The New Zealand Wars: The Hauhau wars, 1864-1872AMS Press, 1969 - New Zealand "Brought up on the old Waipa frontier soon after the close of the wars, when an uneasy peace existed between European and Maori, James Cowan imbibed much ancient lore as well as recent history from old-time Maori chiefs and warriors. When commissioned by the Government to write this history, he not only examined a vast amount of written material - he sought out the remaining veterans of the wars (both European and Maori, women as well as men) and from them learned at first hand much that never appears in official documents; and he tramped many a mile to view the scenes of engagements that he might render a faithful account of what happened"--From book jacket. |
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... island , roughly diamond - shaped and about half a mile in length , lies in the course of the strong river , with rapids above and below and on either side . The upper part of this island - the only one in the Wanganui - is composed of ...
... island , roughly diamond - shaped and about half a mile in length , lies in the course of the strong river , with rapids above and below and on either side . The upper part of this island - the only one in the Wanganui - is composed of ...
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... island and enter the manuka thickets . The loyalist or friendly Maoris had in the meantime posted a selected band of their fighters in the scrub on the island . This party had crossed from the Ranana side of the river at the break of ...
... island and enter the manuka thickets . The loyalist or friendly Maoris had in the meantime posted a selected band of their fighters in the scrub on the island . This party had crossed from the Ranana side of the river at the break of ...
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... Island . Let your conduct be good in carrying these my instructions to the various parts of the Island , even until you come to Hirini , who wili convey the teachings peacefully to his European relations there . This letter you must ...
... Island . Let your conduct be good in carrying these my instructions to the various parts of the Island , even until you come to Hirini , who wili convey the teachings peacefully to his European relations there . This letter you must ...
Contents
PAIMARIRE | 1 |
Officers of the N Z Armed Constabulary Frontispiece | 5 |
Patara Raukatauri | 18 |
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afterwards ammunition Arawa Armed Constabulary attack Atua Bay of Plenty body bullet bush camp canoe Captain Mair captured carbine Chatham Island chief Coast Colonel Whitmore column command crossed enemy escaped expedition feet fern fight fire flank force forest garrison Gilbert Mair gorge Government guns hapu Hauhaus Hawera Hawke's Bay hill hundred Island Kepa Kereopa killed Kimble Bent Kooti lake Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Mair's Major Maoris marched McDonnell miles Military Settlers Mohaka Napier Native Contingent Ngatapa Ngati Ngati-Porou Ngutu-o-te-manu night Opotiki Pai-marire pakeha palisade parapet Parihaka party Patea Pipiriki Poverty Bay prisoners Rangers Rangitaiki rear redoubt retreat rifles river Ropata Rotorua round Ruatahuna scouts sent Sergeant settlement shot side skirmishing soldiers stockade Taranaki Taupo Tauranga Te Kooti Te Teko Titokowaru tomahawk took track trench tribes troops Turanganui Urewera Country valley village volunteers Wai-ngongoro Waihi Waikare-moana Waikato Wairoa Waitotara Wanganui war-party warriors Whakatane whare Whitmore's wounded yards Zealand