'Engagement with Rebel Maoris', attacks in the Hūnua Ranges (1863)
Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 132, 13 November 1933, Page 5
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'Ten Charges. Horse Stealing Alleged', Whakatīwai, 1930
Franklin Times, Volume XX, Issue 75, 2 July 1930, Page 5
Conflict between the patupaiarehe of Te Aroha and Rangitoto Mountains
Te Aroha Maunga, Hauraki (Please note: I do not own this image or rights to its use. Please let me know if you know from whom I may seek permission to use this image .) The following story was published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society in 1921 and tells of conflict between the patupaiarehe of the Te Aroha-Moehau ranges (led by Ruatāne) and patupaiarehe of Rangitoto, Wharepūhunga and Maungatautari (led by Tarapīkau). The text beneath has not been edited. T HE PATU-PAIAREHE OF RANGITOTO AND TE AROHA. An elder of Ngati-Maniapoto narrates this tradition of the Patu-paiarehe of his district, a legend into which a considerable element of the marvellous enters:— In the days of old a chief named Rua-tane was the rangatira of the Patu-paiarehe tribe, who inhabited the forests of Te Aroha mountain and the wooded ranges extending thence northward to Moehau (Cape Colville). Tarapikau was the chief of the Patu-paiarehe who lived on the ranges of Rangitoto, Wharepuhunga, and...