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MAORI and
SETTLER

A STORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND WAR

BY G. A. HENTY


Maori and Settler




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 Maori and Settler

 A STORY OF

 THE NEW ZEALAND WAR

 BY

 G.A. HENTY

 Author of "Redskin and Cowboy" "In Freedom's Cause"
 "Bonnie Prince Charlie" &c.

 _ILLUSTRATED_

 BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
 LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
 _Printed in Great Britain_


PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION


In the following story I have made no attempt to give anything like a
general history of the long struggle between the brave tribes of New
Zealand and the forces of England and the colony. That struggle lasted
over a period of some years, and to do justice to its numerous incidents
in the course of a single volume would have left no space whatever
available for the telling of a story. It was divided into two distinct
epochs. In the first the natives of the north of the islands fought for
their independence and their right to have a king, and be governed by
their own laws. Nothing could exceed the courage with which they
struggled for these ends, and it needed a very strong force of British
troops to storm their pahs or fortified camps, and overcome their
resistance. The second epoch embraces the struggle brought about by the
conversion of a portion of the tribes to the fanatical belief called the
Pai Marire (literally "good and peaceful"), whose votaries were
generally known as the Hau-Haus. During the earlier war the natives
behaved with great moderation, and there were but few cases of the
murder of outlying settlers. The slaying of all whites was, however, the
leading feature of the Hau-Hau religion, and many cold-blooded
massacres occurred during the struggle. The British troops had been for
the most part withdrawn before the commencement of the Hau-Hau troubles,
and the war was carried on by bodies of constabulary raised by the
colonists, and with the aid of tribes