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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Page 102
... garrison kept up a harassing fire on the sappers approaching , the angles of the main stronghold . Major Mair called for volunteers for the task , and a party of about twenty of the best fighters of Ngati - Pikiao crossed the river ...
... garrison kept up a harassing fire on the sappers approaching , the angles of the main stronghold . Major Mair called for volunteers for the task , and a party of about twenty of the best fighters of Ngati - Pikiao crossed the river ...
Page 198
... garrison did not behave with equal bravery . Three men jumped the parapet early in the fight and ran to Waihi . Their names were Wilkie , Burrowes , and Cobb . When they proposed to go , Gill said , " No , there are wounded , and we ...
... garrison did not behave with equal bravery . Three men jumped the parapet early in the fight and ran to Waihi . Their names were Wilkie , Burrowes , and Cobb . When they proposed to go , Gill said , " No , there are wounded , and we ...
Page 318
... garrison in the mill and the redoubt kept the Hauhaus off . The defence was so active and well sustained that the raiders imagined at first that there was a considerable number of men in the place . At last , however , when the Hauhaus ...
... garrison in the mill and the redoubt kept the Hauhaus off . The defence was so active and well sustained that the raiders imagined at first that there was a considerable number of men in the place . At last , however , when the Hauhaus ...
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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