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INDEX
ACTIVE sails for New Zealand, 57
Address in Reply, 309, 353, 400
Aderley, Mr., M. P., 289
Adventure and Resolution finally separate, 37
Adventure boat's crew killed, 44, chosen, 33, useless to Cook, 33
Agricultural Show, first in Canterbury, 376
Aihipene interviews Governor Browne, 428
Aihipene's peace proposals, 428
Akaroa claimed, 113
Alarm at Auckland, 268-289
Alarm in Wellington, 138
Alligator, H. M. S., atrocities committed by, 88
Anderson's description of Maoris, 45
Anderson, Mr., linguist, 43
Animal Life, 2
Appeals to New South Wales and Tasmania, 207
Arms and ammunition to Maoris, 342, 353, 414
Arms and ammunition to Maoris referred to Committee, 414
Arrival of first settlers, 136
Ashley, Lord, 254
Assertions, careless, 213
Auckland threatened, 268
Aurora, first immigrant ship, 136
BAILLIE, W. D. H., 423
Banks, Mr., his kindness to Tupia, 29
Bank of Australasia, 183
Baptist Minister protected, 392
Barnicoat, 190
Barrett, 117, 147
Bartley, 304
Batavia, sickness and death at, 29, 50
Battlefield, loathsome, 98 Batts, Miss, 8
Bell, Francis Dillon, 114, 321, 322, 402
Berkshire pigs imported, 178
Bible, influence of, 102, quoted, 337
Birds, 2
Bishop Selwyn, 338, 392, " " his courage at Kororareka, 230
Blackwall Breakfast, 167
Blakiston, Mr., 359
Blick, cloth weaver, 267
Blinkinsop, Mrs., 190
Breakfast at Blackwall, 167
Borrowing, provincial, 344
Bourke, Sir Richard, 106
Boyd, massacre of crew, 54
Bright, John, 254
Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales protects Marsden, 82
British Resident, 105
Brooks, 161
Brougham on rock, 172
Brown, Charles, 280, 312
Brown, Mr., 280, 347
Browne, Mrs. Gore, 419, 450
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, appeals for help to Australia, 390
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, appointed Governor of Tasmania, 454
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, arrival of, 318, commanding at Taranaki, 380
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, general sympathy of settlers with, 450
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, his promise, 319, his weakness, 319, 392
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, his wise reply to the Duke of Newcastle, 454
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, no match for Wiremu Kingi, 389
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, recalled, 450, reckless proposals to Fox and Co., 442
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, sails for Sydney, 454
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, speech to Maori chiefs, 419
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, spurns interview with Wiremu Kingi's daughter, 429
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, spurns offers of peace, 429
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, Valedictory Address to, debated, 452
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, Valedictory Address to, supported by only half the House, 453
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Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, visits Orakei, 419
Browne, Sir Thomas Gore, underrating dark skins, 334, 336
Brutal outrages on Maoris, 87
Buddle, Rev., 337
Buller, Rev. James, 348
Burnitt, Mr., 377
Burns, Rev., 260
Burns, Robert, 331
Busby, 105, 295, his Constitution Act, 109, his estimate of Maori soldiers, 107, his land claims, 111, shot at, 107
Cameron, General, arrives, 430, haughty demands of, 455
Cameron, General, his wasteful expenditure, 455
Cameron, General, unfit for his post, 430
Campbell, Dr. John Logan, 312, 323
Canterbury, distinctive character of its population, 436
Canterbury elections, 421, settlers, 262
Captain Carthorse, 178
Capture of Rauparaha, 244
Cargill, Captain, 260, death of, 418, elected Superintendent of Otago, 287
Cargill, Captain, funeral of, 418, last speech, 374, meets Provincial Council, 299, 347
Cargill, Captain, proud of his countrymen, 374
Carleton, 401, as an M. H. R., 406, proposes Committee of Enquiry, 405
Carthorse, Captain, 178
Cattle, increase of, 85, wild, 84, working, 147, 170, 175, 177
Cause of Maori War, 379
Celery as an anti-scorbutic, 16, 37
Census, 299
Chapman, Rev. A., 233
Character of Scotch settlers, 374
Cheviot sale, 372
Chinese labour, 285
Christchurch Press started, 435
Class combinations, 182
Clerk, John, assisting Queen, 183
Clifford, Mr. Charles, 301, 356, farewell speech of, 417
