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SIXTY YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND
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SIXTY YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND
STORIES OF PEACE AND WAR
by
A. HOPE BLAKE
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
WELLINGTON, N.Z.
GORDON AND GOTCH PTY., LTD.
AUCKLAND, CHRISTCHURCH, AND DUNEDIN;
MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, BRISBANE, PERTH, AND LONDON
LONDON; HODDER AND STOUGHTON
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[PREFACE]
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PREFACE
I HAVE been asked to write a preface to this book. It scarcely needs one. The author wears the New Zealand war medal, honourably won, and he has known the colony and its inhabitants for more than sixty years. He is, therefore, entitled to tell these tales of the early days. As one of the younger generation, I can only say that I have read them with keen interest. In some of them, simple as they are, the writers of a coming generation may find the germ of a great story or a fine epic.
Pakeha and Maori have long since been at peace, and now mount guard together on the outer ramparts, ready, at any time, to spend money and blood in defence of our Empire to which each is proud to belong. We are friends again, and, as Kipling puts it--"when we bring old fights to mind, we will not remember the sin."
"Earth, where we rode to slay or be slain.
Our love shall redeem unto life;
We will gather and lead to her lips again
The waters of ancient strife,
From far and fiercely guarded streams
And the pools where we lay in wait.
Till the corn cover over our evil dreams
And the young corn our hate."
MALCOLM ROSS
New Zealand
1909
Correspondent of
"The Times"
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[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE MAORI UNDER CIVILISATION .... 1
CHAPTER II Nipped in the Bud......9
CHAPTER III The Hau Had Outbreak.....20
CHAPTER IV Colonisation in the 'Sixties .... 28
CHAPTER V "Not to be Bate"......34
CHAPTER VI Maori Peculiarities......38
CHAPTER VII The Big Earthquakes......43
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CHAPTER VIII Early Days in Napier.....49
CHAPTER IX Gate Pah Avenged......59
CHAPTER X The Unsophisticated Maori.....66
CHAPTER XI In Chase of Te Kooti.....70
CHAPTER XII The Tragedy at "The Star" .... 78
CHAPTER XIII Hospitality of the Maori.....83
CHAPTER XIV Early Recollections of New Zealand. . . 93
CHAPTER XV Some Remarks on Exploration .... 100
CHAPTER XVI A Night of Horror......106
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CHAPTER XVII A Shark Story ....... 112
CHAPTER XVIII A Pleasure Trip in the 'Sixties . . .117
CHAPTER XIX Dangerous Deserters......129
CHAPTER XX Mounting Guard...... .142
CHAPTER XXI The Savages of Otaki......148
CHAPTER XXII Maori Peculiarities......159
CHAPTER XXIII Characteristics in Trade and Religion . .165
CHAPTER XXIV A Pig-Hunt in the Early Days . . . .173
CHAPTER XXV Expecting Te Kooti......181
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CHAPTER XXVI Some Maori and Pakeha Notables . . . 189
CHAPTER XXVII Rewi Maniopoto.......197
CHAPTER XXVIII Public Works Immigrants.....200
CHAPTER XXIX Some Typical Friendlies.....208
CHAPTER XXX The Pakeha, the Maori, and the Kuri . . 216
CHAPTER XXXI Larry's Yarn.......222
CHAPTER XXXII A Great Canoe Race and some further Remarks on Maori Character........233
