THE INTRODUCTION AND DIFFUSION OF FIREARMS IN NEW ZEALAND 1800-1840

D. U. Urlich

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Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Indigenous Cultures and History Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting

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The far-reaching influence of the introduction and use of firearms on the various facets of Maori life and culture in the early nineteenth century is one of the most commonly accepted and asserted beliefs in the literature on New Zealand during this period. In view of the significance of this innovation, a systematic analysis of its introduction and diffusion is worth while. The present study is structured on work done currently by diffusion theorists in geography. Thus the conclusions of Torsten H?gerstrand, one of the most noted workers in this field, are examined in order to analyse their applicability as a model for the diffusion of an innovation. H?gerstrand postulated three stages in the process of diffusion 1. The primary stage of initial acceptances when centres hastily grow up. 2. The diffusion stage which brings a radial dissemination outwards from the initial centres, a rise of secondary centres, and a retardation in the primary centres. 3. The condensing stage when the phenomenon in question is now commonly known. Saturation occurs with the impossibility of further increase in the given circumstances. An overall examination of the process involved in the introduction and diffusion of firearms in New Zealand shows the following three periods to be broadly representative of H?gerstrand's stages: 1807-1820: the stage of initial acceptances 1821-1830: the main diffusion stage 1831-1840: the condensing stage. DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION ABOUT FIREARMS During the period of initial contact with the European which roughly coincides with the proto-historic era 1769-1835, Maori preference for western goods varied so that different things were the object of popular demand at different times. From approximately 1810 onwards firearms

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