Clifford, Mr. Charles, vote of thanks, 417
Coates, Mr. Dandeson, 113
Cobden, Richard, 254
Committee of Safety, Wellington, 138
Company, New Zealand, end of, 273,, its impression on Earl Grey, 274
Confidence betrayed, 248
Consolidated Loan Bill, 320, guaranteed, 348
Constitution Act, 271, 275
Contrast between Christians and heathens, 98
Converts to Christianity, the first, 85
Convicts, proposed introduction of, 259, revolt of, on brig Elizabeth, 89, runaway, 102, 106, treatment of, 49
Cook, James, appointed Captain of Greenwich Hospital, 41
Cook, James, appointed Captain in Navy, 41
Cook, James, appointed Commander of Endeavour, 9
Cook, James, appointed Commander in Navy, 30
Cook, James, appointed Commander Master in, 7
Cook, James, appointed Commander Member Royal Society, 41
Cook, James, apprenticeship of, 6, before the mast, 6, capture of Maoris, 15, childhood, 6, contrasted with Furneaux, 41, courage and humanity of, 20, description of ice mountains, 39
Cook, James, encounter with Maoris, 13, 15, 20
Cook, James, Euclid first read by, 7, gold medal awarded to, 41, honours and promotion, 41, journal of, 5, killed at Tahiti, 46, married to Miss Batts, 8, meets Adventure in Ship's Cove, 35
Cook, James, in Newfoundland, 7, sailors' confidence in, 38, siege of Quebec, 7
Cook Strait, 23
Cook Town, 29
Cook, James, veracity of, 5, voyage, first, 9, second, 31, third, 43
Corner, Mr. John, 5
Cotterell, 190, 197, killed, 197, 201
Councils, nominated, 358
Council, nominee, met, 224
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Councils, provincial, 358
Courage of Grey, 271, Maori women, 373
Cowell, Commissioner, his report, 274
Cows first milked in Nelson, 177, for New Zealand, 57, worked in yoke, 177
Crimes at Bay of Islands, 102
Crozet, Captain, 22
Cruelty of fear, 207
Cullen, 177
Current prices, 357
Customs duties, 242
Cutfield, Mr. George, 347
Cutten, first Editor of Otago Witness, 261
Dangerous steering, 247
Darwin at Waimate, 95, one bright spot in New Zealand, 97
Darwin, truth and accuracy of, 218, with Fitzroy, 217
Daughter of Wairemu Kingi, 429
Davies, Richard, 93, 94, 95
Death of children on Lloyds, 164
Debentures, Fitzroy's, recalled, 239
Deborah, schooner, 214
Decrease of Maori population, 97
Defalcations of Macandrew, 424
Defective Muskets, 188
Defence Committee, 138
Defenceless state of Nelson, 211
Defenceless state of Wellington, 138
Deffenbach, Dr. Earnest, 114
Denniston, Sir William, Governor of New South Wales, 393
Denniston, Sir William, his letter to Secretary of State, 394
Denominational Education, 345
Denominational Settlement, 259, No. 2, 262, 263
Denominations in New Plymouth, 153
Deputation to Governor Browne, 431
Despard, Colonel, 234, his despatch to Governor, 234
Despard, Colonel, his rash assault on Heke's Pah, 234
Despard, Colonel, one hundred and seven men shot in ten minutes, 234
Destruction of Kororareka, 229
Devoted courage of Maori woman, 373
Dialogue between Colonel Wakefield and Mr. Tuckett, 157
Difficulties with land claims, 247
Diptheria, 366
Division on No-Confidence, 448, War Policy, 405
Division, equal, 413
Divisions, 323, 415, 434, 448, on Lyttelton tunnel, 434
Domett, Alfred, 213, 321, his election speech, 421
Drawn game, a, 414
Drury, Commander, 313
Ducking ganger, 174
Duke Roxburgh, arrival of, 136
Duppa, George, 177, 178
Dusky Bay, 34
Earthquake of 1848, 258, 1855, 312
Eccentric Police Magistrate, 171
Economical Government, 350
Education Acts, 317, denominational, 345
Education in Auckland, 435
Education of Maoris, 86
Ekawa arrested at Massacre Bay, 188
Electoral Bills, 359
Election, General, 1860, 420
Elections in Canterbury, 421, Marlborough, 421, Nelson, 421, Otago, 422, Taranaki, 421, Wellington, 423
Eliot, Charles, 180, 285, 331
Eliot, James, 180
Elizabeth, brig, 89
Endeavour, arrived in Downs, 30, chosen by Palliser and Cook, 28-29
Endeavour, her condition at Batavia, 29, kindness received at Capetown, 80
Endeavour, no fresh provisions, 29, on the Australian rocks, 28, saved by 1/8-inch of wood, 29, total of deaths, 30
England, Captain, 195
Enough Korero, 389
Evans, Dr., 141, 179
Examiner, Nelson, 180
Executive Council, 303
Eyre, Edward John, 259
Farm at Waimate, 94
Farmers, prosperous, 350
Farm for food, 175
Feast, Maori, at Remuera, 223
Featherston, Dr., best speech, 402, elected Superintendent, 281
Featherston, Dr., first speech in the House, 305
Featherston, Dr., land purchases, one of three Fs., 179, 296, 436
