Notes

In England the land of New Zealand is being promoted as the new promised land. Thirteen-year-old William sets sail with his family on the Adelaide in September 1839, bound for Port Nicholson, New Zealand. The Donahues are assisted emigrants, part of Edward Gibbon Wakefield's scheme to populate New Zealand. The journey is fraught with problems, and when they arrive they realise they have been misinformed about life in New Zealand. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.