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… attempt to take the war into the enemy's territory. His first engagement was fought near Papakura and, afterwards, … pa at Orakau – about 2 miles east of Kihikihi – where they first met Rewi. Rewi himself had doubts about the strategic … considering this, Ahumai Te Paerata, a tall handsome young woman, daughter of the old West Taupo chief Te Paerata, …
… in the Customs Office. Though Maning may possibly have first visited New Zealand in 1831 or 1832 with Major Henry … in Old New Zealand as “a fine stately, and really handsome woman”, and that hers was the lament for Hauraki quoted in … for steady employment, was a constant worry. Though at first perhaps over-indulgent, Maning finally washed his …
… that were evident in early attempts to write stories. Her first appearance in the High School Reporter at the age of … of her early years; and E. J. Brady published her first paid work in The Native Companion (Sydney). After 20 … as a writer (three New Zealand stories, including The Woman at the Store , appeared in Rhythm ) and Murry's more …
… Recording and Exploiting The first New Zealand novel is Major B. Stoney's Taranaki: A … the book is sentimentalised personal relationships from the woman's viewpoint. This type of light love story, like the …
… (1765–1838). First promoter of missionary enterprise, explorer, and … William , arriving at Port Jackson on 10 March 1794. Their first child, Anne, was born on the voyage. On 4 July 1794 … unproved, and having acted beyond their powers in trying a woman convict for perjury, were dismissed from the …
… Ngati Mutunga tribe of Taranaki. His mother died a young woman and the boy Peter was reared by her cousin, Ngarongo … overlap to some degree, yet each is distinctive and the first two almost inevitably culminate in the final career of …
… been selected as a modern leader. Even here, however, the first Maori King had rivals at least equal in rank; e.g., Te … an ideal. There is still the custom at some marae that no woman addresses a gathering. In 1956 the Maori Women's … meeting hall named after Kupe, regarded as one of the first ancestors of the Maori to reach New Zealand. Since its …
… mother, Parekohatu, of Ngati Raukawa, was not Werawera's first or principal wife, her children were not of the … When he returned to Kawhia Te Rauparaha found that his first wife, Marore, had been killed at the instigation of Te … but soon infuriated the Muaupoko chiefs by killing a woman of their tribe. They therefore conspired to kill him …
… 9 August 1816 made a runaway marriage with a wealthy young woman, Eliza Susan Pattle, who, however, died on 5 July … for the systematic colonisation of the country. Its first approach to the Colonial Office was unsuccessful, but … decision to admit Baldwin and Lafontaine to office as the first responsible Ministry was due to Wakefield's influence. …
… Otago, but his teaching was interrupted by service with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force Medical Corps. After … Boomerang, One-a-Pecker-Two-a-Pecker, The Good Looking Woman , and several children's books and plays. Storkey, …