Featherston, Dr., resumes responsibility, 373
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Featherston, Dr., triumphant, 423
Fifeshire, 168
Fighting about a bit of wood, 227
Fight, sham, Maori, 223
Finance, economy in, 1859, 416
Financial speech, good, 415, Statement, 353
Firearms to Maoris, 116, 206
First engagement of troops at Waitara, 389
First Governor's speech, 302
First new province in difficulties, 418
First New Zealand Parliament dissolved, 319
First Settlers, 170
Fitzgerald, J. E., 296, 298, 301, 310, " " elected Superintendent, 285
Fitzgerald, J. E., Lyttelton tunnel, 367, on salmon and deer, 367
Fitzgerald, Thomas Henry, 368, 400, 411
Fitzherbert, 321, 412, one of three Fs. of Wellington, 179
Fitzherbert, reply to Jollie, 444
Fitzroy, Governor, 217, boastful addresses, 219, 220, 221
Fitzroy, Governor, buying Heke like a pig, 228
Fitzroy, Governor, casing flag-staff with iron, 229
Fitzroy, Governor, customs duties, 226, debentures issued, 225, debt, 225, deception, arts of, 221, departure, 236, description of Maori review, 223
Fitzroy, Governor, Devil's missionaries, 219
Fitzroy Governor, fighting about a bit of wood, 227
Fitzroy, Governor, finance, 225, Income Tax, 228, insolvency, 222, insults to Nelson settlers, 220
Fitzroy, Governor, interest paid to Bank 12 1/2 per cent, 225
Fitzroy, Governor, irresistible force, 220, lamentations received, 218
Fitzroy, Governor, libel on Nelson settlers, 202
Fitzroy, Governor, manner to settlers, 2x9, meeting with Rauparaha, 220
Fitzroy, Governor, Nominee Council, 221, 223, 224, 225, 228
Fitzroy, Governor, Property Tax, 228, Rauparaha's speech to, 199
Fitzroy, Governor, recalled, 235, reduced to one penny, 224, 228
Fitzroy, Governor, rudeness at levee, 219, ten shilling proclamation, 222
Fitzroy, Governor, Wakefield abused by, 219
Flag-staff cut down, 227, 228, erected by Maoris, 241
Flour scarce, 136
Food, natural, 85, scarce, 85, to provide, 175
Forsaith produces Kingi's letter, 401
Forty thieves, Nelson, 181
Fowls left at Table Bay, 37, pigs, and goats left at Ship's Cove, 38
Fox, William, 182, 321, 323, 352, 441, absent from House, 355, attacks Governor Browne, 46
Fox, William, defeated by own supporters, 451
Fox, William, defeats Richmond by one vote, 451
Fox, William, defends Wellington Independent, 366
Fox, William, foresight for labourers, 176, , forms Ministry, 449, ministerial seats degraded,
413
Fox, William, Ministry, 449, motive for accepting office,
449
Fox, William, one of three F's. of Wellington, 179
Fox, William, opposes war, 436, Opposition leader, 326, proposes Committee on
Arms Bill, 414
Fox, William, proposes no-confidence motion, 446
Fox, William, repeal New Provinces Act, 451
Fox, William, retort to Stafford, 446, " " testimonial, 177, unsuccessful as peacemaker, 455
Fraudulent land orders, 168
French at Akaroa, 113
Frenchmen disliked by Maoris, 28
F's., three, of Wellington, 179
Furneaux, 37
Ganger ducked, 174
Garden at Waimate, 94
Gardening by Cook, 35
Garden seeds left at Table Bay, 37
Geese left at Dusky Bay, 35
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Geldings, Nelson, high price of, 178
General Assembly not called first, 277
General Election, 1860, 420
George IV., 65
Geography of New Zealand, 1
Gibbs, Sir Osbourne, 400, 439
Gipps, Sir George, Governor of New Zealand, 130
Gipps, Sir George, his animosity to New Zealand Company, 130
Gipps, Sir George, his bad appointments, 130, 132
Gladstone at Board of Trade, 254, despatches of, 249, on Upper House, 275
Gloomy period in New Zealand history, 218
Godley, John Robert, 263, 265
Gods, Maori, 25
Gold, Colonel, gets home before dark, 391
Gold diggings, 266, in Nelson, 349, Otago, 426
Gore, Lieutenant, 19
Government, economical, 350, Provincial, 293, seat of, 129 Governor's speech, 302, 308, 353, 439, untrue, 400
Graham, editor of Otago News, 260
Grey, Captain, 237, appointed Governor of New Zealand, 239
Grey, Captain, attacks Ruapekapeka, 240, Australian work, 238, calls in Fitzroy's debentures, 239
Grey, Captain, consults Waka Nene, 239, difficulties, extraordinary, 239
Grey, Captain, firearms prohibited, 239, ., knighted, 253, lands in Auckland, 239, Maori constables appointed, 240
Grey, Captain, Maori magistrates appointed, 240
Grey, Captain, revenue, 242, 243, takes Ruapekapeka, 240
Grey, Earl, bad bargain, 273, Constitution Act offensive to Maoris, 252
Grey, Earl, Constitution Act set aside, 252, 272
