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• Abolition of Provinces Bill, iii., 76–80, 92–96; dissolution after, 99; effect of, on compact of 1856, 135; Mr. Rolleston on abolition, 143; Mr. Stafford on the method of, 143; financial results on provincial districts visible, 156; deplored by Hall, 157.

• Aborigines Protection Society, i. 172; remonstrates against the treatment of the Maoris by the colonists, ii. 285; reply of Sir George Grey and the New Zealand Ministry to the, 286; urges Mr. Cardwell to inquire into all questions connected with the native policy, 433, 434; befriends a deputation of Ngapuhi chiefs, who arrive in London to present a petition to the Queen, iii. 347, 348.

• Acclimatization Societies established, ii. 516.

• Ahumai intervenes to save Mr. Meade's life, ii. 317, 320.

• Aihipene's peaceful efforts discouraged by Fox, ii. 284–285.

• “Alligator,” H.M.S., at N.Z., i. 168–174.

• Alphabet, the, framed by the missionaries, for the Maori language, i. 39.

• Amnesty, question of, ii. 506; Bill, iii. 339–341.

• Andrews, S. P., denouncing in Parliament injustice of Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), says, “I never knew a Maori to break faith,” iii. 234.

• Aotea, a Maori canoe, i, 2, 7.

• Aotearoa, general name for New Zealand in Maori tradition, i. 42.

• Aporo and Mr. Fox, ii. 179, 207, 224, 225; at Kopua, iii. 189.

• Arawa, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 5, 6, 26.

• Arawa, district of the, i. 35.

• Arawa tradition of the discovery of New Zealand, i. 2; first arrival of the, and their feuds, 5, 6; their territory, 6, 56; attacked by Hongi, 111; their wars, 143; and Waharoa, 144; accept Sir G. Grey's new policy, ii. 183; fight for the government, 294; they capture Hau Haus, ii. 353, 379; their treatment by the Government, 388; their petition, 452; their schools, 508.

• Arei Te, Maoris attacked at, Rewi's devices, ii. 145; Waharoa arrives at, ii. 146–149, 280.

• Armed constabulary, ii. 524; iii. 5, 214, 216, 219, 238, 279, 286, 291, 293, 295, 297, 301, 306, 312, 319, 320, 354.

• Ariki, the head of the tribe and chief priest, i. n. 17, 23, 25, 255, 365, 464; iii. 354.

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• Arney, Sir George, Chief Justice, ii. 61, 64, 262; Administrator, iii. 42; the murder of Sullivan, 47.

• Aroha case before the Land Court, i. 31, 134; ii. 501.

• Assembly, first general, convened, ii. 2.

• Atkinson, H. A., ii. 86, 167, 197, 247; member of Weld ministry, 344, 350; joins Sir G. Grey, Sir C. Clifford, H. Sewell and J. L. Campbell in protesting against Lord Granville's despatch of March, 1869, as “calculated to drive the colony out of the empire,” 564; becomes Vogel's colleague, iii. 78, 83; movessecond reading of Abolition of Provinces Bill, 92, 103; alleged advice to electors to secure their interests, 106; forms a ministry, 111–115, 120–122; his financial proposals, 134; ejected, 144; strives to return, 145, 147, 148, 149, 153, 157, 159, 177, 194, 196, 197; joins Hall Ministry, 203, 205, 206, 217, 219; on Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), 232; moves second reading of Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill (1880), 260; on the West Coast with Hall, 276; his speech at Hawera, 290; at Pungarehu with Bryce and Rolleston, 298, 301, 302, 311; opposes fulfilment of promises in Middle Island, 328, 359, 368, 372, 373, 378, 380, 385, 386, 391; death of, 394.

• Attainder Bill, see Peace Preservation.

• Auckland, founded by Hobson, i. 220; opposition there to payments to the New Zealand Company, i. 486; alarm at, ii., 128, 129, 338.

• Australian Colonies Dutcies Act (36 and 37 Vic. cap. 22), passed 1873 by Gladstone and Kimberley making England a foreign country to Australia, iii.63.

• Awamutu, Gorst at, ii. 199, 206–208, 287.

• Baker, Capt. T. D., 18th Regt., leads a storming party at Orakau, ii. 288.

• Ballance, J., iii. bewails demoralization of the House, 144; denounces Fox, 146; becomes treasurer, 165; wants money, 179; orders sale of lands occupied by Maoris, 179; resigns office, 194, 363, 372, 376, 379 n, 380, 381, 382, 386–390, 393; death of, 395.

• Ballot, vote by, adopted, ii. 634, 642.

• Banks, Sir Joseph, visits N. Z., i. 43, 66; at Turanga, 67, 70, 73; unfounded charge against, 76 n.

• Baring, Mr. F., his scheme of colonization, i. 178.

• Bates, Lieut., proves the truth about Waitara, ii. 209, 210.

• Bay of Plenty, i. 35, 70.

• Beach, Sir M. Hicks, on question of privilege reported to him by Lord Normanby, iii. 153; approves Lord Normanby's action in declining to refuse his assent to a Bill passed by both Houses, 155; is railed at by Sir G. Grey as “an exterior authority,” 155.

• Bell, F. D., i. 299, 322n, 334, 366, 461, 468, 476, 481n.; ii. 4, 25, 71, 84n, 107, 115, 118, 119, 124, 134, 141, 151, 167, 186, 187, 195, 197, 208; is “amazed” at Taranaki, 210–214; finds facts in 1862 condemning his advice to the Government in 1860, 215, 219, 226, 235, 236, 251, 269; Dunedin Maori Reserve, 401, 525; Commissioner with Dr. Featherstone to England, 586, 636; Speaker of House, iii. 7, and Fox 29 n., 60; rules it not proper for Government to carry out by resolution what it has failed to carry out by bill, 81, 91; page 464 on log-rolling, 95; on extravagance, 164; an award by him, 173; on Waimate Plains, 177n., 182, 183, 195, 198; on Maori members, 209; on confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Bill, 211; on unfulfilled promises at West Coast, 211; West Coast Commissioner, 215–230; on shameful treatment of Te Puni and Ngatata by governments, 226; supports Maori Prisoners Bill of 1880, 235; and the West Coast Settlement Bill 1880, 240; supports Whitaker in extruding Taiaroa from Legislative Council, 241, 256, 288, 361.

• Berry, A., rescues survivors of massacre on the ship “Boyd,” i. 97.

• Bidwill, J. C., i. n. 4, extract from “Rambles in New Zealand,” describing a Maori chief, Te Heu Heu, i. 36, 202; a war-dance, 203.

• Biggs pursues Te, Kooti, ii. 528, 543; massacred, 544.

• Birds, number of species of, in New Zealand, i. 58, 59.

• “Blood and Treasure” despatch, i. 421; Sir G. C. Lewis on, ii. 106, 107.

• Bourke, Sir R., i. 166.

• Bowen, Sir George, appointed Governor, ii. 465; assumes office, 477; his remarks regarding his predecessor, 477; visits the Bay of Islands, 516; and the Waikato district, 517; describes in a despatch his impressions, 517; professes respect for treaty of Waitangi, 517; pleads for troops at Wanganui, 536; goes thither with Stafford to ask for Maori aid, 547; asks for more troops, 548; thinks that the attempt to occupy confiscated lands caused Titokowaru's outbreak, 549; writes despatches to avert the recall of the troops, 554; censured for referring to confidential despatches, 566 n., 555, 556, 566; his reply to Earl Granville's despatch regarding rewards offered for Maoris, 577; fails to influence Lord Granville, n. 578, 590; praises Rangihiwinui, 591; fears the New Zealand colonists will abandon their allegiance, 592; “pain and sorrow” at the thought, 597, 610; on the title of “Honourable” for retiring Ministers, 639, 640; makes tour through the Middle Island, iii. 2; visits Lake Taupo, 20; assures Maoris that treaty of Waitangi will ever be inviolate, 21; wants to see Tawhiao and cannot, 21, 27, 32; commends McLean's pledges on Maori rights within confiscated blocks, 39; his departure, 40.

• Bowen, Mr. C., iii. 93, 134; on Education Bill, 136, 153; on Maori Prisoners Bill, 230n.; on female suffrage, 392.

• “Boyd,” ship, massacre on board of, i. 96.

• Bracken, Mr., implores the House not to “allow the finger of scorn to point for all time” at the passing of the Bill to attaint Te Whiti, iii. 324.

• Brooks, G., his book on Industry and Property, iii. 384.

• Broughton, Dr., Bishop of Australia, warns the missionaries in New Zealand against seeking personal advantage in buying land, i. 151–152; his visit to New Zealand, 152, 164.

• Brown, member of Assembly, privilege, ii. 593.

• Browne, Colonel Gore, Governor, his opinion regarding affairs at Taranaki, ii. 21; is warned in reference to them, 22; dissolves the General Assembly, 24; his interviews with Maoris, 24; convenes another General Assembly, 24, 27–36, 38, 39, 43, 46; his page 465 despatch regarding Potatau's grievances, 49 n., 51; on Martin, 53, 55 n., 56–59, 62, 63; on the lust for Maori lands, 65–66; praises Bishop Selwyn and Sir W. Martin, 67; urges the appointment of a Native Council, 67; at Taranaki, 68; his surrenderin reference to the Waitara, 69–79; orders the proclamation of martial law at Taranaki, 80; and sends troops to take possession of the land, 81; demands more troops, 96; sends reply of his advisers to the protest of Bishop Selwyn, 93, 94; warned by Sir W. Denison, 97–99, 100, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 122, 127, 128, 134,. 136, 139; holds a conference with Aihipene and Ngapora, 141–145, 149–152; consults with the Judges regarding the establishment of a Land Court, 153; argues against Bishop Selwyn, 155–160; Wellington representatives wait upon him, 161; his personal message to House, 162, 163, 166, 167, 169–172; leaves New Zealand, 172.

• Bryce, Mr. J., ii. 410, 411n.; iii. 141; Native minister, 203; his statement which made Tomoana quit the Hall Ministry, 206, 209; his Confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Trials Bill, 210–213, 219; his Maori Prisoners and West Coast Settlement and Maori Prisoners Detention Bills, 230–240; a list of Bills proposed by him for native affairs, 243; deplores the “iniquity” of the dealings of former governments with Maori lands, 243; his Native Land Sales Bill, 243, 246, 248, 249, 250; his memorandum on the Maoris, 251; resigns his office of Native Minister because his colleagues differ from him, 255; his account of himself, 255; is reinstated, 286, 287, 289, 293–299, 301, 302, 307 n., 310n.; tells Rewi that he speaks as the representative of H.M. the Queen, 318; he destroys houses, 318 n. 322 n., 325, 326; on unfulfilled promises in Middle Island, 328, 330, 332, 336; opposes the Native Committees Bill, 336; his dealings with Te Rerenga, 337–339; shakes hands with Te Kooti, 341, 343, 344.

• Buckingham, Duke of, Secretary of State, ii. 412, 428, 462, 463, 466, 467, 476, 517, 524, 525, 530, 562.

• Buller, Mr. C., i. 290n., 375, 378; his motion in the House of Commons on New Zealand, 380–383; his acrimony against Sir J. Stephen, 380; death of, 453.

• Buller, Rev. J., on Colonel Wake-field's dealings for the N.Z. Company, i. 195.

• Busby, Mr. J., appointed British Resident at New Zealand, i. 166, 172–175, 207, 213, 225.

• Cambridge, Duke of, declares that the military authorities must be subordinate to the civil, ii. 427.

• Cameron, General, is appointed to the military command, ii. 154; complains of the smallness of his force, 202; attacks and defeats the Maoris at the Katikara river, 223; crosses the Maungatawhiri, and destroys canoes, 228; praises Te Wheoro, 233, 254; captures Mere-Mere, 255; and Rangiriri, 257–258; occupies Ngaruawahia, 260; receives the thanks of the New Zealand Parliament, 261; at Paterangi and Te Rore, 281; at Rangiaohia, 283; at Pukerimu, 287; at Orakau, 290, 292; at Tauranga, 294; his attack on the Gate Pah, 294–299, 332, 337, 342; denounces confiscation jobs, 351, 352; at Wanganui, 352; his differences with Governor Grey, 364, 365–366; retires, 367, 373 n.; page 466 returns to England, 373; judgment of the War Office on his dispute with the Governor, 373–375.

