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… to lieutenant colonel and commanded the regiment at Peshawar. Becoming a full colonel in 1854, he organised flying … helped to construct the military road from Drury to the Waikato River. He presided over a court of inquiry into the conduct of the 'battle' of Waireka. In March 1863 he was promoted to brigadier general commanding the …
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… The prophet and his Te Hikutū followers, Kaitoke and Waikato of Te Puna, hated the Protestant missionaries; they … had 'nothing but books to eat'. In the course of a tribal war in 1843 at Ōruru, a large comet appeared in the sky for … was frequently consulted by Māori throughout his life. In 1863, as the wars were spreading, he was asked about the …
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… angered by FitzRoy's refusal to confirm the commissioner's award. McLean acquired standing among Māori for his knowledge … Āti Awa had fled the land in the 1830s after the attack by Waikato tribes. This is specious, because the Waikato tribes … superintendency of the province and he was elected early in 1863. When war was resumed in mid 1863 he was made general …
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… the valley of the Nairne ', and ' Mt. Egmont, from the southward '. In April 1841 Heaphy executed his first view of the … Rifle Volunteers, being commissioned lieutenant in August 1863. Heaphy was an enthusiastic propagandist in favour of … the war in Taranaki, and shortly before the outbreak of the Waikato war was involved with survey work for the military …
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… This was one of a series of migrations which brought some Waikato and Taranaki tribes to the Cook Strait region. In … as commissioner, greatly reduced the amount of land awarded to the company. Nevertheless by far the greater part … Until the attack on Waikato by government forces in 1863, Wī Tako was firmly on the King movement side. When he …
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… married Eliza Sophia Braithwaite at Nelson. A son, James Edward, was born in 1865 and died in 1866. A daughter, Emma … the Mawhera reserve, where Greymouth now stands. In July 1863 Mackay was summoned to Auckland to assist in Grey's Waikato policy. Mackay's personal qualities were invaluable …
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… a supporter of the European administration. On 1 January 1863 he was appointed an assessor under the Native Circuit … the Crown. Believing that Rongowhakaata were about to go to war over the issue, Whaanga asked Locke to request arms from … to resist them. Early in 1865 Pai Mārire emissaries from Waikato were preaching in Hawke's Bay. Locke planned to …
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… with a time when Ngāti Awa feared for their land. Land wars had already been fought at Taranaki, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty by 1865, and the dreaded New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 had been used to confiscate Māori land for Pākehā …
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… whose father was Hira, were his half-brothers. As a young warrior, in the early 1820s, Takamoana fought at the battle … Te Whanganui-o-Orotū (Napier Harbour), about 1824, when Waikato forces invaded the area. He was carried away to … founded by their common ancestor, Kahungunu. In November 1863 Karaitiana held a meeting at Pāwhakairo (near present …
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… Edward William Stafford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 23 … mismanagement of the war, and fear that if Browne invaded Waikato, Stafford, who opposed such a move, would not act … 2 Whitaker’s and Fox’s New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863, which confiscated Māori land, and their New Zealand …
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… six years in Ireland. He was promoted to lieutenant and awarded a special commendation for excellence after further … under great strain. Browne had threatened to invade Waikato to put down the Māori King, some of whose supporters … feared a Waikato attack. To forestall this, Grey, in 1863, built a military road directly threatening the Waikato …
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… of his life. He grew up in the turbulent era of the musket wars, and was involved in fighting when his father opposed … support of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 's nomination by receiving Waikato emissaries in 1857. He led 60 men from Ōhinemutu, … to the Waitara dispute, and again at Tātaraimaka in 1863. He told the Reverend Richard Taylor that the Taranaki …
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… Bay of Islands peoples. Patuone first made his mark as a warrior and a leader in the wars between Ngāpuhi and Te … to time in the 1860s; he is said to have begged Grey in 1863 not to be the first to cross the Mangatāwhiri Stream and attack Waikato, for this would put the Pākehā in the wrong. The …
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… name Haumēne. Te Ua was captured with his mother in a Waikato raid about 1826 and taken as a slave to Kāwhia. Here … a mast was the focus of his ceremonial; on 13 January 1863 the chapter of 'Ua rongo pai' which sets out the … which quickly followed, seemed to confirm Hauhauism as a warlike creed. In April, under the prophet Epanaia …
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… Edward Shortland was the third son of Captain Thomas George … A. D. W. Best, he accompanied the governor on a tour of Waikato. Shortland was anxious to learn about the Māori … that confidence was a plant of slow growth. On 14 August 1863 Shortland was promoted to native secretary, the …
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… manners. They walked south to Taranaki, through the Waikato and Waipa valleys and down the coast from Kawhia … ended it by marrying Mary Smith, one of a family of girls warmly recommended by his mother, at Flamstead in … as provincial secretary, holding that office from 1863 to 1865. In these years he worked extremely hard. He …
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… the George Fyfe. Fox was an enthusiastic disciple of Edward Gibbon Wakefield , regarding colonisation as one of the … road pointing south from Auckland, straight into the Waikato region, the home of the second Māori King, Tāwhiao . … the casting vote of the speaker. War broke out again in May 1863. In October Fox returned to office in combination with …
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… have been born in France on 8 October 1822. His father, Edward Bell, was a merchant and the British consul at … block to Kīngi. Bell acquiesced in Grey's invasion of Waikato and in August 1863 visited Australia to recruit military settlers. He lost …
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… 1829. At Eton began his lifelong friendship with William Ewart Gladstone and others who were later to be influential … the 'fatal mistake' of land confiscations. However, by 1863 he was unable to see any alternative to the military campaign in Waikato. This was an ironic and tragic outcome. His action …
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