The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
From a drawing by Major-General Gordon Robley, in “Illustrated London News.”] — Matata Pa after its Capture by the Arawa, 1865
From a drawing by Major-General Gordon Robley, in “Illustrated London News.”]
Matata Pa after its Capture by the Arawa, 1865
In the background is the niu, the Hauhau mast of worship, with a carved rupe, or dove, on the truck.