Author:
Paul W. Feenstra is a historical fiction novelist. Meticulously researched and detailed, his character driven novels create a dramatic window into our chronicled and complex past. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1959, to Dutch immigrants, Paul still commutes to Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a multiple ‘Emmy’ nominated entertainment industry professional.

Will justice prevail over greed and ruthless ambition?

July 1839, without the permission of the English Government, the New Zealand Company ship, Tory, quietly departed England, anxious to reach New Zealand with the utmost speed. Expedition leader, Colonel William Wakefield’s objective is clear –  acquire millions of acres of valuable land from the natives at the lowest possible price.

On board the Tory, Andrew and Eleanor Stewart, young Scottish emigrants indentured to the New Zealand Company, are excited at the prospect of beginning a new life in a perfect town called Britannia. It’s the Utopia the company promised. 

Boundary highlights adversity as settlers struggle to survive the hardships of a new colony. Where mounting claims of illegally obtained lands and deception force local Maori chiefs to resist. How much more can they endure before they finally take action and revolt? 

Caught between the loyalty to their employer, and helping Maori, Andrew and Eleanor encounter schemers and murderers as they challenge the powerful New Zealand Company and the men who govern. Meticulously researched, Boundary is a story of greed and injustice, and draws attention to an often-misunderstood dark passage in New Zealand’s early colonial history.

Boundary

"Do you also realise that if the crown hadn't obtained sovereignty over this land when it did, the New Zealand Company would have divided this island and forced Māori to live in the extreme northern areas, on land the Company didn't want? Can you imagine what we'd be facing today?"


Spain remained silent and looked on with interest. 


"William, if the New Zealand Company had had its way, we'd be fighting a war with Māori and not resolving these issues through a fair and legal process. I feel the New Zealand Company philosophy towards the indigenous peoples of this land has been harmful and dangerous. Left to their own devices, with Colonel Wakefield enthusiastically following Company directives, then Māori would have been exiled to the far north and left to suffer in squalor as unwanted tenants on land that is rightfully theirs."


"But let me offer you another perspective." Hobson turned to face Spain directly.


Chapter 66