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'The Kirikiri robbery', items stolen from the home of Kapihana Te Tuhi, 1888

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Thames Star, Volume XX, Issue 6135, 4 December 1888, Page 2

Te Huruhi Block, North Western Waiheke Island, Mihaka Awatea, 22 October 1902

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 252, 23 October 1902, Page 4

‘The endurance and courage of the wahine Maori’ Hera Puna and Hori Ngākapa of Ngāti Whanaunga, St Martin’s Clearing, 1863

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  Star (Christchurch), Issue 7580, 12 December 1902, Page 1

'William "Toss" Hammond (born 1869), discusses Māori history of the Thames region',

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

The mere pounamu named ‘Te Uira’, once in the possession of Hori Ngākapa Te Whanaunga ( now in Auckland Museum)

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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 258, 30 July 1927, Page 7

'Important native intelligence', 2 March 1865 - War and Peace in Hauraki

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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2376, 2 March 1865, Page 4

'Panui', prohibition against alcohol, from Tea Waata and others of Ngāti Paoa, Whakatīwai, 24 November 1892

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Te Paki o Matariki, 25 Hurae 1893, No. 9, page 8

'Panui' prohibition against alcohol from rangatira of Taupō, Akarana, 1893

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Te Paki o Matariki, 25 Hurae 1893, No. 9, page 8

Hauauru Te Otatu, Ngāti Paoa, 1857

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Karere o Poneke, 17 September 1857, Page 4

'Ko Hera Paora Te Putu', Hepetema 1857

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Whetu o te Tau, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 October 1857, Page 4

'Te Matenga o Pita Taukaka', 2 December 1871

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Waka Maori, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2 December 1871, Page 19

'Te Tangihanga mo Te Moananui', 20 October 1877

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Wananga, Volume 4, Issue 41, 20 October 1877, Page 407

'He Hui Maori', Waiau 1861

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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 15 April 1861, Page 5

'Taraiwaru', 1855

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  Te Karere Maori, The Maori Messenger, Volume 1, No. 1, page 10