• Cannibalism among the Maoris, i. 28, 42, 43, 80, 106, 123, et seq.

• Canoes, Maori, i. 17, 18.

• Canterbury Settlement, the origin of, i. 448–452; Mr. Godley's work in establishing the, 451; province of, husbanded her lands be ter than other provinces, iii. 124, 158.

• CapeEgmont, i. 33.

• Cape Palliser, i. 34.

• Cape Rodney, i. 32.

• Cape Runaway, i. 35.

• Cape Te Reinga, tradition connected with, i. 44.

• Capital, site of, i. 220; ii. 262; Wellington made the, 338.

• CardWell, Mr., i. 355, 356; ii. 247, 262; Minister for the Colonies, his despatch to Sir George Grey as to prisoners of war, ii. 273; on 10,000 troops having been placed at disposal of Governor of New Zealand, 274; on prisoners of war and blood and treasure, 274; his despatch on the Settlements Act, 304; on confiscation or cession, 304, 305, 306, 327, 330, 331, 336, 339; on the pretensions of Whitaker-Fox Ministry, 340; declines to ask Imperial Parliament for money, 349, 364; refuses to send reinforcements to New Zealand, 366; on the dispute between Sir G. Grey and General Cameron, 374, 375; on withdrawal of troops, 432, 436–438, 441, 446, iii. 166.

• Carey, G. J., Brigadier General, his operations at Orakau, ii. 287–293.

• Carey, R., Colonel, at Waitara, as to commencement of Waitara war, ii. 87 n.; his statement as to the treatment the natives received at the hands of some colonists, ii. 340 n.

• Cargill, Captain, leads Otago settlers to Otago, i. 448, ii. 1.

• Carleton, Hugh, i. 495n., ii. 11, 81n.; on Waitara, 115, 489; becomes Vice-Chancellor of New Zealand University, 633, iii. 42.

• Carnarvon, Earl of, ii. 64, 65, 426n., 427, 429, 431, 456, 457, 461, 462, 612; iii., on annexation in Pacific, 100.

• Carrington, Mr. F. A., ii. 58, 209; his statement on native reserves made by N.Z. Company, iii. 87, 88; his connection with the Sartoris and Downe claim, 120–123, 304.

• Chatham Islands, account of the, i. 38, 39; efforts of N.Z. Company to buy, 260–263; prisoners at, ii. 507.

• Chesson, F. W., ii. 285; letter to the Times, ii. 434, iii. 348, 361.

• Chiefs of the Maoris, usages regarding, i. 16, 21, 26, 30, 40.

• Church Missionary Society, the, expresses regret at the death of Samuel Marsden, i. 149; its dealings with the missionaries, 151; its answer to charges against missionaries, 422; Fitzroy on its members, 423; reinstates Henry Williams, 493.

• Churches and religious bodies in New Zealand, brief notice of, ii. 510–512.

• Chute, General, his march, ii. 421; his treatment of a Maori prisoner, 422, et seq., 529, 550, 563; receives the thanks of both Houses for retaining the 18th Regiment, 586.

• Clarke, Mr. G., protector of the aborigines, i. 220, 266, 268, 269, 279, 287, 302, 314, 328, 332, 334, 335, 336, 339, 351, 368, 369, 371, 385; decision of the Supreme Court regarding land claimed by, 446, 469, 493.

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• Clarke, Mr. G., junior, i 282, 338, 350, 351; opposed to Mr. Spain's award at Taranaki, 350, 351; at Kororarika, 369.

• Clifford, C., i. 317, 455, 456; Speaker, ii. 2, 7, 8, 564, 597.

• Climate and temperature of New Zealand, i. 58; Appendix, 446.

• Colenso, W., extracts from two papers by, on the Maoris, i. 9, 17; ii. 626 n.

• Colonial Office distinctions, Herman Merivale on, ii. 464, 476; Sir G. Bowen on, 639, 640; iii. 27.

• Colonial Institute (Royal), formation of, ii. 610, 611.

• Colonization of New Zealand, various schemes for the, Lord Durham's, i. 124; Baron de Thierry's, 125; Edward Gibbon Wakefield's, the New Zealand Land Association, 177; N.Z. Company, 180–182, 247–254, 288–292, 380–383; downfall of, 453–454; the Manukau Company, 310–312; the Otago Settlement, 337; the Canterbury Settlement, 449–452; the Emigrants' and Colonists’ Aid Society established, iii. 19.

• Commissioners to England to obtain troops in 1869, Bell and Featherston, ii. 586.

• Commons, House of, Select Committee of, 1836, and re-appointed 1837, i. 157, 163, 164, (in 1840) 247, 248; Committee in 1844, 355–358; Lord Stanley on the report, 359–362, 368, 371; Debate in, 375, 378, 379, 382, 383; iii. 350.

• Compact of 1856, ii. 25, 125; iii. 76, 135, 157.

• Compensation Court at Taranaki, chap. xiv., fate of its awards described, iii. (226; the disgrace to the Government, 226.

• Concealment of official report, requested by Hall, and acquiesced with by Kimberley, iii. 259 and 286, 288 n., 381 n., 326.

• Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners Trial Bill (1879) iii. 210 et seq.

• Confiscation of land threatened by Governor Grey and Domett Ministry, ii. 222, 227, 230, 247–251, 263–265, 267, 285, 286; cession of at Tauranga, 291; Mr. Card well on cession of, 305, 321– 325, 328–331, 333–330, 336; during Weld ministry, 349; General Cameron on 351; proclamation of Sept., 1865, 376, 377, 450; called by Don. M'Lean “an expensive mistake,” 601; he announces there will be no more, 624; confiscated lands allotted to returned rebels by McLean, 628; McLean's arrangements recognizing Maori ownership within, sanctioned by Secretary of State, iii. 39, 257, 258.

• Constitution Act, 15 and 16 Vict, cap. 72, i. 482–485; iii. 340 n.

• Convict Prevention Act, ii. 262; iii. 4.

• Cook, Captain, his Tahitian companion, i. 1; his observations on the habits of the Maoris, 17–19, 27; his visit to one of their pahs or fortified villages, 28, 29; on the cannibalism of the Maoris, 43; his admiration of their skill in tattooing, 43; his first visit to New Zealand, 65; and intercourse with the natives, 66–67; takes formal possession of New Zealand for His Majesty, 72, 73; discovers and takes possession of East Australia, 76; his second visit to New Zealand, 78–85; honours paid to him, 84–85; his third visit, 85–89; his death, 89; praise of Heete Heete, 80.

• Cooking among the Maoris, i. 12

• Cook's Strait, i. …, 53, 74.

• Conriaria ruscifolia, or Tutu, i. 11.

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• Corynocarpus laevigatus, or Karaka (laurel), i. 2 n., 12.

• Counties Bill, passed after abolition of provinces, iii. 115; graduated scale of voting power, opposed by Sir G. Grey, 115; revenues of, 115; advances to, 116.

• Crawford, J. C., extract from his “Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia” regarding the peopling of New Zealand by the Maoris, i. 3 n.; on death of Wareaitu, 411; at Wanganui, ii. 177; question of privilege, 539.

• Creighton, Mr. Robt. J., moves in vain for returns about rewards for Maoris, dead or alive, ii. 584.

• Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 1880, iii. 260, 262; is reintroduced in 1882 and passed, 334, 335.

• Crown grants to Maoris delayed, ii. 181.

• Crown Land Sales Act 1877, Sir G. Grey and the Governor, iii. 154, 158.

• Crown Land Sales in provinces, iii. 124, 157, 158; Appen., 453, 454.

• Crozet, a Frenchman, avenges the death of Du Fresne, his commander, i. 77; and pays a tribute to the ability of Captain Cook, 78.

• Cruise, Captain, R.N., his remarks regarding fire-arms among the Maoris, i. 44.

• Darling, Sir Ralph, Governor (of New South Wales), his efforts on behalf of the Maoris, i. 130et seq., 160–162.

• Davis, C. O., Mr., i. 15; ii. 45, 46, 136, 434, 582; iii. 172, 190, 337.

• Dawson, Mr., a magistrate at Wanganui, i. 294–295.

• Dead, Maori usages regarding the, i. 14–16; ii. 628, 629.

• Debt, public, iii: 117, 123, 162, 163, 196, 206, 379, 380; and Appendix, 449, 450.

• Denison, Sir W., his advice to Col. Browne, and comment on Mr. Richmond's memorandum, ii. 97–99.

• Derby, Lord. See Stanley.

• Despard, Col., at the attack on the Ohaeawae Pah, i. 386, 389; operations against Kawiti, 394; his report on Ruapekapeka, 396.

• Diepfenbach, Dr., i. 187, 198, 199, 200.

• Disqualification Act, iii. 97; manoeuvres of Atkinson Ministry as to disqualification, 111, 113, 114; an Indemnity Bill passed by them, 115; not applied in the case of Taiaroa, 242.

• Disraeli, Mr., i. 358n.; his remarks on Earl Grey's “Constitution,” 439.

• Dissolution of Parliament styled by Sir Rob. Peel “a great instrument in the hands of the Crown,” iii. 153.

• Disturbed Districts Bill, Fox's, 1869, ii. 592–593.

• Domett, Mr. A., i. 318, 325, 327, 366; his Ministry, ii. 186, 187, 193, 213; consent to abandon Waitara block, 214, 219, 220; threaten confiscation of lands, 222, 230, 231, 244; recommend “axe and fire,” 244; resign, 245.

• Dunedin, the Maori reserve at. See Maori Reserve, Princes-st., Dunedin.

• Durham, Lord, aids in promoting a settlement in New Zealand, i. 124, 177, 178, 180.

• Earthquakes in New Zealand, i. 55, 62 n.; ii. 23.

• East Cape, i. 35.

• Easter Island, inhabited by a race akin to the Maoris, i. 1; the stone buildings and gigantic sculptures of 4 n.

• Edinburgh, the Duke of, visits New Zealand, his reception, ii. 569, 580, 641.

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• Education; public, resolutions, ii. 633; iii., Bill(1873), 58; 1877 Bill, iii. 136, 137, 369–371; App. 445.

• Election case, history of a Maori, iii. 102–105.

• Electors’ Qualification Bill (1875) of Mr.Reynolds, iii, 96; App., 417.

• Electoral Lodger Franchise Bill, iii. 96.

• Emigrants' and Colonists' Aid Society established in London for the promotion of emigration, iii. 19; colonists, 19.

• Election Petitions, parliamentary, Bill passed for trial of by Supreme Court Judges, iii. 247.

• E Puni, see Te Puni.

• Evans, Dr. G. S., i. 178, 218, 222, 228, 243, 263, 286, 317, 318, 377.

• Eyke, Lt. Governor, i. 425, 473, 476, 479.

• Fairburn, Mr., i. 142, 153, 154.

• Fauna of New Zealand, the, species originally introduced by the Maoris, i. 2; past and present condition of the, 59–60.

• Feasts and festivals among the Maoris, i. 19.

• Featherston, Dr., i. 455, 456, 475; his speech on the Waitara war, ii. 119, 161; his speech on the Taranaki conspiracy, 168, 186, 195 n; meets Maoris at Waikanae and Otaki, 232; at Wanganui, 275; at Moutoa, 278, 279, 421; accompanies General Chute in his march, 421, 423; at Manawatu, 439, 495; joins Fox Ministry, 584; commissioner to England, 586, 636; obtains disclaimer from Lord Granville of any wish to separate New Zealand from England, 636; Imperial guarantee obtained, 637; becomes AgentGeneral in England, 642; sends emigrants, iii. 19; aspersed, 63, 64; dignified defence, 65 n, 68, 86; his despatches, 97; his death, 101; both Houses adjourn in sympathy, 108; Mr. Fitzherbert on his loss, 108.

• Federation discussed, iii. 378, 379 n.