Grey, Earl, instructions to Governor, 250, disobeyed, 251
Grey, Earl, mistake admitted, 252, opinion of Sir George Grey, 291
Grey, Lady, 264
Grey, Sir George, 254, autocrat, good, 255, courage of, 271, departure, 289, 292, effect of his Government, 289
Grey, Sir George, hopes inspired by his return, 454
Grey, Sir George, land regulations, 267, no longer free to do his
best, 454
Grey, Sir George, on Nominated Chamber, 274
Grey, Sir George, protects Auckland, 269, returns to Auckland, 454, secretive, 272, visit to Otago, 262
Grosse, Governor of New South Wales, 51
Guarantee of Consolidated Loan, 348
Guard, Captain, 87
Hadfield, Archdeacon, 382, 383, abuse of, copied into Lyttelton Times, 386
Hadfield, Archdeacon, abused in Nelson Examiner, 386
Hadfield, Archdeacon, as a witness, 412, attacked by Richmond, 401
Hadfield, Archdeacon, letter to Secretary of State, 393
Hadfield, Rev. Octavius, 199, 206, 210
Hairtrigger, racehorse, 177
Hall, Mr. John, 322, 352, 361, 398, mild in opposition, 353
Hall, Mr. William, 54, 57
Hanson, Lieutenant, 50
Harwood, Captain of convict brig, 89
Hawke's Bay, 367, in difficulties, 418
Hazard, H. M. S., 228, 230, Captain captured by Hone Heke, 231
Heale, Mr., 400
Heaphy, Charles, 161, 189, draughtsman, 114, his letter from Nelson, 163
Heu Heu, Taupo Chief, 337
High Treason at Wellington, 140
Hill, St., 142
History of New Zealand, gloomy period in, 218
Hobbs, 91
Hobson, amiable incapacity, 123, appointed Governor, 143, arrival, 121, choosing seat of Government, 131, death, 146, financial difficulties, 144, first visit to Wellington, 143
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Hobson, Glendon, purchases, 145, last straw, 146, paralysed, 131, petition for his recall, 142, re-appoints Gipps' officers, 144, sensible proceedings at Wellington, 143
Hobson, Stanley's rebuke, 146
Hochstetter, Dr. 377
Holmes and Cos', contract, 434
Homebush races, 369
Home, Sir Everard, 210
Hone Heke, 226, block house taken, 229, buying him like a pig, 228, churches, protected, 229-230, despair and death, 241, " " destroys Kororareka, 229, flag-staff cut down, 227, generous conduct, 230, his new pah, 233, no food or water in blockhouse, 230
Hone Heke's protection of signalman's family, 230
Hone Heke, reward for apprehension of, 228
Hone Heke, ropes and ladders, left behind, 235
Hone Heke's stockade blown up, 230
Hone Heke, women and children, protected, 230
Hone Heke wounded, 234
Hongi, 61, appearance and manners, 64, as a general, 66, death, 67, destructive wars, 65, much to admire, 68, obtains firearms, 65, visits England, 64
Hooper, George, 332
Hopper, Petre and Molesworth, 137 Horses for New Zealand, 57, 137, starved to death, 151, trespassing, killed, 85
Howard at Tua Marina, 15
Hulme, Colonel, attacks Heke, 233, conducts retreat, 234, his dead buried by Heke, 234
Hulme, Colonel, repulsed by Heke, 234, thanked by Fitzroy, 234
Hulse, Mr., 280
Ice mountains described, 39
Ice supplies good water, 33
Ihaia murders Katatore, 341
Improvements taxed, 318
Incapacity of Colonel Wakefield, 174
Income Tax, 228 Industrial farm, 175
Ipsley drowned, 178
Ironsides, Rev. Samuel, 198, 205, 206
Jollie, 283, 440
Jones, William, imports, farmer, 178
Jurymen, ill-used, 262, special, 181
Justice denied, 187
Kaiapoi destroyed, 80, heroic defence of, 79
Kaiteretere, 161
Kapuorua, Kingi's fighting chief, 429
Katatore murdered, 341
Kendal, 57
Kerikeri contrasted with Bay of Islands, 98
Kidnapping Maoris, 51
King, Governor of New South Wales, 52
King-maker, 335, 395, 427, leads back 400 Waikatos, 429
King, Maori, movement, 335
King, John 54, 57
Kitson, Mr. John, 198
Kopara Ngatimetu, 396
Kororareka destroyed, 229, refugees in Auckland, 232
Labour, cheap, 285
Labourers demoralised, 174, New Zealand Company's 173, wages of, 152
Ladies, influence of, 445
Land, agricultural, at Nelson, 189, dear, 285, 286, graspers, 125, laws, Grey's, 167, monoply, 182, 436, occupiers should be unmolested, 126, orders, fraudulent, 168, purchase, large, 118, purchasers, original, 181, sales, 345, titles, 119, title, secure, valuable, 127, upheaval in Wellington, 315
Last meeting of first Parliament, 317
Leigh, Mr., 60, 87, 91
Legislative Council, 317, nominated, 274, urging to war, 416, Councillors appointed, 423
Leicester sheep imported, 178
Life or death, 445
Lloyds, emigrant ship, 164, deaths on, 164
Loan Bill, consolidated, 320
Local self-government, 344
Lord Auckland, 169
