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INDEX

• Abdication of Edward VIII, 345–346

• Aborigines Protection Society, 214

• Absentee Tax, 309

• Adoption of children, 314

• Advances to Settlers Act, 310

• Agriculture of the Maori, 53

• Air Force, R.N.Z., 354, 357

• Akaroa and the French, 134, 152

• Alexander, General, book, 377

• Allen, Sir James, 287, 329

• Alligator brig at Taranaki, 131, 132

• Alps of New Zealand, 28, 43–46

• Annexation, 25, 27, 139, 143–145

• Annexation proposals, 134, 135, 139, 140

• Arawa and Tainui, 50

• Arbitration Act, 328–329, 332, 336

• Arbitration, Court of, 317–320, 336

• Architecture of the Maori, 53, 54

• Atkinson, Sir Harry, 203, 204, 241, 246, 252, 253, 257, 258, 280

• Auckland chosen as capital, 153

• Ballance, John, 248–250, 264, 281–285, 297, 312

• Bank of New Zealand Act, 298

• Barker, Lady, book, 376

• Barrett the Whaler, 107, 118, 141

• Beaglehole, J. C., 378

• Bell, Sir Francis, 379

• Belshaw, H., 378, 379

• Bertram, Sir Anton, 293

• Bidwill's pamphlet on New Zealand, 375

• Bird-snaring, 53

• Blackwell's book on flora of New Zealand, 377

• Borrowing, Prevalence of, 237, 239, 240, 244, 246, 252, 288

• Boards of Control, 334

• Bowen, Charles, 248

• Boyd massacre, 93, 94, 101

• Browne, Governor, recalled, 196, 198, 205

• Bryce, Lord, reference to New Zealand in his book, 378

• Buick, T. L., 378

• Buller, Charles, 359

• Buller, Sir Walter, book, Birds of New Zealand, 377

• Buller (Wesleyan missionary), book, 375

• Busby as British Resident, 131–133

• Busby's Federation Scheme, 133

• Butcher, A. G., 379

• Butler, Samuel, book on New Zealand, 376

• Carroll, Sir James, 287

• Cameron, General, 207–209, 214, 215

• Canberra Pact, 360

• Cannibalism, 52, 155

• Canoes of Polynesians, 48, 54

• Canterbury settled, 179

• Carey, General, book, 377

• Cargill, Captain, 177

• Cattle introduced, 35

• Chamberlain, Joseph, 300

• Chapman, paper on greenstone, 376

• Characteristics of Maori, 47, 60–63, 98

• Chatham Islands escape, 219, 220

• Cheap Money Scheme, 289, 294

• Christchurch founded, 179

• Church endowment in the South, 185

• Church Missionary Society, 100, 103, 130, 140

• Churchill, Winston, 353

• Chute, General, 215

• Civilization and the Maori, 61

• Clean Shirt Ministry, 192

• Cliff scenery, 42, 43

• Climate, 28, 32, 33, 38

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• Clutha and Prohibition, 267

