Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, Volume 1, Issue 2, November 1982

Lowther Broad–The Jubilee History of Nelson– (1892) pp. 45–70

Lowther Broad– The Jubilee History of Nelson– (1892) pp. 45–70

Judge Broad includes Rev. Samuel Ironside's reminiscences on p. 60–62, and John Kidson's account on page 62–63.

The essential facts surrounding the affray are set out in many standard histories of New Zealand, e.g.