness
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09 - I am Set at Liberty
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10 - I Make Acquaintance with a Horse and a White Girl
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11 - I Enter the White Men's City
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12 - I Learn my Origin
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13 - The Past Repeats Itself
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14 - Three Years
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15 - Parted
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16 - I Fight a Battle
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17 - I Return Home
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18 - The Path of True Love
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19 - Letters from Home
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20 - The Storm-Cloud
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21 - I Leave Auckland and Fall into an Ambush
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22 - Prisoner - Part one
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23 - Prisoner - Part two
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24 - I Reach the End of my Captivity
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25 - The Last Stand
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26 - A Black Dawn
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27 - The Greenstone Door
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28 - Glossary
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29 - Notes
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