• Coalition Party, 335, 341

• Coal Mines Act, 321

• Coates, Hon. J. G., 331–343, 351, 355

• Cockayne's book on botany, 377

• Colenso's New Testament, 103, 104

  • book, 375

• Colonizing companies, 130

• Colony's status altered, 334

• Commissioners and New Zealand Company, 149

• Conciliation Boards, 318–320

• Condliffe, J. B., 329, 378

• Confiscation of native lands, 213, 218, 224

• Continuous Ministry, 245, 246

• Contractors, 314, 315

• Contrasts in scenery, 44

• Conveyance of land, 100

• Convicts and Maori, 90, 128

• Cook, Captain, 77–81

• Co-operative Contract System, 322

• Coromandel gold-fields, 232

• Coronation of George VI, 346

• Coston, H. E. T., 379

• Costume of the Maori, 54

• Cowan, J., 379

• Cowan's book, 376

• Creation of man, 69

• Crime, Absence of, 183, 369

• Crozet, 79, 82–85, 91, 375

• Cruelty of traders, 91–93

• Cruise's book, 375

• Customs duties, 252, 258

• Dairy produce exports, 251

• Dark side of Maori life, 59

• Darwin on New Zealand, 102

• Debts, private, 243

• Defeat at Puke-te-kauere, 203

• Dendy, Professor, book on Chatham Islands, 377

• Depreciation of land, 310

• Despard repulsed by Heke, 166, 167, 169

• De Surville at the Bay of Islands, 82, 83

• De Thierry, Baron, 379

• Discovery, 26

• Domett (“Waring”), 56

• Donne, T. E., 379

• Downie-Stewart, Hon, W., 331, 333, 336, 337, 379

• Drew, Lieut. H. T. B., History of the Great War, 378

• Drummond's book, Fauna of New Zealand, 377

  • Life of Seddon, 378

• Dunedin, 177, 228

• Earle's book, 375

• Economy Commission, 336

• Education, 64, 244, 248, 370–371

• Edward VIII, 345–346

• Egmont volcano, 44

• Elder, J. R., 338

• Electoral Bill, 312

• Eloquence of the Maori, 59

• Employers' Liability Act, 314

• Endeavour visited by the Maori, 79

• Episcopal Church in New Zealand, 179

• Escapes of Maori prisoners, 219

• Expeditionary Force, 1st N.Z., 329–330

  • 2nd, 351–355

• Export development, 243, 251

• Factories Act, 315, 316

• Financial changes, 243, 244, 251

• Firth, Raymond, 379

• Fitchett, Dr., 287

• Fitzgerald first Premier, 191

• Fitzroy, Governor, 160–164, 167

• Flood myth, 69

• Floods, 40

• Flora and fauna, 28, 30, 33, 37, 43, 45

• Forbes, G. W., 332–334, 336–343, 344

• Forest scenery, 28–31, 33, 42

• Forty-Hour Week, 344, 365

• Fox, Sir William, 182, 193, 205, 214, 226, 246

  • book, 377

• Franchise reforms, 271

• Fraser, Peter, 342, 354, 361

• French and English in New Zealand, 82–86, 134

  • attempts at colonization, 134, 152

• Freyberg, Maj.-Gen., 352, 353

• Frozen meat, 251

• Gallipoli, the “Anzacs,” 329

• Gambling, 371

• Gaols, primitive, 178

• Garnett, Dr. Richard, 179, 377

• General Assembly founded, 193

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• Gisborne's book, 377

