Mutual kidnapping between the Maori and the English inhabitants in New Zealand had dated back to the 1760s. In 1869, After an English defeat in battle in the Taranaki forest, one more Maori boy, aged five, was captured and adopted by the Prime Minister, and educated to become a lawyer and an 'English gentleman'.
As the story of this little Maori unfolded Peter Walker discovered that he had played a crucial role in New Zealand's history. More surprisingly as he followed Ngataua Omahuru (or little 'William Fox') out of the forest and into the drawing rooms of Wellington and London, he found himself on a personal journey which converged unexpectedly with tale he had uncovered.