Lyttelton, Lord, 289
Lyttelton Times, 285, 350
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Lyttelton Times first published, 265
Lyttelton tunnel, 367, 372
Macandrew, James, 311, 367, accuses his accusers, 426
Macandrew, James, defalcations, 424, Government petitioned to remove, 425
Macandrew, James, letter to Provincial Council, 425
Macandrew, James, opinions of Press, 426, " " resigns, 425, stands for re-election, 425
Macandrew, James, votes recorded, 426 MacDonald, Nelson banker, 211 MacGlashan, 424
Mackay, his umbrella, 306
MacLean, Mr. D., 337, 396, 429, as a witness, 412
Macquarie, Governor, a false accuser, 82 Magistrates grant summons for arson, 191 Mair, arm broken, 86
Maori advantages in war, 395, as found by Cook, 3, 23, at Massacre Bay, 188, Bible influence on, 102, Chiefs (seven) interview Governor Browne, 428
Maori Commissioners, 99, degeneration, 2, described by Mr. Anderson, 45, devoted courage of, 28, education, 86, gods, 25, Governor Grey's opinion of, 235, in Nelson, 165, kidnapped, 51, King movement, 335, land titles extinguished, 259, meeting at Ngaruawahia, 395, origin, 2, petition to Queen, 392, population decreased, 97, overstated, 97, religion, 25, review of troops, 223, teach one another, versus British officers, 389, war, cause of, 379, woman's devotion, 373, women degenerated, 36, wrongs, 87
Mare, thoroughbred, Emilia, 177
Marion, Captain, 26
Marlborough separates from Nelson, 369
Marsden, Samuel, 48, accusations of, 82, advice on Church Missions, 53
Marsden, Samuel, blessed by Maoris, 101, character of, 103, death of, 103, farming neglected, 83, first sermon, 59, first voyage to New Zealand, 57
Marsden, Samuel, Hokianga, 100, " " marriage, 49, Martha, 99, 100, 101, Miss, 99, Samuel, meets Captain Hobson, 103
Marsden, Samuel, partial success, 83, peacemaker, 86, 97, purchase of Kerikeri, 60 Rattlesnake return to Sydney, 103
Marsden, Samuel, second visit to New Zealand, 60
Marsden, Samuel, seventh and last visit to New Zealand, 99
Marsden, Samuel, sixth visit to New Zealand, 94
Marsden, Samuel, theology, 50, triumphant refutation, 83
Marsden, Samuel, weakest point, 84, work finished, 103
Martin, Hugh, 178
Martin, Sir William, 213
Mary Ann, 169
Massacre Bay, arrest of Ekawa, 188
Massacre of Adventure's boat's crew, 44 , Boyd's crew, 54
Matson, Mr. G., 376
Melbourne Argus on New Zealand merino sheep, 321
Merino sheep, bred by Mr. Rich, 432, sale in Christchurch, 432
Milch cow, first in Nelson, 177
Military settlements, 258
Mill at Waimate, 94
Miners' Franchise Bill, 415, division on, 415, fatal mistake, 415
Ministers, cost of, 350, 416
Ministers, first, 303
Minority Ministry resign, 308
Ministers, only one paid in 1859, 416
Missionaries at Hokianga, 91
Missionaries, Governor Grey's tribute to, 257
Missionary land claims, 356
Monopoly of land, 182
Monro, Dr. David, 181, 213, 214, 303, 311, 330, 360
Monro, Dr. David, elected for Marlborough, 421
Monro, Dr. David, elected Speaker of House of Representatives, 438
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Monro, Dr. David, speech on Maori war, 410
Moore, 161
Moorhouse, Mr. Benjamin, 322, 376
Moorhouse, W. S., address from Provincial Council, 435
Moorhouse, W. S., ovation, 433, sanguine advice, 434
Morality at Waimate, 97, 102
Mount Cook, 1
Mules, imported, 137, 178
Murder by the Strakers, 376
Murder of Tasman's sailors, 4
Muskets, defective, 188
Nation, Mr., 351
Native Offenders' Bill, 413
Nelson, Colonist, 351, conditions of sale, 154, defenceless, 211
Nelson Examiner, 180, 332, property of New Zealand Company, 180
Nelson, first settlers, 154, gold, 349, harbour, 161, land sales, 154
Nelson Magistrates, 212, Provincial Council, 346, reasons for going to Blind Bay, 166, rich in able public men, 180, settlers emigrate, 436, Supper Party, 81, 283, Tweed, 267
Newcastle, Duke of, 289, recalls Governor Browne, 450
New Plymouth, 147, denominations in, 153
New Provinces Act, 304, 354, 415
Newspaper, first in New Zealand, 179, second, 180, third, 180
Newspapers clamouring for revenge, 428
New Zealand Advertizer, 180, Association, 112, Company, 113, Company's labourers, 213, first seen by Cook, 11 , Tasman, 4, Gazette, 179, Geography, 1, labourers, 173, possession claimed, 113
Nga Roimata, strangled, 78
No Confidence in Fox Ministry, 451, Stafford Ministry, 446
Nominee Council meets, 224, 226
Number of members increased, 317
Obstinate Quaker, 263
Ohaeawai pah, 234
Omai, 43, 44, 46