• Glaciers and snow, 45, 46

• Gladstone and annexation, 140

• Godley, J. R., as administrator, 180

• Godley, General Sir A., 330

• Gold discovered in Otago, 227

• Gorst, Sir John, 205, 206

  • book, 378

• Grey and Atkinson, 241, 246, 253

• Grey, Earl, 172, 177

• Grey, Sir George, 167–176, 186–188, 214, 241

  • attacks Weraroa, 215

  • leaves New Zealand, 190

  • recalled, 205

  • second command, 236, 246, 249

• Grey's achievements, 171

  • book of legends, 376

• Gudgeon, Lieut., book on Maori War, 377

• Gum-digging, 233

• Gun-selling, 198

• Hadfield, the missionary, 128, 161

• Half-castes, 107, 190

• Hall and Atkinson, 246, 249, 251

• Hall, Sir John, 312

• Hamilton, Adam, 351, 355

• Hamilton's book on Maori Art, 375

• Hargest, Brig. James, 352

• Harris, Sir Austin, 338

• Harrop, A. J., 8, 327 ff, 378, 379

• Hau-Hau defeat at Moutua, 213

  • outrages, 211, 217, 219, 221–223

• Hau-Haus finally crushed, 223

• Hawaiki, 49, 50

• Hawkes Bay Earthquake, 333

• Hawes outrage, 94, 95

• Head-trading, 117

• Heaven and earth separated, 65, 66, 68, 69

  • and the Underworld, 65, 66

• Heké's bold acts, 164

• Heké craves peace, 169

• Hight, Sir James, 5 ff, 378

• Hobson and Auckland, 153

  • and Colonel Wakefield, 150

  • and the land-sharks, 145–147

  • character, 147, 154

• Hobson, William, 379

• Hochstetter Fall, 46

• Hocken, Dr., 376

• Hokitika founded, 230

• Holland, Mr. Henry, Labour leader, 334, 336, 337, 340

• Hongi chief of the Ngapuhi, 111, 116

  • at Rotorua, 113–114

• Hongi and the missionarics, 99, 112, 128

  • his treachery at Totara, 112

  • in England, 111

  • storms Metaki-taki, 113

• Hospitals and the State, 283

• Hot springs, 38, 39

• Hudson's New Zealand Entomology, 377

• Huka waterfall, 39

• Hursthouse's book, 376

• Hutchison, George, 287

• Hutton's book on New Zealand fauna, 377

• Hyde, Robin, 379

• Immigration, 368

• Imperial Conferences, 330, 333, 346–347

  • troops withdrawn, 215

• Imperialism, 174

• Income Tax, 308, 309, 310

• Industrial Conciliation, see under, Arbitration, Court of

  • schools, 314

• Infants' Life Protection Act, 314

• Inglis, Brig. L. M., 353

• Insurance Department, 238, 299

• Irish riots in Hokitika, 231

  • settlers, 26

• Jade, or greenstone, 49

• Joint-stock companies, 140

• Jordan, W. J., 350

• Kaiapoi attacked, 121

  • falls before Rauparaha, 124

• Kaikouras, 44

• Kauri gum, 233–235

  • pines, 233, 234

• Keesing, F. M., 378

• Kelly's escape, 96

• Kemp, 216

• Kennaway, L. J., book, 376

• Kepa, see, Kemp

• King, Truby, 367, 369

• King-maker, 197

• King movement, 197, 198, 205

• Kingi, see, Thompson, William

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• Kippenberger, Maj.-Gen., 379

