Curtain Raiser to a Colony: Sidelights on the found of New ZealandCecil and Cecilia Manson Hardback with dust jacket in good condition, some fraying. published 1962. An engaging look at the some of the people and characters in the story of New Zealand. A London business man who schemed to plant colonies in a country he had never seen. An eccentric young man of French birth who dreamed of setting up his own kingdom. A humble Maori youth who was lionised as a prince by London society . . . New Zealand's first town