Travels in New Zealand: With a Map of the CountryCapper Press, 1973 - 174 pages Majoribanks, a Scottish writer, arrived in New Zealand in 1840. He describes the Boyd and Wairau massacres, and Maori cannibalism. |
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Page 68
... NELSON - Situated on the Middle Island , in Blind Bay , or Tasman's Gulf , at the south west entry of Cook's Straits , is also one of the Company's settlements , and was founded in 1841. The climate there is infinitely better than at ...
... NELSON - Situated on the Middle Island , in Blind Bay , or Tasman's Gulf , at the south west entry of Cook's Straits , is also one of the Company's settlements , and was founded in 1841. The climate there is infinitely better than at ...
Page 75
... Nelson were in reply to others from home , written only eight months pre- vious ; the most rapid communication that has yet taken place with the colony . The Nelson brings a few tons of flax , exported by Messrs . Ridgways , Guy- ton ...
... Nelson were in reply to others from home , written only eight months pre- vious ; the most rapid communication that has yet taken place with the colony . The Nelson brings a few tons of flax , exported by Messrs . Ridgways , Guy- ton ...
Page 119
... Nelson to Auckland , and dated 9th August , 1843 . " For the recent bloodshed , I am to observe , an awful responsibility has been incurred ; what is the degree of criminality of those concerned in the fatal conflict , and on whom that ...
... Nelson to Auckland , and dated 9th August , 1843 . " For the recent bloodshed , I am to observe , an awful responsibility has been incurred ; what is the degree of criminality of those concerned in the fatal conflict , and on whom that ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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