• Kirk's book on New Zealand flora, 377

• Kororareka an Alsatia, 128

  • burnt, 165

• Labour Department, 321, 322

  • Disputes Investigation Act, 328

  • federation of, 328

  • laws, 314

  • members, 291

  • Party, 256, 327–329, 331–337, 340–351, 355, 361, 363, 365

    • problems, 251, 252

• Laing's book on New Zealand, 377

• Lakes, 38, 46

• Land Commissioners' strictures, 149

  • difficulties, 145, 198

  • law reforms and dissensions, 259–265

  • laws of Grey, 187

  • leasehold questions, 240, 261

  • Minister of, 254

  • purchase, 141, 197, 199, 225

  • purchase regulations of Fitzroy, 162, 163

  • questions, 186, 187

  • Tax, 251, 298, 309, 310

  • tenure in early Maori days, 50, 51

  • Transfer Law, 238, 247

• League of Nations, 350, 361

• Lee, Professor, 103, 104

• Legislative Council, 190, 311

• Liberal-Labour Party, 280, 283

• Liberal Party, 327, 331

• Liquor questions, 266, 286

  • on New Zealand, 375–379

  • Local administration, 241

• Lodging regulations, 316

• Lower House, 255

• Lunatic asylums, 283, 314

• Lynch law at Kororareka, 129

• MacDonald, Ramsay, 317

• Mackenzie, Sir Thomas, 287, 328

• Macquarie appoints magistrates, 129

• McCombs, J., 334, 337

• McDonnell, Colonel, 219

  • defeats Te Kooti, 223

• McKenzie, Sir John, 252, 262–264, 265

• McLean, Sir Donald, 225, 237, 240

• McMurtrie, A. F., 370

• Maori before the mast, 98

  • bravery, 208, 223

  • codes of observances, 57

  • customs and beliefs, 72–73

  • death and future existence, 72, 73

  • diseases, 60, 63

  • fishing, 48, 51

  • in the Great War, 354

  • language written, 103–105

  • lore and legend, 49, 65–68

  • Members of Parliament, 256

  • migration of the, 49

  • place names, 78

  • trading, 197

  • voyages, 48

• Maoris, other refs., 372–373

• Maning, the Pakeha Maori, 91, 157

• Maning's Old New Zealand, 375

• Marion du Fresne, 82–86, 87

• Marsden as missionary, 98–101, 110, 111, 135, 379

• Martin, Sir William, 172

• Mason, H. G. R., 379

• Massey, Right Hon. W. F., 310, 328–331

• Mata-ora, 66

• Maui, the god-hero, 55, 69

• Meat Export Control Act, 330–331

• Meek, R. L., 372

• Mining Acts, 321

• Missionaries, 99–104, 131, 134, 142, 157, 211, 224

• Missionary efforts, 101–105

  • reforms, 127

• Moko, or tattooing, 55

• Montgomery, Field-Marshal, 353

• Morrell, W. P., 378

• Mortgage Corporation Bill, 339–340, 342, 344

• Mountains, 44, 45

• Mountain scenery, 32, 34, 43

• Mulgan, Alan, 379

• Mundy, General, book, 376

  • shortcomings, 240

• Muri Whenua, the Land's End, 65, 66

• Murray at Waireka, 202

• Muru, Law of, 62, 127

• Mythology of the Maori, 65–71

• Nash, Walter, 342, 344, 346, 347, 348, 350

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• National Party, 342, 348, 363

