Robert Park, one of many surveyors for the New Zealand Company, stood straight, and stretched his back, easing his cramped muscles. He repositioned his hat and placed his hands on his hips looking out across the land before him. Much of this area had been cultivated and was growing vegetables, mostly potatoes and a variety of other produce M?ori sold to settlers. He wasn"t happy seeing his men damaging plants by walking through the crops, or seeing the chain indiscriminately ripping through ...