This 1999 article by Margaret Orbell explains
the 1875 request for horses by Parāone Taupiri of
Ngāti Raukawa, made in the traditional form of a
waiata (song) to Ngāti Tūwharetoa chiefs.
This story from Māui Pōmare’s 1930 book
Legends of the Māori discusses the impact
that horses made on Māori when introduced in
Wellington.
More suggestions and sources
Brooking, Tom. ‘The equine factor: the
powerhouse of the colonisation of New Zealand to
1945.’ In On the horse’s back, 2004:
proceedings of the 2004 conference of the New
Zealand Society of Genealogists, edited by
Lily Baker, 53–56. Auckland: New Zealand Society of
Genealogists, 2004.
Mincham, Carolyn. ‘Horse racing in the colonial
community, 1841–1911.’ MA thesis, Massey
University, 2001.