When betty guard steps ashore in sydney, in 1834, she meets with a Heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst taranaki maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about...When betty guard steps ashore in sydney, in 1834, she meets with a Heroine's welcome. Her survival during a four-month kidnapping ordeal amongst taranaki maori is hailed as nothing short of a miracle. But questions about what really happened slowly surface within the elite governing circles of the raw new town of sydney.