Chapter XI — Three Famous East Coast Sieges - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Kaiuku and Its Starving Garrison—Sickly Children and Clay Used for Food— Barnet Burns on Kekeparaoa—A Blood—Curdling “Incident”—Taumata-a-Kura at Toka-a-Kuku—Testament in One Hand and Gun in the Other . Shortly before the advent of the pioneer shore-traders in Poverty Bay , Mahia was the locale o...
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[section] - Chapter XI — Three Famous East Coast Sieges - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Kaiuku and Its Starving Garrison—Sickly Children and Clay Used for Food— Barnet Burns on Kekeparaoa—A Blood—Curdling “Incident”—Taumata-a-Kura at Toka-a-Kuku—Testament in One Hand and Gun in the Other . Shortly before the advent of the pioneer shore-traders in Poverty Bay , Mahia was the locale o...
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Siege of Toka-a-Kuku - Chapter XI — Three Famous East Coast Sieges - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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A more important siege, which attracted most of the East Coast tribes, took place at Te Kaha . It is known both as “The Siege of Toka-a-Kuku” and as “ Te Wera 's Invasion of Te Kaha .” Various dates have also been assigned to this conflict. Smith gives the year 1836 at page 469 of Maori Wars of t...
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Trader Who Brought Gold - Chapter XII — The Founder of Poverty Bay - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Nothing has been ascertained with regard to Peter Simpson 's career before he took up his residence at Muriwai (P.B.) in 1831 as a trader. His employer at the outset might have been Captain J. R. Kent . In 1839 he became the Poverty Bay agent for Cooper and Holt, of Sydney. Matenga Waaka, of Manu...
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“Tommy Short” and His Six Wives - Chapter XII — The Founder of Poverty Bay - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Known to the natives as “Tame Puti” (“Tommy Short”), Thomas Halbert reached Poverty Bay in 1832. One of his land claims (4/11/1840) bears a declaration to the effect that he had then lived in the district for eight years. In the Harris Memoirs it is stated that, soon after Harris settled in Pover...
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Chapter XIII — The East Coast Tattooed Trader - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Barnet Burns 's Exploits—His Flight From Mahia in 1832—Was He at Siege of Kekeparaoa?—Fresh Light on Kidnapping Incident at East Cape—Plan for an English Colony at Tolaga Bay in 1836. Although neither Poverty Bay nor the East Coast was the place of residence of “ White Chief Rutherford ” between ...
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Katete's Strange Fate - Chapter XIV — Celebrities of the East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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The only pakeha who, according to the natives, lost his life on the East Coast on account of committing a breach of tapu (native sacred law) lived at Omaru-iti ( Hicks Bay ). As he was a flax-buyer, he must have resided there in the 1830's. Potene Tuhiwai, of Hicks Bay , told the writer that this...
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Captain Duncan and His Coffin - Chapter XIV — Celebrities of the East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Omanuka, that pretty little spot just to the north of Anaura Bay , was, in the 1860's, chosen for his home by a sterling old seafarer of Scottish descent named Captain Archibald Duncan. Born in 1802, he had served in the Liverpool-North American trade. Migrating to New Zealand, he had charge of v...
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“Blind Charlie” - Chapter XIV — Celebrities of the East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Among the pioneer pakehas at Tolaga Bay was Nathaniel Goodhue Gilman , who became known to Europeans as “Blind Charlie” and to the natives as “Kirimana.” He reached Tolaga Bay in 1847 and married, in native fashion, Riripeta, a sister of Hirini Taurewa. After two children had been born, Archdeaco...
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Major R. N. Biggs. — O.C. Poverty Bay. Slain by Te Kooti Rebels, 10 November, 1868
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Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. - Native Land Settlement - Major R. N. Biggs . O.C. Poverty Bay. Slain by Te Kooti Rebels, 10 November, 1868.
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Note - Chapter XV — “Sons of the Soil” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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The Ahuwhenua Cup (donated by Lord Bledisloe for competition among Maori farmers to encourage agricultural efficiency) was won in 1936 by W. Swinton (Raukokore), in 1938 by H. J. Dewes (Horoera, E.C.) and in 1948 by T. Callaghan (Raukokore). The title “Native Trustee” has been officially altered ...
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[section] - Chapter XVI — Pioneer Resident Traders on East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Did Ferris Lead the Way?— John Hayes and His Obscure Partner—Identification of “Mr. Rabbit-Nose”—Enterprising Hemi Petiti . It has not been found possible to set down the exact order in which the earliest shore-traders made their appearance on the East Coast. The first at the southern end seems t...
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Futile Effort to Regain Child - Chapter XVIII — “There She Blows!” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Determined to get custody of his son Ned, Delamere arranged with the master of a coastal craft to kidnap the lad, who was then about seven years old. After the skipper had been on shore at Whitianga on several occasions, he settled in his mind which lad was Ned, and enticed him on board by promis...
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“Billy” Brown: Kahutia's Pakeha - Chapter XVIII — “There She Blows!” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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With his hair reaching down to his waist, “Billy” Brown (Wiremu Paraone) was a conspicuous figure in the eyes of visitors to Early Gisborne. After the death of his wife (in the middle 1860's), he refrained from having his hair cut. His fellow-residents became accustomed to what they regarded as m...
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[section] - Chapter XIX — Spread of the Gospel to the East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Ex-Cannibals as Evangelists—Taumata-a-Kura and Matenga Tukareaho—Native Chapels Before Mission Stations—Strict Observance of the Sabbath . Strangely enough, the natives inhabiting the seaboard between Cape Runaway and Wairoa owed to the tribe which they dreaded most—the more warlike Ngapuhi—their...
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Note - Chapter XIX — Spread of the Gospel to the East Coast - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Some early visitors were under the impression that Cook gave the name “ Hicks Bay ” to the whole of the recess between Matakaoa Point and the Awatere River. On that account, landings which they made adjacent to Te Araroa are described as landings at “ Hicks Bay .” Most of these travellers are bel...
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“A Noble Sight” - Chapter XX — In the Mission Field - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Notwithstanding several grievous setbacks, the Turanga station quickly grew in influence. Heavy flooding of the Waipaoa River in 1841 caused extensive erosion at Kaupapa. In 1843, a new site was obtained on higher ground at Whakato, only a short distance away. A new church to supersede the rush c...
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Notes - Chapter XX — In the Mission Field - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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A new home at Whakato for the Williams family was burned down on 7 February, 1843. Three rooms had been completed. There was only slight loss of furniture, but nearly 1,500 copies of the native New Testament were destroyed. Between 1842 and 1863 the church services at Manutuke were held in the la...
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Note - Mission Life in Early Tolaga Bay - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Te Kani-a-Takirau 's autocratic methods greatly perturbed the Rev. T. S. Grace whilst he was supervising the Tolaga Bay station in 1852–3. In the former year, some Turanga natives removed a post from an old burial ground. Although they had replaced it, Te Kani made the road leading to Turanga tap...
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Biographical - Mission Life in Early Tolaga Bay - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Charles Baker (born in Yorkshire in 1803) was trained in agricultural and industrial pursuits. Upon the death of his first wife, he entered the C.M.S. College at Islington. With the second Mrs. Baker, and the daughter of the first marriage, he landed at the Bay of Islands on 9 June, 1828. He was ...
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