Date1977 to 2005Collection SummaryA collection of books written by John Steedman at Tauranga City Libraries.DescriptionJohn Aramete Wairehu (Jack) Steedman was born in Taihape in 1913. John was educated at Mataroa Primary School until he later worked on the family farm at Mataroa. In 1957 he began farming on his mother’s land in Tauranga. In 1959, 1964 and 1968, he was awarded the Ahuwhenua Trophy for best Māori sheep and cattle farmer in New Zealand. It was during these years that his interests in whakapapa and history continued to grow. In his later years he was known more widely as a researcher and historian who wrote and published numerous books on tribal histories and whakapapa.
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