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Te Puoho's last raid : the march from Golden Bay to Southland in 1836 and defeat at Tuturau / by Atholl Anderson ; foreword by Angus Ross.
- Title
- Te Puoho's last raid : the march from Golden Bay to Southland in 1836 and defeat at Tuturau / by Atholl Anderson ; foreword by Angus Ross.
- Author
- Anderson, Atholl.
- Publication
- Dunedin [N.Z.] : Otago Heritage Books, 1986.
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- Description
- 100 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (1 col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- In 1836 former Taranaki Māori cheif, Te Puoho and his Ngati Tama war party left Golden Bay in Nelson and traveled overland to raid the Southern Kai Tahu villages of Foveaux Strait, purported to be one of the last acts of Māori skirmishing and warfare in the South Island, it also represents the deepest incursion of Te Rauparaha's musket warfare.
- Series Statement
- Otago heritage books ; 16
- Uniform Title
- Otago heritage books ; 16.
- Alternative Title
- Te Puoho's last raid, the Battle of Tuturau, 1836-37
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Note
- Cover subtitle: the Battle of Tuturau, 1836-37.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 92-96.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Dr Angus Ross -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Down the coast -- 2. The inland settlements -- 3. The raiders strike -- 4. Mataura prisoners -- 5. Tuturau captured -- 6. Southern retaliation -- 7. Aftermath -- Appendices : 1. Te Puoho and his family -- 2. The route and the numbers -- 3. The date of the Tuturau affair -- 4. The motives -- 5. The sources -- 6. The centenary celebrations -- Maps -- References -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0959772324 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- zbn86058357^
- OCLC
- 25746872
- SCSB-11640534
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library