  • Service, 351

• Native Department, 196, 199

• Nature and the Maori, 58

• Navy, R.N.Z., 357

• Nené, 164, 166, 169

  • at Okaihau, 166

  • honoured by Grey, 169, 171

• New Plymouth under martial law, 200

• Newspapers, 272, 371–372

• New Zealand Association, 139

  • Company, 140–143, 151, 179

  • Company wound up, 186

  • Land Company, 140

• New Zealand, battleship, 328

• Ngapuhi finally checked, 116

• Ngatapa captured, 222

• Ngutu-o-te-manu retreat, 219

• Niger bluejackets at Waireka, 202, 203

• Notable whalers, 105

• Official Year Book of New Zealand, 378

• Ohaeawai attacked by Despard, 167

• Old Age Pensions, 286, 289, 298, 306

• Old Identities, 178

• Oligarchs, the, 270–280

• Omaranui victory, 218

• Orakau besieged, 209

• Otago gold-fields, 227–229

  • settled, 177

• Otira Gorge, 44

• Overtime, 315

• Pa, or fortified villages, 57

• Pakeha Maori, 91; see, Maning

• Pápa, 42, 68

• Paper money issued by Fitzroy, 163

• Parihaka, 225, 226

• Park, A. D., 335

• Park's Geology, 377

• Parliament, account of, 253–257

  • established, 189

  • in Seddon's time, 301

• Parties in Parliament, 199

• Pascoe, J. D., 379

• Pastoral developments, 184, 185

  • restrictions, 261, 309

• Pasture land, 34

• Paul, Archdeacon, book, 376

• Payment of members, 255

• Penny postage, 288

• Perceval, Sir Westby, 287

• Pests, animal and vegetable, 36, 37

• Physical features, 60

• Plunket Society, 367

• Poetry by Mr. Reeves—

  • New Zealand, 15–16

  • The Passing of the Forest, 380

• Pohutu-Kawa, 31

• Polynesian origin of Maori, 47

• Population, 128, 367

• Postal difficulties, 128, 183

• Poverty Bay massacre, 221

• Power, Sir W. T., writings on New Zealand, 376

• Powles, Colonel Guy, History of the Great War, 378

• Pratt, General, 204

• Preferential tariff, 259

• Presbyterians, 177, 228

• Preservation of scenery, 46

• Priests as instructors, 70

• Printing, first attempts, 104

  • press established, 103

• Prohibition movement, 266–269, 298

• Property Tax, 252, 308

• Protectionist policy, 130, 239, 258, 259

• Provincial Councils established, 189

  • system, 193–195, 226

• Provincialism abolished, 238, 241

• Public debt, 243, 244, 258

  • Health Act, 299

  • Safety Conservation Bill, 336

  • Trustee Office, 246, 247

  • Works policy, 237, 238, 239, 242–244

• Quartz mining, 232

• Railways, 238, 239, 283

• Rangi, 65, 66

• Rangiriri, fight at, 208

• Rangihaeata, 141, 157, 169

  • kills Captain Wakefield, 158

• Rata, 30

• Rauparaha, 117, 119–124

  • and Captain Wakefield, 157

  • at Akaroa, 122

  • taken by Grey, 170

• Rauparaha's treachery toward the

  • Ngaitahu, 121

• Reed, A. H., 379

• Rees, Rosemary, 379

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• Reeves, Hon. W. P., 287, 293, 294, 298, 327, 332, 334, 367, 369, 371–3, 378

  • poetry by, 15–16, 380

• Reform, 308

  • Party, 262, 328–334

• Rehua, 65

• Rent of Government land, 282, 309

• Reserve Bank, 338, 342, 344, 348

• Rewi, 209

• Rivers and streams, 40, 41, 42

• Robley, General, book on Maori tattooing, 376

• Rohé, the Charon of the Maori, 66

• Rolleston, 252, 254

• Rona of the Moon, 68

• Ropata at Ngatapa, 221, 222

  • Te Wahawaha, 217, 218

• Royal Commission on Dairying, 339, 340

• Ruapehu volcano, 28, 38, 44

• Rua-peka-peka taken, 169

• Ruatara, 98–101

• Rusden's History, 118, 376

• Russell, Sir William, 292

• Rutherford's book, 375

• Rutherford, Lord, 374

• Samoa, 287

• Savage, M. J., 334, 337, 341–344, 346–349

• Scholefield, G. H., 378, 379

• Scholefield's book, New Zealand in Evolution, 378

• Schools in Otago, 178

  • public, 248

• Scots settlers, 177

• Scriptures translated into Maori, 103

• Seddon, Rt. Hon. R. J., 266, 286, 295–307, 327–8, 331

• Selwyn, Bishop, 155, 165, 173, 196

• Semple, Robert, 345, 351, 373

• Sentry Hill repulse, 212, 213

• Servants' registry regulations, 317

• Settlement by Polynesians, 47

• Settlers among the Maori, 90

  • difficulties, 181

  • sent to Port Nicholson, 143

• Sheep-lifting by Mackenzie, 183

• Shipping and Seamen's Act, 320, 321

• Shop Acts, 316

  • Assistants Act, 293

• Shortland as Acting Governor, 155, 156, 159

• Shortland's financial troubles, 159, 160

• Smith, Percy, 49

  • book, 376

• Social Security, 347, 363

• Socialism, 237, 282

• South Island a later settlement, 152

  • Sea tribes, 47

• Spelling of Maori words, 104

• Spirits' Leap, 65, 66

• Stack, Archdeacon, book on Maori history, 376

• Stafford and Fox, 193

• State institutions, 283

  • Land Board, 310

  • Socialism, 237, 282

• Statute of Westminster, 360

• Stewart arrested, 122, 123

  • assists Rauparaha, 121

  • Colonel, History of the Great War, 378

• Stout, Sir Robert, 238, 245, 248, 250, 251, 266, 286, 298

• Strikes, 280

• Sugar-Loaves pa attacked by Te Whero Whero, 117

• Sutherland, I. L. G., 379

• Swainson as Speaker, 192

• Swainson's book, 376

  • ordinances, 172

• Tainui stories, 50

• Tai Porutu killed, 204

• Tané and Tu, 68, 69

• Taniwha's account of Captain Cook, 80, 81

• Tapu, law of, 71, 72

  • (taboo) customs, 55, 70–73

• Taranaki devastated, 200–205

  • crippled by Fitzroy, 162

  • settlers' grievances, 197

• Tasman sights New Zealand, 27, 75

  • refused a landing, 76

  • reaches North Cape, 77

• Tattooed heads, 88, 89

  • heads for sale, 117, 130

• Tattooing, 55, 56, 66, 70, 89

• Tauranga defeat, 210

  • tribe attacked, 209

• Tawhaki, 67

• Tawhiri-Matea, the god of storms, 69

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• Taxation difficulties, 251