• Fenian flag sent to the Maori king, ii. 568.

• Fenton, Mr. F. D., his knowledge of the Maori language, ii. 42; is appointed magistrate at Waikato and Waipa, 43; his diary, 44, 45–51, 53; his opinion as a judge on the rape of the Waitara, 104, 105, 191, 247, 252 n, 275, 342, 407, 413–416–420, 436; presides over Land and Compensation Courts at Taranaki, ii. 478 et seq.; his Bill to amend the Native Lands Act, ii. 594, 595; iii. 15, 17, 73, 264, 362 n.

• Fergusson, Sir James, is appointed to succeed Sir George Bowen as Governor, iii. 39; arrives in the country, 48; makes a provincial tour, 70; his despatch on the condition of the natives, 71, 72; resigns, 82.

• Fiji Islands, annexation of, iii. 100.

• Financial Arrangements Bill, Atkinson's (1876), iii. 115, 134, 135; (Sir G. Grey's 1877), 157; assailed by Hall, 157; statement of Atkinson 1879, 206.

• Fire-Arms, introduction of, among the Maoris, i. 44; effect of, 46–47, et passim.

• Firth, Mr., ii. 517; his remonstrances with Earl Granville on the policy of abandonment, 578, 579; meets the Maoris at Orahiri, 582–584; meets Te Kooti, 613; is blamed by Mr. Fox for doing so, 614; sumptuously entertains Tawhiao and his followers on their visit to Auckland, iii. 314.

• Fitzgerald, Mr., i. 451, 452; ii. 1, 2, 4–6, 186; moves for representation of Maorisin Parliament, ii. 197; animadverts on building redoubt at Kohekohe, ii. 206, page 470 231; opposes Suppression of Rebellion and New Zealand Settlements Bills, 249, 253, 267n., 345, 365n.; becomes native minister, 376, 431; speech in the House, 435, 439; his letter to Sir C. Adderley, 441, 442, 449, 451; on state of alarm in 1868, 554.

• Fitzherbert, W., i. 331, 456, 475; ii. 115; on Maori character, 116n., 118; on Waitara war, 121, 161, 186, 197; Treasurer, 344, 346–349, 446; becomes Treasurer under Stafford, 449, 450; passes a Loan Bill £7,000,000, 467, 468; his mission to England, 471; successful, 524, 588, 633; joins Stafford Ministry in 1872, iii. 26, 48, 49, 59, 61, 64; on Vogel's forestry, 75, 78, 79, 80; on abolition of provinces, 93, 94; on Stafford, 94; as speaker, 105; on Dr. Featherston, 108, 147, 148; on duty of legislators, 163; becomes Speaker of Upper House, 194, 362; death of, 393.

• Fitzroy, Captain, i. 176, 241, 312; Governor of New Zealand, 312; his arrival, 331; interview with Colonel Wakefield, 332; visits Nelson and Waikanae, 333–335; his interview with Rauparaha, 334; his decision regarding the Wairau affray, 335; and as to the Te Aro Maoris, 336; sanctions purchase at Otago, one-tenth reserved for Maoris, 338; ten shillings an acre proclamation, 340; attends a Maori meeting at Remuera, 340; his decision regarding New Zealand Company's claims at Taranaki, 352, 353, 354, 355, 365–378, 384–388; his conditions of peace, 389; his opinion on charges against the missionaries, 398.

• Flax, N.Z., uses of, i. 11; Appendix, 453.

• Flora in New Zealand, i. 60–62.

• Food of the Maoris, i. 11, 12.

• Forests of New Zealand, i. 60–62; iii. 66–67.

• Forsaith, Mr. T. S., i. 332, 336; interpreter at Taranaki, 346–349, and n.; charge against, by Governor Grey, 462, 463, 466; ii. 3, 9, 78–80; his opinion regarding the Waitara Block dispute, 78 et seq.; 117 n., 118.

• Foveaux Straits, i. 54.

• Fox, Mr. W., i. 330, 333, 334, 366, 416n.; 459 n.; succeeds Colonel Wakefield as agent for the New Zealand Company, 462; 481; he denounces Governor Grey to Earl Grey, 481; becomes Attorney-General, ii. 25; his Compact of 1856, 25; denounces the war of 1860, 116–117, 161; becomes minister, 166, 167, 172, 175, 179, 180, 185–187; at Waikato, 179, 180; resigns, 186; on the surrender of the Waitara Block, 213 n., 235; forms the Whitaker-Fox Ministry, 246; brings for ward New Zealand Settlements Bill and Suppression of Rebellion Bill, 247–251; his resolution pledging the representatives to, accept the control of native affairs, 256; his policy of confiscation, 264, and n.; upbraids a civil commissioner for not seizing Maori property, 269, 270; rejects the appeal of Aihipene for peace, 285; on confiscation, 286; his testimony to the bravery of the Maoris, 293; vilipends Mr. Card-well, 306; he blames the Governor for his regard for the Maori prisoners, 308–311; tenders resignation, 313; and Captain Cooper, 314 n.; his policy with regard to military settlers, 325, 326 n.; his dispute with Mr. Gorst, 328; the Ministry of which he is a member resigns, 335, 336, 391, 405; on arrears due to Maoris, 408; Fox and Mr. Chesson, 434; resigns his seat, 439; page 471 again in the House, 524, 531; his effort to seize the helm of affairs, 537, 547; forms another Ministry, 584; in state of alarm, 585; implores for retention of troops, 585; bringsin Disturbed Districts Bill, 592; deterred from more confiscation by Don. McLean, 601; meets Maori chiefs at the Wanganui river, 606–609; his remarks on Earl Granville, 610, 614; has learned prudence, 629, 630, 631; his N.Z. University Bill, 632; borrowing policy, 634; Immigration and Public Works Act, 634; on Lord Granville and disintegration, 637; relents when loan guarantee obtained, 638; his telegram regarding H.M.S. Virago, iii. 2; his contention with Mr. Weld regarding released convicts, 3; and Sir D. Monro, 7, 8, 23, 25; is compelled to resign by Mr. Stafford's resolution, 27, 29, 36, 56, 65, 74; his conversion from provincialism, 80, 135, 143, 146, 147, 157; on Waimate plains, 177 n., 182; the Grey Ministry are defeated on his amendment to the Address, 195; is beaten at general election, 201; is appointed a member of the West Coast Commission, 215; Reports of Commission, 216–229, 231, 238; congratulates the House on the able speeches of Tainui, Te Wheoro, and Tawhai against Bryce's Native Land Sales Bill (1880) and votes against them, 245; becomes sole Commissioner at West Coast, 256, 268; on Robespierre, 271; defeated at general election, 310; his reports as sole Commissioner on West Coast, 344–345; death of, 395.

• Fraser, Captain, ii. 411; lauds Tauroa, iii. 29, 82; on Maori legislators, 114, 212, 235, 240, 241; his protestagainst a Bill, 328; on tribal tenure, 331; on the loss of four native reserves at Hawke's Bay, 334; on Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 335; on history, 343; his death, 394; both Houses adjourn, 394 and n.

• Fraser, Major, his operations against the Hau Haus, ii. 316et seq.; seizes Te Kooti, 385, 387, 530.

• French, efforts of some of the, to obtain a settlement in New Zealand, i. 124–126, 174–176, 229–238.

• Fresne, Marion du, a French navigator, is killed and eaten by the Maoris, i. 77; reason assigned for his fate, 78.

• Funeral rites of the Maoris, i. 14, 15, 16; ii. 628, 629.

• Furneaux, Captain, accompanies Cook in his second visit to New Zealand, i. 78; his intercourse with the natives, 81–83; loses a boat's crew, 82–83.

• Gable End Foreland, i. 35, 70.

• Games among the Maoris, i. 19.

• Gate Pah, Pukehinahina, heroic defence of the, by the Maoris, ii. 294–299.

• Genealogies of the Maoris, i. 8; ii. 489 n.

• Gilfillan, Mrs., murder of, and her children, i. 416; murderers captured by Hipango, 417.

• Gillies, T. B., ii. 186, 197, 230n., 246, 252; iii. 24; joins Stafford Ministry (1872), 26, 59, 61; denounces the log-rolling of Vogel Ministry, 62; his address as Judge to the grand jury at Taranaki on lawless violence, 288 n., 303, 319, 320, (and in note p. xiv to Preface of 2nd edition).

• Gipps, Sir George, Governor of New South Wales, his proclamations, i. 205–207, 213, 214, 223; his titles to Lands Act, 223–229, 234, 238–240, 243–244; checks page 472 New Zealand Company, 244, 256, 273, 277, 367; proof as to his sagacity in dealing with Crown grants of land, 455.

• Gisborne, W., iii. 139, 146, 157, 194; unjustly dealt with by Chairman of Committee, &c., 271.

• Gladstone, Mr., sanctions Governor Grey's proceedings as to treaty of Waitangi, &c., i. 394; upholds in words the treaty of Waitangi, 439; gives insidious advice, 464; ii. 13n., 15, 417, 469, 610–612; his Naturalization Acts, iii. 22; the sole survivor in 1882 of the Select Committee of the House of Commons of 1837, iii. 350; his instructions in 1846, contrasted with his conduct in 1882, 351; “passes by on the other side,” 358, 361.

• Glasgow, Earl of, Governor, iii. 389–391.

• Glenelg, Lord, on colonization of New Zealand, i. 177, 178.

• Goderich, Lord, his despatch on “atrocities” in New Zealand, i. 164.

• Godfrey, Colonel, commissioner for land claims, i. 236 and n., 258, 263, 309.

• Godley, Mr., his colonization work i. 450–452, 477 n.

• Gold, Colonel, commands the military sent to Taranaki, ii. 82; his military operations, 83–86, 100, 108.

• Golden Bay, where Tasman anchored, i. 64.

• Goldfields (ii. 231) at Otago, discovery of the, 241, 242; rich results, 242–243; discovery of the Hokitika, 444; state of, in 1868, 509; evil influences of, 509, 632; bill regarding the Thames fields, 594; export of gold in 1872, iii. 38; afterwards, in Appendix, 444, 453, 455.

• Gonneville, De, a pretended discoverer of a South Land, i. 64.

• Gordon, General C. G., Preface, p. xxxvii.; the Great Refusal, iii. 397–442.

• Gordon, Sir Arthur, is appointed Governor in succession to Sir H. Robinson, iii. 249; arrives in the colony, 251; is called upon by Lord Kimberley for a full report on Maori affairs, 251; sends Captain Knollys to Te Whiti, 253; furnishes report, 256–258; visits Fiji, 269; incidents while there, 279; returns to New Zealand, 282–286; his despatch on the raid upon Parihaka, 285; his exposure of Rolleston, 286; explains his constitutional position in a speech at Christchurch, 311; his despatches to Lord Kimberley on the subject, 312, 313; leaves the colony, 339; having resigned, 340.

• Gorst, Mr. J. E., i. in preface to second edition; vi., vii., x. n, xix. n, ii.; his opinion regarding the Taranaki war, 174, 177, 179–182; at Te Awamutu, 199; critical position of, at, 207–209, 216, 224, 225, 226; condemns Sir George Grey's proceedings at commencement of war in 1863, 225, 226, 235; his opinion as to confiscation, 327, iii. 320n., 355, 358, 361.

• Grace, Hon. M. S., his tribute to Ngatata, iii. 395, 396.

• Grace, Rev. T., church missionary, his adventures among the Maoris at Taupo, ii. 316; in the hands of the Hau Haus, ii. 354–357; he escapes, 357.

• Graham, Mr. G., visits Waikato to conciliate the king-maker, ii. 362.

• Granville, Earl, his treatment of Sir George Grey, with regard to a Maori prisoner of war, ii. 428, 465, 548, 554; declines to allow the troops to remain, 563, 565; sends sharp despatch regarding page 473 rewards offered for Maoris, 574, 575; is easily satisfied, 577, 578, 580; sanctions the Order of the Silver Cross, 590; writes about a badge, 590, 596, 597; his despatch of March, 1869, 596; protest against it in London by Sir G. Grey, Sir Ch. Clifford, &c., 597; his answer, 597; protest of the Ministry against his despatch of October 1869, 609–613.

