Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The story of Te Waharoa : a chapter in early New Zealand history, together with sketches of ancient Maori life and history
Other Name
Story of Te Waharoa and Sketches of ancient Maori life and history (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Whitcombe & Tombs
Place
Date
1907
Physical Description
xv, 255 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2002-38 Jack William Goodwin - papers
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 089443 has "Sam Kronfeld" handwritten in ink on the inside front board. Also "E.G.B. Moss, Parnell, 1914" handwritten in ink on the title page.
Copy 128197 accompanied by newspaper item.
Copy 25650 stamped with "H. McIntyre" on the front endpaper. Also has "Johannes C Andersen" handwritten on the title page.
Content
The story of Te Waharoa. Part I -- Part II -- Part III. -- Sketches of ancient Maori life and history. The Maui Maori nation -- The Hawaiki Maori immigration -- Ngaeterangi of Tauranga -- The Ngatipukenga tribe -- The Ngatirewharo tribe -- The war of Ngatipukeko of Mataatua with Ngati Manawa of Te Arawa -- A Maori duel -- Another Maori duel -- Maori communism -- The Tuwhakairiora tribe -- The Hawaiki Maori immigration (supplementary chapter).
Public Access Text
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
"John Alexander Wilson was born probably on 21 April 1829 at CondΘ-sur-Noireau, Calvados, France, the eldest son of John Alexander Wilson, a naval officer, and his first wife, Anne Catherine Hawker. In 1832 his father was accepted as a lay preacher with the Church Missionary Society. The family sailed from London on 21 September 1832 on the convict ship Camden to Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. They continued on the Byron to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, arriving on 11 April 1833. Anne Wilson died at Te Papa mission station, Tauranga, on 23 November 1838, leaving her four young sons to be brought up by their father."--Te Ara, see link in this record for a fuller biography.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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