• Te Heu Heu opposes annexation, 145

• Te Kooti a fugitive, 223

  • at Mohaka, 222

  • pardoned, 223

• Te Kooti's escape from the Chathams, 220

  • revenge, 221

• Te Pihoihoi Mokémoké, 206

• Te Rangi engagement, 210

• Te Waharoa, 114–116

• Te Whero Whero, 117, 118, 198

• Te Whiti, 225

• Thames gold-fields, 232

• Thierry, Baron de, 133, 134

• Thomson's book, 376

  • papers, 377

• Thompson, William, 117, 197, 205, 206, 211

• Titokowaru leads the insurgents, 218

• Toreré, or Maori cemeteries, 73

• Trade statistics, 344

  • Union disputes, 318

  • Unionism, 280, 316–320, 365, 368

• Trading with the Maori, 88, 91, 197

• Treasury deficits, 159

• Tregear, Edward, 376

• Tribal customs, 50, 51, 62

• Truck Act, 314

• Tuapeka gold-fields, 227

• Tucker (missionary), book, 375

• Tutari killed by Hau-Hau, 221

• University, State, 370

• Unemployment, 332, 335

• United Nations, 361–362

  • Party, 332–335

• Upham, Charles, 353

• Upper Chamber, 311

• Vancouver, 87

• Victorian assistance, 201

• Vogel, Sir Julius, 237–239, 240, 244, 289

• Vogel's reforms, 246, 247

• Volcanoes, 28, 38–40

• Volckner murdered, 217

• Von Haast's Geology of Canterbury and Westland, 377

• Wages, 314, 315

• Waiapu victory, 218

• Waikato defeated at Koheroa, 118

  • land invaded, 207

  • river, 39

  • troubles, 205

• Wairau fiasco, 157, 158, 161

• Waitangi, Treaty of, 144–147

• Waitara massacre, 117

• Waite, Colonel, History of the Great War, 378

• Wakefield, Arthur, 157

  • surrenders to Rauparaha, 158

  • murdered, 158, 161

• Wakefield, Colonel, 139–143, 150, 179

• Wakefield, Gibbon, 136–142, 369

  • and Canterbury, 179

  • in Parliament, 191, 192

• Wakefield, Jerningham, 141

  • book, 375, 376

• Wakefield's land schemes, 138, 141 142, 149

  • system, 138, 179, 187, 194, 240

• War a game, 57

  • at an end, 223

  • begun by Heké, 164

  • customs, 61

  • outbreak 1860, 199

  • statistics, 224

  • with Maori, beginning of, 110

  • First World, 329–330

  • Second World, 350–358

• Ward, Sir Joseph, 287–289, 298, 299, 327–333

• Waterside Workers' Union, 328

• Webb, Sidney, 299

• Weld, Sir Frederick, 214

• Wellington, 150

  • as capital, 108

  • Duke of, 130

• Weraroa captured, 215

• Wesleyan missionaries, 101, 127, 128

• Westland gold-fields, 229, 230

• Whalers approach New Zealand, 90, 105

  • and their Maori wives, 90, 106

  • at Kororareka, 128

• Whaling stations erected, 105–107

• Whitaker, Sir Frederick, 195, 214, 246, 252

• White's book, Ancient History of the Maori, 376

• Whitmore, Colonel, 218–219, 221–223

• Wilford, Mr. T. M., 351

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• Williams, Henry, 101, 144, 153, 165

• Wilson, Judge, book on Maori history, 376

• Wiremu Tamihana, see, Thompson, William

• Women and the franchise, 239, 289, 312–314

• Women-fighters, 209

• Wool export, 343

  • -growing, 185

• Work hours, 316

• World Economic Conference, 337

• Wray, C. J., 329

• Wynyard as Viceroy, 191–193