• Grass Cove, slaughter of a boat's crew belonging to the Adventure at, i. 82, 83.

• Greenstone, the, i. 2; art of polishing and perforating, 10; prized by Maoris, 18.

• Greer, Colonel, at the attack on the Gate Pah, ii. 294–298; scatters the Maoris at Te Ranga, 300, 301; praises their gallantry, 301.

• Grey, Earl (formerly Lord Howick), i. 403; his instructions and despatches regarding the government of New Zealand, i. 424–427; constrained to recognize treaty of Waitangi, 432, 433, withdraws his instructions in deference to various protests, 434, 438, 442, 472, 476, 477, 478, 479, 481–483; extract from his “Colonial Policy,” ii. 588 n.

• Grey, Lord de, defends Sir Duncan Cameron, ii. 373–375; and Mr. Weld, 433. (See Marquis of Ripon.)

• Grey, Sir George (Secretary of State), his despatch regarding responsible government in New Zealand, ii. 13–14.

• Grey, Sir George (Governor) his collection of Maori songs and story — “Ko Nga Motuatea, Me Nga Hakirara o nga Maori,” i. 5; extract from his “Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race,” illustrating their tradition regarding heaven and earth, 41; is appointed to the government of New Zealand, 376; Lord Stanley's instructions to him on the treaty of Waitangi, 376; arrives in Auckland, 390; has an interview with the chiefs, 390; his financial needs, 391, pledges himself to fulfil terms of treaty of Waitangi, 391, 392, 393–398; at Wellington, 399; gives pledges to the Maoris, 400–404; seizes Rauparaha, 405, 407–409, 411–415, 417–419; his “Blood and Treasure” despatch, 421; his charges against the missionaries, 421; his reply to Earl Grey's Instructions, 428–430; 432; extols Te Whero Whero, his contests with missionaries, 441–447, 450; negotiates the purchase of the Middle Island, 457–460; purchases the Wairau 460; his charges against officers of the Protectorate, 462; his injustice to Te Rangitake, 463; tempted by Gladstone, 464–469; when knighted selects Waka Nene and Te Puni as squires, 470; his dealings with the natives, 470–472; his Ordinance to provide for the establishment of Provincial Legislative Councils, 473; his account of the Maoris, 474; he lauds the missionaries, 425, 477; on transportation, 479; he proclaims the new Constitution Act, 485; and regulations for the disposal of Crown lands, 486; is presented with addresses on leaving the country, 487–490; after receiving honours at home, is made Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 490; ii. 1, is reappointed Governor of New Zealand, 171; his new policy, 174; visits the Bay of Islands, 175; abandons Governor Browne's manifesto, 176; meets a large body of the natives at Waikato, 178, 179, 181; says newspaper attacks upon natives page 474 are the greatest difficulty in the country, 183; makes peace between two contending tribes, 184; his troubles with the Assembly and with the Home Government, 186–195; is well received by natives at Ngaruawahia, 203; he proceeds to Taranaki, 204; his disputes with Mr. Fitzgerald regarding redoubt at Kohe-Kohe, 206; starts a newspaper in the Maori language, 206, 208; at Taranaki, 209; abandons Waitara block, 210–215; his discussions with the Ministry, 217–220; seizes Aporo, 225; his invasion of Waikato, 225–229; threatens confiscation of land, 227, 230–231, 236, 245; he accepts the Suppression and Confiscation Bills of the Whitaker — Fox Ministry, 250; his altercation with the House regarding the origin of the Waitara dispute, 251–252; bickerings with the Ministry, 266, 267, 269; regarding the release of the prisoners taken at Rangiriri, 270–272; is supported by Mr. Cardwell, as to treatment of prisoners, 273–274; his reply to a letter from the Aborigines’ Protection Society in London, 286; his letter to the Secretary of State regarding the bravery of the Maoris, 301 n.; his differences with the Ministry regarding the Maori prisoners, 302–303; they hand them over to his keeping, 306; escape of prisoners leads to further bickerings with the Ministry, 307–313; more differences, 322; the location of military settlers a ground of contention, 323; he drafts a proclamation as to the natives, 332; to which the Ministry object, 333; they tender their resignation, 335; issues proclamation of peace, 337, 338, 339; accepts the offer of Mr. Weld to form a Ministry on a policy of self-reliance, 341; calls a meeting of the Assembly, 344; he issues a confiscation proclamation, 349, 350, 353, 362, 363; his differences with General Cameron regarding the Waitotara Block and the Weraroa Pah, 364, 366; writes a despatch suggesting the withdrawal of the troops, and that the HomeGovernment should support the colony financially, 364, 365, 366; at the Weraroa Pah, 367–371; thanks the troops, 371; judgment of the home authorities on his dispute with General Cameron, 375; his charge against Lord de Grey, 375 n.; he issues Confiscation and Peace Proclamations, 376–377; proposes parliamentary representation of Maoris, 377; his defence of his share in the confiscation of the Maori reserve at Dunedin, 395, 403, 404. 426–429; sees Te Waharoa, 430, 454; his defence of attack on Pungarehu, 462; he is recalled, 463; the Council adjourn as a mark of respect, and vote him an address, 464; the Lower House concur, 465; his Ministers address him, 465; his reply to the despatch recalling him, 466; address of the Executive Council to, 475; his reply, 476. 496; visits Wellington, and is received with honour by both Houses, 531; in England, 564; despatches between him and Lord Granville about prisoner of war, 636; is elected member for Auckland City West, iii. 83, 86, 95, 108; separation proposals, 109, 110, 118, 119–123 n.; accused by Mr. Ormond, 133–134, 137, 144; becomes head of ministry, 145, 146, et seq.; his dispute with the Marquis of Normanby, on privilege, 148–152; his conduct in reference to the Land Bill, 153 page 475 –155; and his complaint against the Imperial Colonial Secretaries, 155–156, 157, 158, 159; his harangues, 165; his imprudent announcement of “immediate survey of Waimate Plains,” 175; his meetings with the natives at Hikurangi, 179; at Waitara, 179; at Kopua, 187–190; sanctions removal of ploughers at Oakura, 192, 194; he is defeated on Sir W. Fox's amendment to the address, 195, 197; his Peace Preservation Bill is rejected, 199; his conduct during the elections, 201; he is again defeated, on the assembling of the House, by Mr. Hall's amendment to the address, 202; his tactics in Opposition, 204; his triumphant taunts, 204; praises West Coast Commission report, 229; regards the Maori Prisoners’ Bill of 1880 as “cruel and unnecessary,” 231; taunted by Fox, 232; condemns Maori Prisoners Detention Bill, 236; his opinion on Representation Bill, 271; on tampering with telegrams, 281 n.; his conduct in reference to the Ministerial raid on Parihaka, 287; supports the Te Whiti Attainder Bill, 323; opposed to an extension of the Maori representation, 332; but admires the Maori members, 332; on Ropata Wahawaha, 344, 374; on federation, 378, 390 n.

• Guard, master of a whaling bark, story of, i. 167–170.

• Gudgeon, Lieut., extracts from his “Reminiscences of the War in New Zealand,” ii. 380 n., 381, 382–384, 386–7, 542 n.; his account of the slaughterat Ngatapa, 560–562, 600, 617 n.

• Gunna sells land to Christian Missionary Society, i. 103.

• Gurner, Mr. J., i. 163n.

• Hadfield, Rev. Octavius, proceeds to Otaki as missionary, i. 154, 155, 199, 202; various testimonies to his worth, 265, 269, 271, 321; with Rangitake's aid restrains Rauparaha and his followers from attacking Wellington, 322, ii. 16; letter to, from Rangitake, 76; forwards a petition from Maoris desiring the recall of Col. Browne, 95, 102, 115, 118, 122, 123; his protests, 123; dangerous position of, at Otaki, 360.

• Hakari, the, a Maori festival, i. 19.

• Hall, Mr., ii. 25; his irregulous reference of the Ngaitahu Deed to a Court, ii. 413–415, 421; his apprehensions in 1868, 538; iii. 23, 66; on the expiring compact of 1856, 157; on his political antecedents, 201; moves an amendment to the address, and expels the Grey Ministry, 202; his private negotiations with Tomoana, 202–203; forms a Cabinet, 203; is in turn defeated by the Grey party, 204; his negotiations and promises, 205; obtains a majority at the end of the session, 206 and n.; his speech on treatment of Maoris, 238, 240, 242, 247, 251, 252; the general policy of his Ministry, 247, et seq., 251, 252; his deceitful memorandum on Maori affairs, 258, 266, 269; his Representation Bill (1881), 270; his share in the raid on Parihaka, 276, et seq.; 281, 282, 284, 286; his interview with Tawhiao, 316; his resignation, 318; in a witness box, 320 n., 369 n., 370, 394, 395.

• Halswell, E., i. 264, 265, 266–272, 284, 285, 294.

• Hangatiki, great Maori meeting at, ii. 580.

• Hanson, R. D., i. 228, 243, 261, 262, 263, 293n.

• Haowhenua, i. 132–135.

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• Hape, Tuarangi, leader of the Ngatiraukawa, incident at his death, i. 48.

• Harriet, the story of the loss of the whaling bark, i. 167–172.

• Haultain, Colonel, Defence Minister, ii. 534, 552; praises Rangihiwinui, 572; reports on native lands sales and titles, iii. 16.

• Haumiatikitiki, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41.

• Hau Hau superstition, account of the origin of the, ii. 276 et seq.; Bishop Selwyn on, 358–359.

• Hau Haus (followers of the superstition so named) murder the Rev. C. S. Volkner, ii. 354, 355; their treatment of the Rev. T. Grace, 354–357; they commit more murders, 378; the Arawa wage war agaiust them, 378–380; they are attacked and defeated by Ropata and other chiefs, 381–384; encounter with, and defeat of the, at Omaranui, 457; compared to Fenians, 505, 540.

• Hauraki, gulf, i. 58.

• Havelock-allan, Sir, his opinion about Te Oriori, ii. n. 258, 281.

• Hawaii, the island of, various names of, i. 2–4, and n. 4.

• Hawaiian tradition regarding the first peopling of New Zealand, i. 3, 4, and notes.

• Hawke's Bay, discussion in the Assembly in reference to the acquisition of native lands at, iii. see Heretaunga.

• Hawke's Bay Herald advocates slaughter without trial, ii. 561.

• Heads, traffic in human, i. 131, 161.

• Hector, Dr., i. 63; iii. 65, 67.

• Heete Heete, a native of the Society Islands, i. 80; teaches Cook and his officers a moral lesson, 80; bids an affectionate adieu to Cook, 81, 87n.

• “Heitiki,” the; ornament or image, i. 6 n., 10.

• Heke Honi, i. 278, 338, 352, 366, 368, 371–374, 385–389, 393, 397, 399, 419, 420; his death, 420, iii. 377.

• Heke (grand-nephew of last), member of Parliament, 1894, iii. 377 n.

• Hemara Rerehau, friend of Hochstetter, accompanies Tawhiao in his visit to Auckland, iii. 313.

• Hemipo, a Maori guide, accompanies Mr. Meade in his journey at Lake Taupo, ii. 318; his skilful address, 320et seq.; fights against Hau Haus, 378; saves his father, 379.

• Heretaunga purchases, iii. 89; Commission, account of the, iii. 126–132.

• Hikairo, Commissioner, Heretaunga, iii. 126–129.

• Himatangi Block, discussion regarding the, iii. 267, 330.

• Hine-Nui-Te-Po, the goddess of death in Maori mythology, i. 42.

• Hipango, Christian Maori, captures murderers of the Gilfillans, i. 417; death of, ii. 352.

• Hiroki, iii. 181, 296.

• Hobson, Captain, i. 179; appointed British Consul and Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, 183, 184, 205–206; arrives in N.Z., 207; his proclamation, 207; makes treaty of Waitangi, 208–213, 216; curbs N.Z. Coy., 217–219; founds Auckland, 220, 225; Governor, 226–229, 235, 240–242, 244, 252, 254–256, 258, 259, 260, 263, 264, 266, 275, 277, 278; his death, 280, 300; Mr. Somes's indictment against, 380–382; (on treaty of Waitangi), iii. 349.