Oriental arrival, 136
Original Land Purchasers' Association, 181
Original Maoris, 3
Origin of Maoris, 2
Orr, John, grogseller, 164
Otago, distinctive character of population, 436
Otago, first Judge, 261, land for, purchased, 216, News, 260, progress in, 432, settlers, the first, 259, Witness, 261
Painter, Richard, 196
Palliser, Sir Hugh, 8
Panic in Wellington and Nelson, 207
Parkinson, 190
Parliament, first dissolved, 319, first meeting, 301, first meeting of second, 321, first meeting of third, 438, last meeting of first, 316, opening with prayer, 301, unsuited to Maoris, 339, unattractive, 321
Party Government, 327, responsibilities, 379
Peace and prosperity restored, 242, proposed by Aihipene, 428, terms of, demanded by Governor Browne, 429
Peel, Michael, advertising, 183
Peel, Sir Robert, 254
Pene Tani, 234
Penny an acre proclamation, 228
Petition to King William, 109
Pigs, Berkshire, imported, 178
Pillage and murder, 390
Plymouth, New, 146, Chief Surveyor, 146, Company, 146, Directors and Governor, 146
Plymouth, New, first emigrant ship, William Bryan, 149
Plymouth, New, first oxen and horse, 149, garden of New Zealand, 148
Plymouth, New, title defective, 148, Wiremu Kingi's claim, 150
Police Magistrate, eccentric, 171 Pollen, Dr., 423
Pomare's treacherous capture, 233
Population, 299, 362, Maori, overrated, 97
Potatau, 336, the second, 397
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Potatoes grown in Wellington, 137
Pratt, General, 394, much respected, 430, returns to Melbourne, 430
Prayers in Parliament, 301
Press newspaper started, 435
Prices, current, 350
Prisoners slaughtered, 197, 201
Proclamation by Shortland, 140
Progress in Otago, 432
Property Tax, 228
Prosperity, general, 350, in South Island, 436
Prosperous farmers, 350
Provincial borrowing, 344, Council in Auckland, 346, Nelson, 346, Otago, 347, 423
Provincial Councils called first, 277, Governments, 327
Puaha, 192
Quaker, obstinate, 263
Quarrels and earthquakes, 310
Race, first in Nelson, 177
Race, Australian champion, 371
Races at Homebush, 369
Rangi, first Christian convert, 85
Rangihaeata, 199, 243, 246
Rangihaeata's wife killed, 195, 199, 201
Rangiriri great meeting, 336
Rauparaha, 70, at Kawhia, 71, canoes wanted, 73, capture by Grey, 244, crying infant strangled, 72, cunning, successful, 71, death, 246, defeats Whero Whero at Taranaki, 72
Rauparaha, defeats Waiharoa at Taranaki, 72
Rauparaha, degradation, 245, degraded by fire water, 81, described by Colonel Wakefield, 118
Rauparaha, destruction at Wanganui, 80, discipline complete, 72, escape from Toheriri, 73, exodus from Kawhia, 72, forbids survey of Wairau, 190, joins Waka Nene, 71, Kaiapoi destroyed, 79, resists successfully, 77, Kaikoura devastated, 76, Kapiti, allies repulsed from, 75, captured, 74, coveted, 71, learns a lesson, 189
Rauparaha, return to Kapiti, 245, revenge on Toheriri, 74, speech to Fitzroy, 199, treachery at Hotuiti, 74
Redwood, Mr. Henry, Australian Champion Sweepstakes, 371
Redwood, Mr. Henry, at Homebush, 369, at Melbourne races, 369
Redwood, Mr. Henry, bay gelding Strop, 371
Redwood, Mr. Henry, best farm and mill, 371
Refugees in Auckland, 232
Refund to provinces, 415
Remeura review, 223
Repa, 233
Representation, defective, 352
Rerewhaka defeated and tortured, 76
Resolution, 33
Responsible government, 294, 303
Revans, Mr. Samuel, 306, editor and printer, 179
Review of Maori troops, 223
Revolt of convicts on board the Elizabeth, 89
Richmond, C. W., 394, 296, 321, 380, best speech, 447, coarse speech, 404, good financial speech, 415
Richmond, C. W., instructions to Parris, 386, offensive speech, 401, proposes vote of No Confidence in Fox Ministry, 451
Richmond, C. W., questions Hadfield and McLean, 412
Richmond, C. W., versus Hadfield, 401
Riwai, Te Ahu, Rev., 382, 387
Roachford, Mr., 377
Robinson, Mr. John Perry, 331, 332
Rock penetrating Endeavour, 28
Rongo, 195, 199, 201
Ross, Mr., on Lyttelton tunnel, 435
Ruatara at home, 57, Paramatta, 55, death, 59, Mrs., 57, death of, 59, on board the Ann, 54
Runs, sheep, 182
Russell, Lord John, 182
Salaries of Ministers, 350
Sale of arms to Maoris, 342, 353
Saunders, Alfred, 178, 331, amendment adopted, 446, declines Colonial Treasurership, 449
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Saunders, Alfred, elected for Waimea, 421
Saxon nominated Superintendent, 284
Scab carelessly introduced, 178
Scotch character, 374
Scurvy avoided, 32, 37, prevented, 16, 37
