CJB666 wrote There does but appear to be any other sources. Aha - an email elicited the title: "Whaling in early New Zealand", by A W Reed, 1960.

Just to people know: The Reed company was busy with popular history sorts of books around 1960, but their level of scholarship is not very high. They are not aimed at the scholarly market. (This doesn't contradict what you way, but I imported several of their books and was... less than impressed.)