• Hokianga, i. 32.

• Hokitika, Goldfield, ii. 444.

• Home, Sir Everard, his mission to New Zealand in H.M.S. North Star, i. 329–334, 374.

• Hongi, a Maori chief, i. 36, 39, 45, 48, 52, 99, 102, 104–111; page 477 his ambitious designs, 106; sails for England to procure firearms, 106; he attacks and defeats the Ngatimaru, 108; captures Matakitaki, a great pah of the Waikato tribes, and slaughters and disperses them, 109–110; fights with and defeatsthe Ngatiwhatua, 115–116; other exploits, and death, 117–118.

• Hori Kingi, and Dr. Featherston, ii. 278, 279, 352, 363. 371, 423, 425, 503; his death, 534; his parting advice, 591.

• Horotiu (Waikato) river, i. 57.

• Hotonui, progenitor of the Ngatimaru, i. 18.

• Hoturoa, a Maori leader from Hawaiki, i. 6.

• Houses, Maori, i. 18.

• Howick, Lord, introduces a Bill to protect natives of the South Sea Islands, i. 165, 179; Chairman of Select Committee of House of Commons, 355–358, 368, 371, 379, 402; becomes Earl Grey, 403, ii. 588 n.

• Howitt, W., publishes a work on horrors in South Seas, &c., i. 172; ii. 285.

• Huirangi, fighting at, ii. 141.

• Hungahungataroa, desperate defence of the Hau Haus at, ii. 383–384.

• Hutt district, troubles in the, i. 403.

• Hutt river, i. 34.

• Ihaia, a Maori chief, feud of, with Katatore, ii. 16, 17; causes his murder, 54–56; dealing of the Governor with, 56, 57; is granted an annuity, 68.

• Immigrants, notes for advances to, illusory, iii. 64; Appendix, 447.

• Immigration and Public Works, ii. 631, 634; iii. 10, 37, 38, 57, 64.

• Imperial financial claims, ii. 468–471, 524.

• Indemnity Bill, i. 414; ii., disallowed 1866, 431; passed for members, iii. 98; for outrages at Parihaka, &c., 321, 325, 326.

• Ironside, Wesleyan missionary, i. 318.

• Jervois, Sir W., Governor, iii. 340, 352, 372.

• Johnston, Judge, Commissioner, under restrictions, to examine Waitara title, ii. 157, 159; on upholding the sanctity of the law, 592–593.

• Jones, Commissariat Officer, on advances from Imperial chest, ii. 468.

• Jones, Mr., a newspaper printer, called to the Bar of the House, and ordered to be prosecuted for libelling Mr. Whitaker, but gains a verdict in his favour, iii. 141.

• Judges of Native Land Courts, report of, on Native Land Act of 1873, iii. 73.

• Jury system (grand and petty) established by Martin and Swainson in N.Z., i. 275; iii. 247.

• Kahoora, a Maori chief, his account of the slaughter of the Adventure's boat's crew, i. 86–87.

• Kaiapoi, slaughter of the Ngaitahu at, i. 37.

• Kaipara, i. 32.

• Kapiti Island, i. 34.

• Katatore, a Maori chief, i. 355; his dispute regarding land, ii. 14; he shoots Rawiri, 16; is rebuked by Bishop Selwyn, 19; his feud with Arama Karaka, 21; is murdered by Ihaia's followers, 54.

• Katene, a Western chief, his dealings with Colonel M'Donell, ii. 460, 519 n., 521 n., 532, 571.

• Katene, a Northern chief, hisviews on Parliamentary Government, iii. 14n., 30; becomes a member page 478 of the Executive Council, iii. 39; makes roads, 42, 91, 225.

• Kawau, a chief, rescues a Maori prisoner, i. 338, 339.

• Kawau, island, escape of Maori prisoners from, ii. 307.

• Kawhia, i. 33.

• Kawiti, a chief, i. 372; allied with Heke in the sack of Kororarika, 373, 385; letter of, 389; receives Governor Grey's ultimatum, 392, 394; his pah attacked and captured, 396; he desires and obtains peace, 397, 402; is publicly baptized, 420; death, 369.

• Kemp, H. T., purchaser for government of Middle Island, i. 457–459; his Ngaitahu deed, ii. 389, 404, 413.

• Kendall, Mr., lay missionary, i, 96, 100, 101; aids De Thierry in buying land, 125, 176.

• Kereopa, ii. 353, 354; murders Rev. C. S. Volkner, 355, 384; is hanged, 627.

• Kihikihi, ii. 180, 201, 284, 287, 288, 291.

• Kimberley, Lord, on the Treaty of Waitangi and his duty, ii. 412; iii. 3, 4, 22; approves Donald M'Lean's arrangements on West Coast, purchasing lands from Maoris, &c., iii. 39 (and 257–258); asks for a report regarding native affairs, iii. 251; receives it, 258; agrees to withhold it from Parliament “if possible,” 258; dispenses titles, 286; conceals from Parliament the abuse of military power, 288 n.; satisfaction of, with the proceedings at Parihaka, 313, 345; receives a deputation of Ngapuhi chiefs, 346; account of their interview with him, 346–349; approved, in 1872, a Governor's declaration that the Treaty of Waitangi must be regarded as inviolate, 349; agrees, in 1882, that it shall be violated, 352.

• King, P. G., Governor of New South Wales, i. 89–91.

• Knollys, Captain, aide-de-camp to Sir Arthur Gordon, his mission to Te Whiti, iii. 253, 254.

• Kohe Kohe Redoubt, ii. 205–206, 208.

• Koheroa, action at, ii. 228.

• Kohimarama, great meeting of the Maori chiefs at, to confer with Governor Browne, ii. 111–114.

• Kopua, Sir George Grey's meeting with the Maori tribes at, in 1879, iii. 187–191.

• Kororarika, Hobson arrives at i. 207; outbreak of hostilities at, 352, 366, 371; the place evacuated by the colonists, 373; sacked by the Maoris, 373.

• Kukapo, robbed, iii. 307.

• Kupe, a Maori leader from Hawaiki, i. 7.

• Kuruhaupo, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 7.

• Labouchere, H., Secretary of State, i. 438, 439; and Mantell, ii. 389, 390.

• Lake district, the, i. 55, 56, 62 n.

• LakeTaupo, i. 34, 36, 55.

• Lake Waikaremoana, i. 35.

• Lambert, Captain, R.N., his account of the expedition of the Alligator, i. 168–170, 172, 173, 174.

• Land laws and ‘usages of the Maoris, i. 17 n, 30, 31, and cap. xiv. … passim.

• Land, compulsory taking of, for roads, &c., ii. 190–192, 247, 264.

• Land, upset price of, iii. 106, 107, 108, 124, 158; Appen., 453–455.

• Langlois, attempts to found a French settlement in New Zealand, i. 229–238.

• Language of the Maoris, affinity of the, with that of Tahiti, and other Pacific islands, i. 1, 3.

• Lares familiares, the, of Italy reproduced in the tupuna of the Maoris, i. 5, 40.

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• Larnach, W. J. M., iii. 142; carries resolution of want of confidence in Atkinson Ministry in 1877, 144; Treasurer, 145; his financial statement, 152.

• Law officers, in England, on Maori suffrage rights, ii. 65.

• Legislative Council, limitation of numbers of, ii. 196; representation of ministry in, 245; Sir W. Atherton and Sir R. Palmer on its powers, 246, 398, 401, 445, 448, 464; endeavours to strengthen it, 538, 539, 595; on “tacking,” 596 protest in, 634; suggestion of petition to the Queen against Lord Granville's disruptive policy, 635; privileges of, iii. 8, 9; absence of minister in, objected to, 23; Maori members appointed, 23; bill to change the constitution of, lost, 57; throws out Provincial Loans Bills, 60, 61; throws out bill providing for joint voting with the other House, 72; privileges of, 163; protests in, against Attainder Bill, 328; assault upon it, 386–391.

• Lewis, Sir G. C., opposed to Mr. Richmond's plan of “indefinite expenditure of blood and treasure” to obtain Maori territory, ii. 106–107, 131.

• Lizard Skin, a Maori chief, account of, i. n. 22.

• Lizards, superstition of the Maoris regarding, i. 60.

• Loan Act 1863, ii. 247; loan, 346–348, 467; iii. 10, 37, 38, 57, 59, 64, 110, 134, 156, 162, 163, 196, 379, 380, 385, 386; Appendix, 449–450.

• Luxford, Rev. W., at Parihaka, iii. 276; at Patea, 292.

• Lyttlton Times, iii. 259, 278, 287; on case of Matakatea, 288; on Prendergast's Proclamation, 1881, 289; on the raid upon Parihaka, 300; cites Judge Gillies’ charge, 304; on Mr. Parris, 306, 310, 315, 319; calls raid upon Parihaka “atrocious,” 320, 324 n.

• Macandrew, J., Executive Councillor, ii. 9; Superintendent, Otago, 399, 400, 402–403, 405, 407, 409; petitions for military help to subdue Maoris, 548; iii. on Vogel's Abolition Bill, 78; Middle Island unfilled promises, 74, 88, 145, 155, 179, 203, 204, 208; says on West Coast Settlement Bill of 1880 that the “future historian” must denounce it as unsurpassed in badness, 238; resists the Bill for Attainder of Te Whiti as shameful, 325, 333.

• Mackay, Alex., compiler of a compendium of official documents, i. 37, ii. 389–404; iii. 86.

• Mcdonell, Major, ii. 422, 426; Colonel, his operations against the Maoris, 457, 462; his defence of his conduct in the affairs he was engaged in, 458n., 462, 518–521; at Te Ngutuotemanu, 531; defeated by Titokowaru, 532; his own account of the affair, 533 n., 534, 535; is superseded by Colonel Whitmore, 537; joins in pursuit of Te Kooti, 599, 600, 615; is puzzled in the field, 617.

• Mclean, Donald, at Taranaki, i. 352, 353, 354, 355; is entertained by Heu Heu, 388, 419; his report regarding the purchase of land at Wairarapa, 459; his dealings with Te Rangitake, 466–468; ii. 16, 21, 30; is appointed Native Secretary, 31; his statement that no “native has clear individual title to land,” 34, 38; his intrigues against Fenton, 42, 46, 49, 53; is rebuked by C. W. Richmond for protests against ministerial Native Territorial Rights Bill, 62; in favour of Governor retaining control of Maori affairs, 62; abets the Government in injustice at Waitara, 70, 71, 84; page 480 attends meeting of Maoris at Ngaruawahia, 100; and at Kohimarama, 111; his servile adoption of ministerial views, 113, 124–125, 147–149, 160, 210, 380, 385, 408, 456; moves Maori Representation Bill, 467; animportant ally to Mr. Fox, 537; removed by Stafford from his agency for the Government, 570; becomes Native Minister, 585, 597; calls confiscation “an expensive mistake,” 601; meets at Pahiko Ngapora and Rewi, 602–604, 605, 608, 610, 613; objects to Mr. Firth's dealings with Te Kooti, 614; entrusts Maori chiefs with the campaign against Te Kooti, 617; declines to sanction peace made with Tamaikowha, 621; censures Col. St. John, 622; agrees to reconciliation with Tamaikowha and to recognize the peace made by Rangihiwinui, 624; announces that excepting Te Kooti, Kereopa, and one or two others lives will be spared, 624; and that confiscation will not be extended, 624; advised by Ropata to use clemency to Uriwera prisoners in Wellington, 624; in 1872 no political or rebel prisoner left, 627, 629, 631, 640; steadily adheres to his policy of peace, iii. 1, 2; meets Rangitake, 18; recognizes Titokowaru's return, 19, 21; how he employed Maoris, 21; praises R. Wahawaha, 23, 25, 26–30; declines office from Stafford, 26, 34–36; is reinstated on the formation of the Waterhouse Cabinet, 33; his arrangements sanctioned as to purchases of confiscated land under deeds of cession, 39 (ib. pp. 257, 258); Native Land Bill, 49, 50, 51; his Natives’ Reserves Bill, 51, 53, 55, 56, 59, 65; is made a K.C.M.G., 71; his interview with the Maori king, 83; makes extensive land purchases for the Government, 85, 86, 88, 89–91, 103, 104, 106, 114, 119; his death, 126; his Waimate Plains arrangements, 166; Sir F. D. Bell on them, 195, 225, 228, 257, 258.

