Download or read book Fatal Necessity written by Peter Adams and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed examination of the circumstances leading to British intervention and hence to the Treaty of Waitangi, Fatal Necessity was first published in 1977. Now re-issued as an e-book, this key text in Treaty studies emphasises that the dual aim of British policy was to protect both settlers and Māori; the reality, however, proved very different.