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… On his arrival, Tuckett disagreed with Captain Arthur Wakefield over the siting of the town, but eventually he … in March 1843. On the basis of Tuckett's favourable report, Wakefield decided to proceed with the Wairau Plains survey, … party, but escaped in the brig Victoria. Colonel William Wakefield, the Company's principal agent in New Zealand, …
… of 17 June 1843. The Pakeha victims included Captain Arthur Wakefield Police Magistrate Thompson, and other members of a … attempts to survey disputed land in the Wairau Valley. Wakefield's party found about 90 Maoris at the Tuamarina, … a disorderly retreat, and to prevent further bloodshed Wakefield ordered his men to lay down their arms. Certain of …
… of Lord Petre in England; Point Jerningham after E. J. Wakefield, only son of E. G. Wakefield; Chaffers Passage after E. M. Chaffers, captain of …
… , appeared and put an end to the affair. Featherston v. Wakefield (1847). Dr I. E. Featherston, editor of the … opinion sparked off a duel between him and Col. W. Wakefield which is thought to have taken place on 25 March … Aro, Wellington. Featherston fired first and missed; then Wakefield fired into the air with the comment that he would …
… and, later, took part in the negotiations with Colonel Wakefield for the sale of land on both sides of Cook Strait. … a growing distrust of the Pakeha. When Captain Arthur Wakefield insisted on a survey of the disputed Wairau Plain, … the execution of all European prisoners, including Arthur Wakefield himself. In the Hutt Valley dispute Rangihaeata …
… Wellington was the result of the efforts of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to promote planned colonisation through the auspices of the New Zealand Company. Wakefield had observed the hardships and deplorable results … in 1839 by the New Zealand Company's agent, Colonel William Wakefield, because of the excellence of its harbour and the …
… ship of the largest size with emigrants. He impressed E. G. Wakefield who wrote to Godley suggesting that Brittan should … defeated by two much younger men, Stuart Wortley and E. J. Wakefield. He took his beating very badly. He spoke of “the … Farmer, Kaiapoi R.D. Letters from Canterbury (tpscr.), Wakefield, E. G., Turnbull Library Men of Mark in New …
… and enterprise of two very dissimilar men – Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the colonial theorist and organiser of somewhat … occupying about half the Canterbury Plain. In keeping with Wakefield's views on the “sufficient price” of land, rural … ensure an adequate supply of farm labour. Alone among the “Wakefield” settlements the plans for Canterbury gave some …
… W. Stafford, and I. E. Featherston joined by Edward Gibbon Wakefield himself, that effective power be given to … given distinction only by the brief political career of Wakefield, flouting nearly all his principles in an effort …
… both in New Zealand and in England. It is true that the Wakefield plan of systematic colonisation proved … Zealand , Marais, J. S. (1927) The New Zealand Bubble: the Wakefield Theory in Practice , Turnbull, R. M. (1959). …