• Macquarib, Governor of New South Wales, his efforts on behalf of the natives of New Zealand, i. 98, 104.

• Mahoetahi, defeat of the Maoris at, by General Pratt, ii. 137.

• Mair, Mr., his report on the killing of Sullivan by Purukutu, iii. 45–47.

• Maine, Sir Henry, on absorptive power in primitive communities, ii. 499n.; on representative government, iii. 381.

• Makaretu, ii. Te Kooti driven from, 546.

• Maketu, where the Arawa canoe was burned, i. 26; pah at, stormed by Hongi, 144.

• Maketu, a Maori, trial and execution of for murder, i. 278, 279.

• Mamari, a Maori canoe, i. 7.

• Mana, meaning of the Maori word, i. 21, 22n., ii. 37, C. W. Richmond on, 74, 79, 89.

• Manaia, a Maori leader from Hawaiki, i. 6, 7.

• Manawatu block, ii. 438, 452, 473, 493–501.

• Manawatu river, i. 33.

• Maning, Mr. F. E., n. 17, a Pakeha Maori, account of, 21–25; et seq. extract from “Old New Zealand,” by, 22; his decisions in the Native Lands Court, 31, 133–135; and Hobson, 211 n.; his conduct to the natives, 309 n., and 374 n.; ii. 30, 71, 73; 104, 150, 158; his opinion as to causes of mortality among Maoris, 239, 240 n.; his statement regarding the rise of strange delusions among the Maoris, 358; at Pakaraka, 474; as Judge of Native Land Court delivers judgment in page 481 Rangitikei-Manawatu case, 497; his report regarding the Maoris, 505; iii. 73; on Heretaunga Commission, 126.

• Mantell, Mr. Walter, i. 449; Commissioner for extinguishing Maori titles in Middle Island, 458; becomes Native Minister ii., 166; 197, 247; Native Minister in Weld Ministry, 344; resigns, 376, 389, 390; severs his connection with office because the Secretary of State refuses to do justice, 390; on the Maori Reserve at Dunedin, 392, 393, 401–406, 413, 419, 420, 435, 436; obtains return about deportation of Maoris 526, 539; about Maori printed bills, 539, 592; iii. 14, 17; on printing Maori bills, 34, 51; quotes Dr. Pollen on breach of faith with Maoris, by Governments, 54, 55, 73; on Sartoris and Downe claims, 122; on privilege, 163; on Confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Bill (1879), 212; on the Bill of 1880, 235, 241; on Himatangi Block, 267; on Attainder of Te Whiti Bill, 327; his protest, 327; on Himatangi Block, 330, 339.

• Manukau, i. 32.

• Manukau Land Company, history of, i. 310–312.

• Maori chief, a, on the Hawaiian tradition, i. 3 n.

• Maori election case, iii. 102–105.

• Maori, explanation of the term, i. 44.

• “Maori Mementos,” by C. O. Davis, extract from, i. 15 and n.

• Maori Petitions in 1866, ii. 471–474.

• Maori population in 1868, ii. 503–505; in 1882, discussion about, iii. 332; Appendix, 460–461.

• Maori Prisoners Bills of 1879 (Parihaka), iii. 197–199; of 1880, 230–235; Captain Russell supporting the Bill, thinks that the historian will give a brighter character to Te Whiti and the socalled rebels than to those “whom we look upon as loyal,” 233; Te Wheoro on, 233; Mr. Andrews’ appeal against the Bill, 234; Bill in Legislative Council, 235; Whitaker's defence of it, 235; Sir F. D. Bell supports it, 235; another Bill (Detention), 236; Mr. Pyke on it, 236; another (West Coast), 238–240, 322–328.

• Maori Prisoners’ Detention Bill (1880), iii. 236.

• “Maori Races of New Zealand, On the,” by W. Colenso, i. 9, 10 n.

• Maori representation, advocated by Fitzgerald, ii. 97; suggested in Governor's speech to Parliament by Sir G. Grey, 372; Proclamation by Sir G. Grey, 377; Weld Ministry intentions, 431; Act passed, 467; reception of, 506; elections, 522; speeches of members, 525; and remarks on them, iii. 14; two in Legislative Council, 23, 28, 34, 41, 49; Ngatata, 53; Mr. Water-house says that they “comprehended a Bill that was beyond the comprehension of the rest of the Council,” 56, 74, 89, 91, 96; two appointed to the Executive Council, 114, 208; their ability extolled by Macandrew, F. D. Bell, and Whitaker, 208, 209; by Sir W. Fox, 245; discussion in House on Maori representation and population, 265.

• Maori Reserve, Princes-street, Dunedin, ii. 389–411, 420; iii. 160.

• Maoris, their languagei; 1; tradition of their first arrival in New Zealand, 2; names of their leaders and of the canoes which carried them, 2, 6, 7, 8; plants and animals brought with them, 2, 12; stone images of, 4; various theories regarding the page 482 origin of, 5; the mode and order of their arrival in New Zealand, 5–8; their genealogies, 8; their poetry, and physical and intellectual characteristics, 9, 15, 16; their social habits, 9–33; and industrial pursuits, 10–12; duties of their women, 11–12; their food and drink and its preparation, 11–13; their houses, general habits, manners, and usages, 8, 9–20; disposal of the dead, 14–16; their chiefs and priests, 16, 25, 26; laws regarding land, 17 and n. 30, 31; their canoes and their management, 17, 18; their songs, and games, 19; their speech, seasons, and marriage customs, 20; Pakeha Maoris, 21; the word “Mana,” 21; Tapu, 23, 24; effects of a violation of the Tapu, 24, 25; three classes of people, 26; slaves and slavery, 26; war the delight of the Maoris, 26; their weapons, 27; war and warfare among the, 27–29; their pahs or forts, 28, 29; the law of Muru, 29, 30; rights of conquerors, 31; distribution of the tribes at the time of the English occupation, 32–38; the Maorialphabet framed by missionaries, 39; reverence for the laws and rites of ancestors, 39; religion, 40; and mythology, 40–42, 44; cannibalism universal, 42, 43; origin of tattooing among them, 43; the word “Maori,” 44; first introduction of fire-arms amongst them, 44; in the hands of the leading tribes they become the terror and scourge of the country, 46, et seq.; exploits of the chiefs Te Waharoa, Rauparaha, and Hongi, 45–53, 106, 108–112, 115–118, 132–135, 143–147; Maori superstition regarding lizards, 60; first intercourse of Maoris with Europeans, 64; with Captain Cook, 65–75, 78–87; longevity of the, 71 n.; traffic with 94, et seq.; first introduction of the gospel among them by Samuel Marsden, the apostle of the Maoris, 96, 99–105, 112; various efforts to convert and civilize them, 99–105, 107, 112; wars after introduction of firearms, 105–106, 108–112, et seq.; dealings of missionaries with, 113–115, 123, 126, 127, 128; traffic in their heads by Europeans, 131; general manumission of slaves by the chiefs, 156; various efforts of the Australian and Imperial authorities to protect the natives, 161, et seq.; Maori national flag recognised by Sec. of State, 166; independence of united tribes of N.Z. recognised, 175; a deed palmed upon them by N.Z. Coy., 192; another deed, 197; Waka Nene and Patuone at Waitangi, 209; dealings of various colonization companies with the, 124, 175–176, et seq.; a war party of the, 203; treaty of Waitangi, 210; E. J. Wakefield's description of Rauparaha, 254; Lord Stanley on keeping faith with them, 289–292; encounter at Wairau, and loss of life, 313; meeting at Remuera, in 1844, 340; a Committee of the House of Commons on the land of the, 355–359; Spain sees Rauparaha, as Ariki, forbid a land sale, 365; letter from chiefs to the Queen, 431; letters from Te Waru and Kahawai to the Queen, 470, 471; described by Sir G. Grey, 474; 376 chiefs address the Queen against transportation of convicts to New Zealand, 479; Imperial legislation on, by Lord Derby, 484; number of, in 1853, 490; measles decimate tribes, 490 n.; movement to appoint a king, ii. 33; appointment of a Board on native titles to land, 33; murder page 483 of a native woman, 34; election of a king, 32–45; Potatau elected 45; British law officers on the rights of the, 64; Governor Browne makes war upon, 80; opinions of chiefs on the war, 90; meeting of, at Ngaruawahia, 100; attack on the Puketakauere Pah, 109; death of Potatau, 110; meeting of chiefs at Kohimarama, 111; defeat of, at Mahoetahi, 137; and at Matarikoriko, 140; conference with the Governor regarding terms, 141–143; tactics at Te Arei, 145; letter from Waharoa to the General, 146; a two days’ truce, 146; negotiations and terms agreed on, 149–151; reply to Governor Browne's manifesto, 164; Sir G. Grey's new policy regarding, 174 et seq.; he meets many of them at Waikato, 178; unsatisfactory result, 179; Mr. Fitzgerald's motion for representation for the, in the Legislative Assembly, 197; suspicions of the, at Grey's military roadmaking, 198; meeting at Peria, 199–202; conduct towards Bishop Selwyn, 200; Governor Grey's interview with them at Ngaruawahia, 203; last opportunity for peace lost, 204; dispute about timber for construction of police barracks at Te Kohe Kohe, 205; a Maori newspaper, The Hokioi, 206; attempt to destroy the printing office of the Governor's newspaper, 207; plans of Government for attacking the, 221, 222; General Cameron defeats them at the Katikara river, 223; treatment of Aporo, 225; proclamation, 227; invaded and defeated by General Cameron at Koheroa, 228; Te Waharoa driven to war, 229; the tocsin—an ancient war song—sent to the tribes, 232; their tactics, 233, 234; their numbers, habits, and decay, 238 et seq.; a cause of decay assigned by Mr. F. E. Maning, 240; numerical proportion of the (50,000 to 150,000), to the colonists, 243; the Maori position at Mere-Mere captured, 255; desperate defence at Rangiriri, 257–259; they sue for peace, 259; evacuate Ngaruawahia, 260; massacre of, at Paparata, 261; prisoners of war, 270–274; an ambuscade, 275; destruction of their crops, 275; Hau Hau fanaticism, 276; defeat of Hau Haus by Christian Maoris, at Moutoa, 277; the Waikato tribes besieged at Paterangi, 281; Bishop Selwyn in assisting the wounded is fired at, 282; destruction of food depot, burning of women and children, 283; Aihipene, a friendly chief, appeals in vain for peace, 284; Rewi and 300 Maoris make a stand at Orakau, 287–293; the Ngaiterangi make a desperate defence near Tauranga, at the Gate Pah, 294–299; their humane treatment of the English wounded, 298; Colonel Greer scatters them at Te Ranga, 301; his tribute to their bravery, 301 n.; escape of prisoners from Kawau, 307; Mr. Meade's narrative of his journey to Taupo, 314–321; schemes for confiscation of lands, 324–332; submission of Waharoa, 337, 362; murder of the Rev. C. S. Volkner, 355; efforts of Wi Tako Ngatata to suppress the Hau Haus, 361; the Arawa war against the Hau Haus, 378; Ropata Wahawaha fights against them, 380–384; seizure of Te Kooti, on suspicion, 385; Reserve at Dunedin unjustly taken by the Government, 389–410; General Chute's treatment of a prisoner, 422, 428; Sir W. Martin on page 484 laws affecting Maoris, 436, 437; Native Lands Act (1865), 436; character and death of Te Waharoa, 451–454; Hau Haus attacked at Omaranui, on the East Coast, 457; Colonel McDonell attacks an undefended village, Pokaikai, 457; and Pungarehu and Popoia, 459–460; Maori Representation Act, 467; petitions of Maoris to the Assembly, 471–473; proceedings before the Native Lands and Compensation Courts, 478–501; condition of the tribes, in 1867, 502–508; Titokowaru provoked by law less proceedings at Ngutuotemanu, 519, 520; first election of Maori members of Parliament, 522; escape of Te Kooti and other prisoners from Chatham Islands, 525–528; they are attacked, but effect a retreat, 529, 531; Colonel M'Donell defeated by Titokowaru at Ngutuotemanu, 531–534; petition of Ngapuhi tribe, 536; Colonel Whitmore defeated by Titokowaru, at Moturoa, 541–543; massacre at Poverty Bay by Te Kooti, 543; capture of his stronghold, Ngatapa, 556, 560; slaughter of prisoners, 560; meeting of tribes at Hangatiki, 580; at Orahiri, 582; swords presented to Rangihiwinui, Ropata, and Kohere, by the Queen, 591, 592; efforts of various chiefs to capture Te Kooti, 598–600, 608, 614–621 et seq.; lands allotted to “returnedrebels” at Waikato, 628; death of Te Puni, 640, 641; and of Waka Nene, 640; memorial iii. 6; praises of Maori representatives in the Assembly, 14; paid for making roads by D. McLean, 21; Ropata Wahawaha at Mataahu, 22; nomination of Maori members of Legislative Council, 23; discussion in the Assembly regarding justice to Tauroa, 28–31; Kateneand Parata members of the Executive Council, 39; Imperial sanction of McLean's arrangement with, as to confiscated lands, 39; murder of Sullivan, 44; Mr. Mair's report, 45; Mr. Mackay's adventure at Te Kuiti, 46; number of Maoris in 1874, 48; petitions from, 50; speech of Ngatata, 53; Waka Maori newspaper, 56; Middle Island claims, 56, (74); Sir Donald McLean's interview with Tawhiao, 83, …; death busy amongst the older generation 84; extensive purchases of land from the, 85; first sale of land by the Uriwera tribe, 102; a Maori election case, 102–105; Taiaroa's Maori Representation Bill, 114; Heretaunga Commission on alienation of Maori lands, 126; statement of native policy of the Grey Government, 159; Te Whiti becomes the guide at Parihaka, 167; educational statistics, 169; petition regarding grievances of the, 169; survey of the Waimate Plains, 175–187; meeting of Sir G. Grey with Tawhiao at Kopua, 187; discussions in the Assembly regarding the West Coast, 195, et seq.; Sir F. D. Bell on Peace Preservation Bill, -198; Mr. Wsterhouse on it, 198; Panui of Taiaroa and others, 199; Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners Bill, 210; Ministerial designs on land at Parihaka, 214; Tawhai declines to be a power less commissioner, 215; armed force crosses the Waingongoro, 216; Te Whiti counsels peace, 216; his speech at his March meeting, 218; West Coast Commission Reports, 220 et seq.; a Maori Prisoners Bill, 230; a Maori Prisoners’ Detention Bill (1880) 236; West Coast Settlement Bill, 237–240; Bryce's Native Land page 485 Sales Bill, 243–246; the Patetere block transaction, 246; persecution of Te Whiti, 252 et seq.; Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 260; Tawhiao visits the European settlements, 263; a Thermal Springs District Bill, 264; discussion as to electoral rights of Maoris, 265; the Himatangiblock transaction, 266–267; Ministerial raid on Parihaka, 269–281 et seq.; treatment of Titokowaru, 301–302; Te Whiti sent to gaol 305; the cases of Kukapo and others, 306–308; death of Te Rangitake and Teira, 308, 309 and n.; visit of Tawhiao to Auckland, 313–317; houses destroyed by order of Mr. Bryce, 318 n.; Bill of Attainder passed in the Assembly against Te Whiti and Tohu, 321 et seq.; Ngapuhi chiefs in London with a petition to the Queen, 345; they are befriended by the Aborigines Protection Society, 348; their interview with Lord Kimberley, 348–352; Tawhiao and chiefs in England, 354–361; Mr. Fenton on destruction of “the race,” 362 n.; Owhaoko, &c., Land Bill, 363–367; unfulfilled promises to, 369; education of, 371; Wahanui heard at the bar, 375–377; a Heke in the House, 377 n.; Appendix, 460–461.

