Saw Nothing Amiss - Chapter XXIX — “Black Tuesday - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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It is plain that some of the victims met their deaths before the firestick was applied to Captain Wilson's house. John McCulloch could not have seen anything to arouse his suspicions when he went out to get his cows. Surprised by some rebels, he fled towards his home. His wife observed that he wa...
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Escape to Mahia - Chapter XXIX — “Black Tuesday - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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News of the Massacre was speedily conveyed to the settlers who lived south of Matawhero. Tipuna (father of Lady Carroll ) and Henare Turangi notified the Harris and Ferguson families at Opou and other loyal natives rushed to warn Captain Westrup , the Dunlops and their neighbours. Some of the set...
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Hanged for Treason - Chapter XXIX — “Black Tuesday - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Hamiora Pere , one of the Te Kooti rebels in Poverty Bay , was required to stand his trial for high treason at Wellington in September, 1869. He was captured after the fall of Ngatapa. The chief witness for the Crown was Maata te Owai, who said that she was married at the Chatham Islands to Te Ko...
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Notes - Chapter XXIX — “Black Tuesday - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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A widespread belief that some of the settlers took refuge in the church at Matawhero is without foundation. Apart from Robert Atkins , the only Europeans who are known to have passed through Matawhero within a few hours of the tragedy were Harry Elston and Miss Jeanette Dunlop , who made a journe...
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Biographical - Chapter XXIX — “Black Tuesday - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Robert Atkins (born at Howick, near Auckland, in 1848) served in the Waikato Militia before he settled in Poverty Bay in 1866. For some years he followed the occupation of a stockman. In 1880 he acquired “Willow Grove,” at Patutahi. Samuel Stevenson (born at Wainsborough, England, in 1844) migrat...
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[section] - Chapter XXX — “Worst Horror since Cawnpore” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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News of Poverty Bay Massacre Causes Painful Sensation— Governor's Graphic Dispatch to Home Authorities—Belated Search For Survivors—Mrs. Wilson Not Found For Six Days . The news of the shocking raid upon Matawhero by Te Kooti and his band of assassins on 10 November, 1868, reached Turanganui (Gis...
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How Mrs. Wilson Was Rescued - Chapter XXX — “Worst Horror since Cawnpore” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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One of the saddest incidents in connection with the Massacre was that Mrs. Wilson lay grievously injured so long in a little shed close to her razed home before help reached her other than that which her eight-year-old son had been able to afford from the second day after the tragedy. In addition...
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Governor's Harrowing Dispatch - Chapter XXX — “Worst Horror since Cawnpore” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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News of the massacre reached Wellington on 11 November in a telegram which Colonel Whitmore sent from Napier. Governor Bowen's graphic but overdrawn dispatch to the Secretary of State in London is now among the Alexander Turnbull Library records in Wellington. In political circles fault was found...
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List of Victims - Chapter XXX — “Worst Horror since Cawnpore” - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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The names and ages of the Europeans and half-castes who were slain on the morning of 10 November (with the addition of Mrs. Wilson, who succumbed to her injuries on 17 December) were: The number of loyal natives slain was set down by W. L. page 272 Williams at about 30. Not all of the names have ...
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[section] - Chapter XXXII — Poverty Bay Under Martial Law - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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“ We Are Paralysed”—Native Suspect Slain in Cold Blood—Mohaka Massacre Intensifies Alarm—Reward of £1,000 Offered for Te Kooti, Dead or Alive . Early in January, 1869, when he was about to leave Poverty Bay to resume the campaign against Titokowaru in Taranaki, Colonel Whitmore believed that Te K...
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Short Shrift for Native Suspect - Chapter XXXII — Poverty Bay Under Martial Law - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Bitter complaints arose in Poverty Bay when natives who, it was believed, had participated in the Massacre began to filter back. If some of the settlers had had their way all suspects would have been tried by court-martial and, if found guilty, summarily punished. Official inquiries were held fro...
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Massacre at Mohaka - Chapter XXXII — Poverty Bay Under Martial Law - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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A thrill of horror spread through the East Coast districts when it was learned that Te Kooti and his band had crept down from Ruatahuna, slipped past a force of Ngati-Pahauwera stationed, under Ihaka Whaanga , close to Lake Waikaremoana , and on Saturday, 10 April, 1869, had swooped down upon Moh...
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General Rising Feared - Chapter XXXII — Poverty Bay Under Martial Law - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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On 4 August, 1869, a further appeal was made to the Home Government by Governor Bowen to allow the 18th Royal Irish Regiment to remain at Auckland. In a dispatch to Lord Lyttelton he stated that the rebels were nearly as numerous as, but more experienced and ferocious than, they had been when an ...
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Biographical - Chapter XXXII — Poverty Bay Under Martial Law - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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William Benson (born at Leeds in 1840) joined Major Jackson 's company of No. 1 Forest Rangers at Auckland and took part in the fighting in the Waikato in 1863–4. He then went as a volunteer under Major von Tempsky to Wanganui and assisted in the relief of Pipiriki. In 1865 he fought in the East ...
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Chapter XXXIII — On Te Kooti's Trail - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Expeditions Into Urewera Country—Rebels Descend on Tolaga Bay —Kereopa Caught and Executed—Te Kooti Escapes Into King Country—Rumpus Over Award of Pardon—Futile Bid to Re-enter Poverty Bay . During 1870 and 1871 more strenuous efforts were made to capture Te Kooti and his followers. Contingents o...
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[section] - Chapter XXXIII — On Te Kooti's Trail - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Expeditions Into Urewera Country—Rebels Descend on Tolaga Bay —Kereopa Caught and Executed—Te Kooti Escapes Into King Country—Rumpus Over Award of Pardon—Futile Bid to Re-enter Poverty Bay . During 1870 and 1871 more strenuous efforts were made to capture Te Kooti and his followers. Contingents o...
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Kereopa Surprised - Chapter XXXIII — On Te Kooti's Trail - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Kereopa was captured by Ropata's section of an expedition which he and Porter took into the Urewera Country, via Wairoa, in August, 1871. At Maungapohatu, Pukenui te Kereru (a Urewera chief) told Ropata that he was hiding at Manawaru (near the headwaters of the Whakatane River). Ropata divided hi...
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Chapter XXXIV — Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Fictions Associated With His Birth and Childhood—Farmhand, Sailor, Soldier and Trader—Unpopular Among Natives and Europeans—Exile Without Trial . There was not a more daring, nor a more resourceful, rebel leader in New Zealand than Te Kooti Rikirangi te Turuki. His exile, escape and revolt form o...
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Fought With Loyalists - Chapter XXXIV — Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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Although his brother Komere—and, probably, most of his other relatives—linked up with the Hauhaus, Te Kooti himself filled the role of a loyal warrior at the Siege of Waerenga-a-Hika in November, 1865. His conduct, however, aroused suspicions, and he was placed under arrest in the Bishop's house....
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A Gay Lothario - Chapter XXXIV — Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
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It seems that the loyal natives were also glad to see Te Kooti banished. Tuta Nihoniho told James Cowan —vide an article in the Lyttelton Times —that Te Kooti , on one occasion, abducted a dusky charmer by means of a clever and daring stratagem. In broad daylight he rode up to his inamorata's hom...
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