Attached here is a link to a page on the website of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. This page contains the audio of an interview with a man called William 'Toss' Hammond. This interview contains his recollections of a number of 19th/20th century Hauraki rangatira. Here is the link: https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/4940/ The text that appears on the Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision page is reproduced below. I have added spelling corrections. William "Toss" Hammond (born 1869), discusses Māori history of the Thames region, from European settlement onwards. He discusses Hongi Hika and his visit to England, his attack on the Tōtara Pa and the history of the Tōtara pa, Tainui and Ngāti Maru. Also mention other local iwi: Ngāti Hei, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Huarere. James Mackay and his relationship with Māori, land purchases, mining rights and the strategies used to obtain them, breaches of faith with Māori, schools, the career of Col. Fraser (magistrate and Mem...