• Maranui, chief of the Ngaitahu, story of his capture and death, i. 158–160.

• Marion du Fresne, French navigator, i. 77.

• Marriage among the Maoris, i. 20.

• Marsden, Samuel, his first acquaintance with the Maoris, i. 91; his meeting with Ruatara, 95; his efforts on behalf of the New Zealanders, 96, 98, 99–105; at the Bay of Islands, 100; divine service celebrated in New Zealand for the first time, 102, further labours, 102, et seq., 113; his remarks on the native character, 123; a peacemaker, 127, 129; his last visit to the Maoris, 148; declares that N.Z. needs protection from infamous characters, 149; his death, 149; on methods of conversion, 150; testimony by Church Missionary Society as to his character and labours, 149, 164; iii. 213.

• Marshall, Dr. W. B., at Taranaki, i. 171, 172.

• Martin, Sir William, the first Chief Justice of New Zealand, i. 264, 274n.; his labours with Swainson in legislation establish the jury system, grand and petty, 275; passes sentence of death on Maketu, 279; refuses warrant to arrest Rangihaeata, 285; his remonstrance against Earl Grey's instructions, 430–432; his reply to the Governor regarding, 435; extract from his protest, 435–437; his prophecy, 437; opinion of Colonel Browne, the Governor, on, ii. 53, 67, 68; Governor Browne asks for his opinion, 110, 112, 122; his pamphlet on the Taranaki question and reply to Mr. Richmond's notes and memorandum, 131–136; the Governor laments the effect of the pamphlet, 136; labours to persuade Waharoa to avert war, 146, 147, 150, 151; opinion on the king movement, 152–153, 158; his protest against the New Zealand Settlements Act, 250, 251; his solemn appeals as to method of confiscation, 264, 265; his prediction of 1847 fulfilled, 276, 280, 358, 364; his letter to Mr. Cardwell regarding Acts affecting the natives, 436–437, 512; advocates University, 515, 592; is consulted by McLean as to Native Land Bill, iii. 13, 16, 17, 53, 129, 213.

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• Matahau, the boy missionary, i. 145, 146, 201, 212.

• Matakatea, a humane and generous Maori, account of unjust treatment of, ii. 424; iii. 193n., 235, 249, 288.

• Matakitaki, Hongi slaughters Waikato tribes at, i. 109, 110.

• Matamata, i. 33.

• Matarikoriko, defeat of the natives at, ii. 140.

• Matatua, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 7.

• Material progress of the country—in 1853, i. 490; in 1863, ii. 241–243; in 1868, 508, 509; in 1872, iii. 41; in 1874, 98, 369, and in Appendix, p.p. 443–461.

• Matutaera, son of Potatau, chosen to succeed his father as Maori king, ii. 110. (See Tawhiao.)

• Maui, the demigod, his birth and deeds, i. 40, 42, 44.

• Maui, the island of, i. 3n.

• Maunganui, i. 5, 106; ii. 299.

• Maungatawhiri, crossing of, declaration of war, ii. 228, 229.

• Maungatautari, i. 33, ii. 283, 291; evacuated, 322.

• Maungawhao, the dwelling place of the chief Kiwi, i. 32.

• Maunsell, Rev. R., i. 107, 142, 144, 212; his protest against Earl Grey's Instructions, 433; ii. 32, 42, 123, 129, 130, 225; accompanies troops to mitigate horrors of war, 228, 510; iii. 213.

• Mautai, Heremaia, a Ngaitahu, his claim before the Native Land Court at Canterbury, ii. 413–420.

• Meade, Mr., account of his romantic journey to Taupo, ii. 314–321.

• Melanesia, the mission to, connected with New Zealand, ii. 513.

• Mental characteristics of the Maoris, i. 9.

• Mere-Mere, capture of, ii. 255.

• Merivale, Herman, on Treaty of Waitangi, i. 432; on distinctions conferred by the Colonial Office, ii. 464, 476, 639.

• MeteKingi Paetahi, ally of the colonists, ii. 277, 278, 352, 363, 371, 429; elected a member of Parliament, 521, 522, 525; at time of alarm at Wanganui, 535; his speech, 536; conduct, 536, 541, 543, 549, 584, 586, 602; meets Topia Turoa, 605–608; at Kopua, iii. 187, 226, 302.

• Middle Island of New Zealand (Te Wai Pounamu), i. 2, 36, 53, 64; purchase of the, by Government, i. 457–459; Taiaroa's comment on Judge Fenton's report regarding the purchase of the, ii. 407; unfulfilled promises of Government in, 413–420; sale of land in, by Maoris, iii. 87, 328–330, 368, 369.

• Middle Island claims, i. 249, 264 n., 307, 338, 364 and n.; iii. 28, 51, 52, 56, 74; report of Mr. Mackay, 74, 87, 88, 328–330, 369.

• Military settlers, ii. 230, 231, 244, 323–330, 334, 335, 451 n., 482.

• Missionaries, dealings of the, with the natives, i. 138, 141, 151–154, 155–156; their influence with the natives in inducing them to accept the sovereignty of Great Britain, 209, 210–213; Governor Grey's charge against, 421–423; their claims to land, 441; their contests with the Governor regarding them, 442–447; his testimony as to their influence for good, 475; summary, ii. 510, 511; efforts of the, of different denominations, 513, 514.

• Missions to the Maoris—first instituted by Marsden, i. 99; divine service celebrated for the first time, 102; various succeeding efforts, 103, 105, 107, 112, 114, 117, 123, 126–128, 138–150, 155, 156; sketch of the work of the, in New Zealand, ii. 511, et seq.

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• Moa, the, Professor Owen's confirmed conjectures regarding, i. 58n.

• Moffatt, convicted before Judge Richmond of unlawfully manufacturing gunpowder, iii. 165.

• Mokau river, i. 33; iii. 337, 338.

• Mokena Kohere, thanked for service in the field, ii. 380, 382, 436; receives a sword from the Queen, 590–591; made member of Legislative Council, iii. 23, 54, 200, 235.

• Mokoia, the island of, i. 6, 111.

• Monro, Dr., Sir David, i. 318, 325, 327, 366, 480; ii. 2; Speaker, 447; suggests suspension of Constitution, 553; iii. 7; and Fox, 8; denounces the Fox-Vogel extravagance, 24.

• Moriori, a race settled at the Chatham Islands, subdued by the Ngatiawa, i. 38; decay of, iii. 85.

• Moturoa, Titokowaru defeats Col. Whitmore at, ii. 541–542.

• Mount Cook, i. 54.

• MountEgmont, i. 33, 54; so named by Cook, 57.

• Moutoa, battle of, ii, 277–278; monument in commemoration, 278, 421.

• Muaupoko, district of the, i. 33.

• Mundy, Colonel, his interview in 1848 with an old chief, Taniwha, who remembered Cook's visit, i. 71n.; will not visit Rangihaeata, 419; predicts there will not be another Maori war, 472.

• Murray, Mr. F. P., iii. 281; and Mr. Hall, 281; and Prendergast, 281–283.

• Muru, the law of, among the Maoris, i. 29, 30.

• Music and songs among the Maoris, i. 19.

• Mythology of the Maoris, i. 40–42.

• Nantelo-Bordelaise Coy., i. 233–237.

• Native Affairs, control of, ii. 27–32, 35, 36, 43–48, 57–68, 125, 153, 155–160; Duke of Newcastle on, 183, 184, 256 n.; Mr. Fox on, 185–186; House of Representatives on, 186; Sir George Grey on, 187; Sir George Grey and Domett Ministry on, 219–222; Fox's resolution on, 256.

• Native Committees Bill (Tomoana's), 1882, iii. 335, 336.

• Native Council Bill 1860, ii. 123, 124; iii. 55.

• Native Districts’ Regulation Bill, 1858, ii. 60, 61; how allowed, 64.

• Native Lands Act 1863, ii. 193–195, (1865) 436, 442, 505, (1869) 595, iii. (McLean's) 49, 51, 73, (Whitaker's) 138–140, 159, 160.

