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The stirring times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa)

Title
The stirring times of Te Rauparaha (Chief of the Ngatitoa) by W.T.L. Travers. Also, the sacking of Kaiapohia, by J.W. Stack. Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs [1906].
Author
Travers, W. T. Locke (William Thomas Locke), 1819-1903.
Publication
[Auckland] [Wilson & Horton], [1971]

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Additional Authors
Stack, James West, 1835-1919.
Description
246 pages illustrations, map, portrait; 20 cm
Subject
  • Te Rauparaha, 1770?-1849
  • Te Rauparaha, 1770?-1849
  • To 1840
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > History
  • Ngāti Toa (New Zealand people) > Kings and rulers > Biography
  • Māori (New Zealand people)
  • Ngāti Toa (New Zealand people) > Kings and rulers
  • Ariki
  • Kōrero nehe
  • New Zealand > History > To 1840
  • New Zealand
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Note
  • NZ-112
  • First section originally published as Some chapters in the life and times of Te Rauparaha, Chief of the Ngatitoa, in Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, v. 5 (1872). Second section originally published in 1893 under title Kaiapohia; the story of a seige.
Contents
Stirring times of Te Rauparaha. Habits and customs of the Maoris -- Depopulation -- Childhood and early manhood -- Migration from Kawhia -- Occupation of Kapiti -- Struggle with the Ngaitahu -- Last phase -- Sacking of Kaiapohia. Kaiapoi of today -- Kaiapoi Pa -- Te Rauparaha's first visit to Kaiapoi -- Raid on Akaroa: life at Kaiapoi -- Siege of Kaiapoi -- Onawe: return to Kaiapoi -- Retaliation: peace.
LCCN
73151976
OCLC
  • ocm00659440
  • 659440
  • SCSB-158274
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library