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… successive raids by Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and other Waikato leaders. In the late 1830s they embraced … the chiefs killed earlier. Āperahama headed a force of 280 warriors from Te Ihupuku, Tīhoi and Pātea, and Ngāti Ruanui … the block, meant that the sale was not concluded until July 1863, just as British troops invaded Waikato. The fighting …
Type: Biography
… him the ‘political parson’. 1 In 1865, during the land wars, the Reverend Carl Völkner was executed by Māori near … information for the government’s military campaign in Waikato in 1863–4. In 1865 he tried to use his mother’s connections to …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… on 21 August 1860. She was posted to a mission station in Waikato, but her work there was soon disrupted by the outbreak of war in 1863. She returned to Auckland where, over the next 10 …
Type: Biography
… leading Wesleyan convert) against Hōne Heke , and was awarded a government pension for the severe bullet wound he … voice expressed itself in visionary terms. In December 1863 he and others warned Governor Grey that the 'clouds and … stars (discontents and agitations)' which had stirred in Waikato and Taranaki could occur in the north. The …
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… during the troubled period leading up to the Taranaki wars. In 1857 he served in the local militia and in March … the defence of Auckland against a possible attack from the Waikato tribes. Smith was then engaged in cutting boundaries … a member of the Taranaki Provincial Council, on 23 April 1863. The couple remained in Auckland until 1865, when Percy …
Type: Biography
… canoe, Te Tōtara-o-Huiarau, to transport their combined war party to Whāngārā; but when the canoe was launched Pāora … suitable land and planted potatoes, corn and wheat. About 1863 they also tried to build a flour mill, but the first of … were threatened. Piripi stood his ground and left for Waikato with his fighting force. Soon after, Te Whenuanui …
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… Tītokowaru was born near Ōkaiawa, in South Taranaki, probably … in the 1830s and 1840s. He was prominent in the repulse of Waikato at Waimate pā, at the mouth of the Kapuni Stream, in … Tītokowaru may also have participated in the Waikato war of 1863–64, conceivably in Waikato itself, but more likely in …
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… Gully. Unsuccessful, he enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia in December 1863, and was posted to the water transport corps. In 1865 … the rank of corporal, and later received the New Zealand War Medal. Returning to the sea, Sutherland joined the …
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… (Dunedin). During that voyage he drew a chart showing Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait and part of the southern … Auckland and the theatre of war during the Taranaki and Waikato conflicts. However, the harbour had serious … when the Orpheus was wrecked at the entrance on 7 February 1863. Wing had already warned the provincial authorities of …
Type: Biography
… this time. As a boy he had been taken into slavery by Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero . When released he … adultery with Īhāia's wife. In response, Ōraukawa led 300 warriors by Te Whaka-ahurangi track, east of Mt Taranaki, to … join the fighting at Waitara. During the war in Taranaki in 1863–64 Ōraukawa is known to have fought at Te Mōrere …
Type: Biography
… could learn to spin and weave. This latter project was thwarted when war broke out. As the result of a great meeting … IV became leader, sections of the people sided with the Waikato tribes. The district became increasingly unsettled, and on 8 October 1863 the Grace family left Pūkawa. Grace became one of the …
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… Frederick Edward Maning was born in Dublin, Ireland, probably on 5 July … a tale of the good old times , which was published in 1863. The account is shaped and coloured for literary … off debts. Māori resistance to colonisation in Taranaki and Waikato renewed Maning's earlier anxieties and he supported …
Type: Biography
… over such policies led Wilson to leave the partnership in 1863. The New-Zealander became a daily in 1863 and the first … and privileges of the wealthy and powerful provinces were thwarted and the monopolists of capital broken could Auckland … and artisan activities, Williamson opposed the Taranaki and Waikato wars as unnecessary confrontations, offensive to …
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… Edward Lofley, also known as John or Jack Loffley, was born in … , which was wrecked on the Manukau Harbour bar in February 1863. Lofley fought in the Waikato war as a member of the Naval Brigade. He later … Lofley, Edward …
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… the No 6 Company of the Auckland Volunteer Rifles in Waikato in 1863. He became active in church work serving as treasurer … commercial life of Auckland. In the late 1860s, when the war in Waikato had depressed economic activity in the …
Type: Biography
… in the relative stability that followed the Napoleonic wars. After taking the state examinations at the Esslingen … The expedition travelled on foot and by canoe up the Waikato and Waipā rivers, back to the coast, down from … specimens and fossils for report by eminent specialists. In 1863 he published Neu-Seeland , the first substantial work …
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… away at the settlement of Ōkahu, at Ōrākei. He was not a warrior like his father, but was the chosen leader of Ngāti … the movement as not incompatible with Crown authority. In 1863, at the height of tension in Auckland just before the Waikato War, Tūhaere purchased the schooner Victoria for …
Type: Biography
… occasion was the battle of Te Kūititanga, near Waikanae, towards the end of 1839. By this time great changes were about … bank of the Waitara, whether to protect the people against Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, as was often claimed, or to … fighting, signed on 8 April 1861. Two years later, in May 1863, Governor Grey, intent on 'dealing' with the King's …
Type: Biography
… His most distinguished ancestor was Pākira, a prominent warrior in the wars that led to the emergence of Ngāti … at Waiomatatini by Tamatatai, a Waiapu man who had been to Waikato. In reply, Mōkena Kōhere raised the Queen's flag at Rangitukia. With the onset of war in 1863 some Ngāti Porou joined the King's forces. In March …
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… declines among business houses large and small’. 1 In 1863–64 army contracts for the Waikato wars pushed up prices and created fortunes. Then in 1865 the …
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Part of story: Business failures and corporate fraud