Seat of Government, 129, 131, 324
Second Parliament dissolved, 417
Select Committees, thirty in 1860, 415
Self defence suppressed, 139
Self reliant policy, 93
Selwyn, Bishop, 337, courage at Kororareka, 230, protests too much, 256, 338, returns from England, 367, trusted by Gladstone, 249
Separation meetings, 368
Servants at Waimate, 96
Serville, M. de, 26
Session of 1860, 398
Settlements, denominational, 259, military, 258
Settlers, first, 170, in country unprotected, 421, in Otago, the first, 259, starving, 151, unarmed, 422
Sewell, character, 406, free fight in House, 306, forms Ministry, 322, his Ministry defeated, 323, in England, 348, motion on Archdeacon Hadfield, 412, reputation gained in England, 399, resigns his seat, 328, return to New Zealand, 367
Sham fight, Maori, 223
Sheep at Waimate, 94, imported, 178, runs, 182
Ship Cove, 21, 44
Shortland Willoughby, 132, 139, 140, 204
Shortland, Willoughby, actions not endorsed by Fitzroy, 185
Shortland, Willoughby appointed Governor of Nevis, 217
Shortland, Willoughby, appoints Thompson and Richardson, 184
Shortland, Willoughby, approves of expedition to Massacre Bay, 189
Shortland, Willoughby, borrowing in Australia, 183
Shortland, Willoughby, calls no Nominee Council, 184
Shortland, Willoughby, gives County Court to Nelson, 184
Shortland, Willoughby, incorrigible, 280, lamentations of settlers, 218
Shortland, Willoughby, misery inflicted on New Zealand, 217, 218
Shortland, Willoughby, obstructing Tuckett, 214
Shortland, Willoughby, provokes war, 184, re-appointed by Hobson, 144
Shortland, Willoughby, restrained by Swainson, 184
Sickness at Batavia, 29
Sinclair, Dr., Secretary to Fitzroy, 217
Skottowe, Mr., 6
Slain at Tua Marina, 197, 201
Slaughter of prisoners, 197, 201
Soldiers from New South Wales and
Tasmania, 209, 227, 232, 234
Soldiers killed, 269, Maori, reviewed, 223, Grey's opinion of, 245, used to enforce land sales, 342
Southdowns, imported, 178, killed by pig dog, 178
South Island circumnavigated, 23
Southland separates from Otago, 432
Special jurymen, 181
Speech of Governor, untrue, 400
Stack and Hobbs, 91
Stafford, absence, disastrous, 378, defence of War Ministry, 446, difficulties, 379, elected Superintendent, 284, 297, 321
Stafford, election speech at Nelson, 420, goes to England, 365, Loan Bill, 330, Ministry, 324, 328, defeated by one, 448, resign, 448, second vote of No Confidence in Fox Ministry, 451
Stafford, speech at Nelson, 328, tries declamation, 445
Stakers, murderers, 376
Starvation, to prevent, 175, prevented by Fox, 176
Starving settlers, 151
Stewart, Captain of Elizabeth, brig, 77
Stewart, Captain, dropped dead, 79
Stokes, Edward, 198
Strop, race horse, 369, 370
Sugar and blanket policy, 269
Superintendents, 278, abused, 374, elected, 367, election in Auckland, 279, Canterbury, 285.
Superintendent's election in Nelson, 282, New Plymouth,. 280
Superintendent's election in Otago, 286, Wellington, 281
Supper party, Nelson, 181, 283
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Surveyor's men at Nelson, 157, young "improvers," 157
Swainson, William, eloquent appeal, 417, real Governor in 1854, 316
Swainson, William, refined satire, 440, restrains Shortland, 213
Swainson, William, the best lawyer, 304
Sydney Morning Herald, 307
Tahiti, 10, 37
Tomaiharanui, 77, strangles his daughter, 77, tortured, 77
Tancred, 359, 453
Taranaki deputation to Governor Browne, 431
Taranaki elections, 421, News,, refugees at Nelson, 431, settlers sent to Nelson, 390
Tasman, 4
Taxation of improvements, 318
Tayeto, 10, 29, seizure of, 16
Teira selling land, 380
Te Rongo killed, 195
Terreoboo, 46
Thames River, 19
Thierry, Baron de, 108, his land claims, 109
Thompson, police Magistrate, arrival in Nelson, 171
Thompson, police Magistrate, at Tua Marina, 193
Thompson, police Magistrate, death, 201, folly as a leader, 203
Thompson, police Magistrate, owner of Emilia, 177
Thompson, police Magistrate, triumphant return from Massacre Bay, 189
Thoroughbred mare Emilia, 177
Tipahe, 52, 55, 56
Todd imports cattle, 177
Tohitapu, Mrs., 106
Tookee and Woodoo, 51
Tory ship, 114
Travers, W. T. L., as a candidate, 311, conducts Mr. Robinson's case for libel, 333
Travers, W. T. L., defeated, 422, Liberal professions, 330, overwhelmed with attentions, 324
Travers, W. T. L., supports Mr. Saxon's candidature, 283
Treason, High, at Wellington, 140
Treaty of Waitangi, 121, 249
Trees, large, 19
