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New Zealand -- History -- New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872 -- Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur S. Atkinson a Maori account of the campaign against the Hauhaus on the East Coast.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 90/4
Scope and Contents

Contains a Ngati Porou account of the campaign against the Hauhau on the East Coast, and the campaign against Te Kooti around Gisborne and the Urewera district; also contains notes about Maori customs surrounding the transfer of land, various waiata and information about the arrival of Christianity on the East Coast; also contains a biographical note and whakapapa about Te Kani-a-Takirau.

Dates: 1865 - 1879

Emily Way memoirs.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-72
Scope and Contents

'Echoes of long ago (or the past)' is a description of the life of missionary families in the Hot Lakes District; the visit of Dr Hochstetter, 1859; the flight to Tauranga, 1863; and the assault on Gate Pa, 1864. A typescript transcription is held with the photocopied manuscript.

Dates: ca. 1850-70