Trees at Waimate, 97
Truth of Charles Darwin, 218
Tua Marina tragedy, 186, 193, victims, 197
Tuawaiki, 216
Tuckett, Mr., as Company's agent, 176, dialogue with Col. Wakefield, 157
Tuckett, Mr., goes to Wellington, 204, purchases 400,000 acres from Maoris, 216
Tuckett, Mr., searches for land in Blind Bay, 162
Tuckett, Mr., selects site for Scotch settlement, 213
Tuckett, Mr., takes missionaries on Deborah, 214
Tuckett, Mr., takes wounded to the brig, 197, Wohler's opinion of Tuckett, 215
Tunnel, Lyttelton, 367
Tupia, 10, 23, 29, cause of his death, 30
Turnagain, Cape, 16
Turner, Mr., burned out, 92
Turner, Mrs., 91
Tweed made in Nelson, 267
Tyrannical interference, 139
Underrating the Darkskins, 334
Unemployed, first meeting, 372
Venus, Transit of, 10
Victims at Tua Marina, 197
Wages in Nelson, 164, New Plymouth, 151, 152
Waharoa, Te, 335, 395
Waikato Chiefs, 419
Waikouaiti, 214
Waimate farm, 94, most moral place, 97, 102
Wairau massacre, 186, separates from Nelson, 369
Waitangi, Treaty of, 121, 249, effect of, 123, vagueness of its language, 127
Waitara block, 342, offered by Teira, 380, refused by Wiremu Kingi, 380, title to be investigated, 440
Waitemata chosen Seat of Government, 132
Waka Nene, 227, 233, advice disregarded, 234, adviser of Governor Grey, 269, consulted by Governor Grey, 239, generous conduct, 241
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Waka Nene, peacemaker, 241
Waikatu, 161
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, at Tua Marina, 194
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, character, 155, no employment for labour, 174
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, no firearms to support authority, 188
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, on the Bench, 191
Wakefield, Captain Arthur, welcome to first settlers, 170
Wakefield, Colonel, 113, and Tuckett, 157, Chairman of Defence, 141
Wakefield, Colonel, driven to hasty purchases, 116
Wakefield, Colonel, instructions, 115, 116, large land purchase, 118
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, an advocate of Responsible Government, 303
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, bitter party spirit, 310
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, character, 114, Governor's adviser, 305
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, not timid, 113, transactions in land, 115
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, theory of colonisation, 112
Wakefields, 112, character of, 114
Wakefield system, 172
Walker? Mary, 41
Wanganui separation meeting, 368
War, danger and desolation, 435, declared by Governor Browne, 387, denounced by Mr. Swainson, 416, effect on Colony, 435, material sold to Maoris, 342, not made with rose water, 443, policy, division on, 405, urged on by Legislative Council, 416
Ward, Crosbie, 360
Warrant to arrest Rauparaha, 212
Watkin, missionary, 214
Weld, Mr., 301, 303, 360, 402
Wellington Independent, 366, members absent, 354
Wesleyans fraternity with Marsden, 92, 100
Wesleyans missionaries' success, 91, printing press, 91, protected at Kerikeri, 90, 92, retire from Whangaroa, 90
Whangaroa left by Wesleyans, 90
Wheat at Waimate, 94, high price in Nelson, 377
Whero Whero, 395, adviser of Grey, 269, appointed King, 336, 340, death of, 397, his last words, 419, his soldiers, 222, likeness, 341, sale of arms to Maoris, 354, visits Fitzroy, 224
Whitaker. 280, 312, 359
Whitby and Will Watch, 155
White, Magistrate at Nelson, 172-186
Whitely, Rev., 403
Williams, Henry, fighting, 86, land claims, 248, misguides Hobson, 123
Williams, Henry, seat of Government advised by, 132
Wilkie, Mr. William, 351
Wilkin, Mr. Robert, 376
Wilmot, Sir Eardly, 213
Wiremu Kingi claim to Waitara, 150, 401, 404, 427, 440
Wiremu Kingi, his action justified, 381, 394
Wiremu Kingi's letter to Archdeacon Hadfield. 385
Wiremu Kingi's letter to Colonel Murray, 388
Wiremu Kingi's letter to Governor Browne, 385
Wiremu Kingi refuses to sell, 380, women employed, 387
Wives and children left behind, 166
Wohlers, Rev., 214, his estimate of Tuckett, 215
Wohlers, Rev., landing in Ruapuke Island, 216
Women, Maori, degenerated, 36, Scotch, 265
Wood, Sir Walter, 274
Woodoo and Tookee, 51
Working cattle, 147, 170, 175, 177
Wrongs to Maoris, 87
Wynyard, Colonel, 302, absurd combination offices, 279
Wynyard Colonel, elected Superintendent, 279
ZINGARA, 369
Zoe, 369
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