• Native Lands Courts, decisions of the, on the rights of conquerors, i. 31; and on titles to land, 34, 109 n.; ii.; at Christchurch, 404; at Otago, 405; Compensation Court held at Taranaki, chap. xiv. 478; startling revelations at Waitara, ib.; views of the judges on native tenure, ib.; the wrongs of Te Rangitake proved before the, ib.; decision of the, in the Rangitikei-Manawatu case, 499; Bill to amend, iii. 15; reports of the judges of the, on the working of the Native Lands Act of 1873, 73.

• Native Lands Sales Bill 1880, iii. 243–245.

• Native Offenders Bill 1856, ii. 29, 30; 1860, 123, 131 n., 132.

• Native Rights Bill, ii. 435, 436, 442.

• Native Grantees Bill, iii. 55.

• Native Land Division Bill 1882, iii. 331–332.

• Native Reserves Bill, 1856, ii. 27 1873, iii. (McLean's) 51–55; 1882, iii. 333, 334.

• (Native) Territorial Rights Bill, 1858, ii. 63; disallowed, 64, 65, 68.

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• Nelson, settlement at, i. 259.

• Nera Wiremu, i. 342, ii. 39, 40, 100, 101, 113, 198, 224, 225, 282.

• Newcastle, the Duke of, i. 487; approves the Governor's decision to resort to arms, ii. 85; sends four silver-headed sticks for chiefs, 106, 131, 135, 136; appoints Sir George Grey to relieve Colonel Browne, 171; despatches from, 177, 181; recriminates, 189, 190–192, 218, 219, 221.

• Newspaper, a, in the Maori tongue issued by the natives, ii. 206; a rival organ issued by Governor Grey, 206; attempt to destroy the printing-office of the latter, 207; it is sent away under orders from Rewi, 209.

• Newspapers, slaughter of Rauparaha demanded in, i. 369; ii. 33, 67, 183, 184, 435; demand vengeance against Maoris, 523, 546, 550, 551, 561, 575; iii. 29, 191, 192, 214 and n., 229 n., 230, 255, 274, 276–278, 281, 285, 287, 289, 292, 297, 299, 300, 302, 308, 309, 310, 316, 317, 320, 324 n., 338, 375.

• “New Zealand and its Colonization,” by Mr. Swainson, extract from, i. 9.

• New Zealand Hokianga Settlement Company 1825, the, i. 124.

• New Zealand Association (Gibbon Wakefield's) 1837, its origin and various disputes with the Imperial authorities, i. 177–179.

• New Zealand Company (Gibbon Wakefield's) 1839, i. 180, 183, 185–201, 215, 218, 243, 245, 246–250, 253, 257–269, 285–288, 295, 307, 313–320, 329, 337, 355, 381–383, 448, 449; rebuked by Lord Stanley, 291; downfall of, 453, 456; succoured by Lord Stanley, 457.

• New Zealand Cross, ii. 590.

• New Zealand Settlements Bill, ii. 248–251; Mr. Cardwell on, 304–306, 437.

• New Zealand and Polynesian Company, iii. 69.

• Ngaere Te, captured, ii. 571.

• Ngahue, the alleged first discoverer of New Zealand, i. 2.

• Ngaitahu tribe, the, i. 8, 36, 37–38; slaughter and dispersion of the, by Rauparaha, 37; negotiations of the English with the, for part of their lands, and the unfulfilled promises extant, 38; Bishop Selwyn's visit to, 38; unfulfilled promises to, ii. 407, 413–420, iii. 28, 74, 87, 88, 328–330.

• Ngaiterangi, district of the, i. 35.

• Ngaituahuriri tribe, i. 36.

• Ngamotu, unsuccessfully attacked by Ta Whero Whero, i. 136–138.

• Ngapora, Tamati, i. 487; the Maori king's counsellor, ii. 33, 48; interview of Governor Browne with ii. 50 n., 53, 129, 141–143, 149, 152, 160; refuses to be cajoled, 205, 225–227; joins in submission after capture of Rangiriri, 259, 517, 522; at Hangatiki, 581–582; at Orahiri, 582–584; meets McLean at Pahiko, 603; iii. 179; is in his tent at Kopua, 187; visits European settlements with Tawhiao, 262, et seq.; at Auckland, 313, 321.

• Ngapuhi tribe, tradition of the, i. 7; district of the, 32; amongst the first to possess firearms, 44; visited by Captain Cook, 72; leading chiefs ever friendly to the colonists, passim; hear Marsden's first sermon in N.Z., 102; ii. their number in 1867, 504, ii.; their petition lauded in the House, 536; offer service, iii. 47; petition of chiefs of, to the Queen, 346–353.

• Ngarauru, district of the, i. 33.

• Ngaruawahia, meetings of Maori chiefs at, ii. 88, 100; Sir G. Grey at, 203; occupied by General page 489 Cameron, 260; Waikato mere at, 555.

• Ngatapa, stronghold of Te Kooti, capture of, ii. 556–562.

• Ngatata Wi Tako, opinion on the rape of the Waitara, ii. 90, 91, 275; spurns Hau Haus, 279; receives thanks at Poverty Bay for arresting progress of Hau Hau superstition, 361, 363, 452, 547, 555; becomes a member of the Legislative Council, iii. 23, 24; 50–52; his denunciation of the wrongs of his race, 53–56; obtains return of Middle Island land purchases, 87, 179; attempts to obtain legal trial of questions about confiscated lands, 199, 213, 226; on native land legislation, 331; on Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 1882, 335; on Bryce and Ropata, 343; eulogy on, by Dr. Grace, 395, 396.

• Ngatiapa, district of the, i. 34; the, 47, 48.

• Ngatiawa, district of the, i. 6, 7, 33; of other branches, 34, 35, 38; migration of a section of to Waikanae 1827–8, 49, 51, 136; return of Te Rangitake to Waitara, 468, 469.

• Ngatihau, district of the, i. 33.

• Ngatihaua, district of the, i. 31, 33.

• Ngatikahungunu, district of the, i. 34; ii. 280; iii. 354.

• Ngatikuri, the district of the, i. 37.

• Ngatimamoe tribe, the, i. 8, 37; decimation of, 38.

• Ngatimaniapoto, district of the, i. 6, 33.

• Ngatimaru tribe, i. 31; district of the, 35; defeat of the, 46; Cook's intercourse with, 70; their feud with Te Waharoa, 132–135.

• Ngatipaoa, wars of the, i. 32.

• Ngatipaoa, district of the, i. 35.

• Ngatiporou, district of the, i. 35; their wars with Hongi, 115.

• Ngatiraukawa tribe, the, i. 6; district of, 33, 34, 48.

• Ngatiruanui, district of the, i. 33, 47.

• Ngatitai, district of the, i. 32.

• Ngatitama, district of the, i. 33, 34.

• Ngatitoa, district of the, i. 34; exploits of Rauparaha, the chief of the, 37, 38.

• Ngatitumatakokiri, district of the, i. 37.

• Ngatituwharetoa, the, i. 34, 35.

• Ngatiwhatua, wars of the, i. 32; district of the, 46; are defeated and slaughtered by Hongi, 115–116.

• Ngutu-o-te-Manu, ii. 519, 531–534.

• Nopera Panakareao, a Maori chief, on surrendering the sovereignty of his country to Great Britain, i. 216, 217.

• Norfolk Island, i. New Zealand flax indigenous at, 62; two New Zealand chiefs taken to, to teach the manufacture of flax at, i. 89–90.

• Normanby, the first Marquis of, Col. Sec., i. 180, 181–184; on colonization, i. 184, 205, 208, 214.

• Normanby, the second Marquis of, succeeds Sir James Fergusson as Governor, iii. 82, 83, 85; his speech at the opening of the Assembly, 86, 99; dissolves the House (1875), 99; Stout raises question of privilege against, 146; his relations with Sir George Grey as to privilege and dissolutions, 148–152; and firmness in reference to a bill passed by both Houses, 153–156; on his duties as Governor, 156; succeeded by Sir H. Robinson, 194.

• North Island, Te Ika o Maui (or the fish of Maui), i. 32, 44, 53; Maori population of, in 1840, i. 35.

• Nugent, Major (58th Regt.), ii. 16–19, 22, 30, 33, 168.

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• Nukutawhiti, a Maori loader of the Ngapuhi from Hawaiki, i. 7.

• Ohaeawae Pah, the attack and repulse at, i. 386–387; church built by Maoris on site of, iii. 91.

• Oakura, massacre at, ii. 217; Compensation Court at, 480–483; account of the ploughing at, by the Maoris, iii. 191.

• Okaihau Pah, besieged, i. 385.

• “Old New Zealand,” by a Pakeha Maori (Judge Maning), i. 21, 22, 24.

• Omai, a native of the Society Islands, i. 79, 85n.; visits England, 85; accompanies Cook on his last visit to New Zealand, 85; portrait of, by Sir J. Reynolds, 88; settles finally at Huaheine, 88.

• Omaranui, defeat of Hau Haus at, ii. 457.

• Onslow, Earl of, Governor, iii. 386–388.

• Opape, i. 35.

• Opotiki, murder of Volkner at, ii. 354–355; captured, ii. 378.

• Orahiri, meeting of Maoris at, ii. 582.

• Orakau, Rewi and Maoris make a desperate stand at, ii. 287–293.

• Orakei case, the, i. 31 (and ii. 501); Reserves Bill carried by Tawhai, iii. 331.

• Orakeikorako, a hot-spring district, i. 55.

• Ordinances passed for establishing a system of law and religion (1849), i. 275, 276.

• Ormond, J. D., ii. 598, 599; iii. 11, 89, 111, 128; giving evidence before Heretaunga Commission, 129, 130, 131; accuses Sir G. Grey, 133, 134, 142, 144, 260, 310.

• O'Rorke, Sir G. M., severs his connection with Vogel Ministry, iii. 77, 78,; Chairman of Committee, 86, 94; Chairman of Committees in 1876, 105; unanimously elected Speaker of House, 195, 310.

• Otago Settlement, the founding of, i. 337; the Association which founded the, 447, 448.

• “Our Antipodes,” by Lieut.-Col. Mundy, extract from a work entitled, i. 71 n.

• Owen, Professor, his confirmed conjectures regarding the moa, i. 58n.

• Owhaoko Bill, iii. 363–367.

• Pah, Captain Cook's account of a Maori fortified village, i. 28, 29.

• Pai Marire, the, so-called followers of a new religion among the Maoris, ii. 276; Mr. Meade's adventure with, 315, et seq.; Bishop Selwyn on, 358, 359.

• Pakington, Sir J., i. 448, 450, 451, 482–485.

• Pakeha (or foreign) Maoris, origin of, i. 21; number and character of the, in 1840, 119, 149.

• Palmerston, Lord, on foreign settlers, i. 239.

• Panakareao, Rarawa chief, on Treaty of Waitangi, i. 216, 217.

• Panui, the, sent to Te Whiti by Taiaroa and others, iii. 199.

• Paora Tuhaere, iii. 187, 189, 313, 321.

• Papa, the earth, in Maori mythology, i. 40–41.

• Papahia, a Rarawa chief, lament composed by, i. 15.

• Paparata, Forest Rangers at, ii. 260, 261; their conduct blamed, 261.

• Papomoa, i. 35.

• Parata, a chief, in Parliament, iii. 17, 23, 30, 32; in Executive Council, 49, 91; joins in Panui, 199, 225.

• Paretu, i. 34.

• Parihaka and Waimate Plains, Te Whiti at iii. 7; state of land near, 166, 168; Donald McLean's page 491 proceedings at, 176; sanctioned by the Secretary of State, 176; Te Whiti's influence at, 180–186; bribery or takoa near, 177 and note; Civil Commissioner pays Titokowaru under disguise, 177; his wrong-doing at, lamented by Sir W. Fox and Sir F. D. Bell, 177 n.; Sheehan sees Te Whiti at, 183; surveyors removed at, 183; land advertised for sale at Patea by order of Ballance, 184; Ballance careless as to Maori burial places, 184; J. Mackay visits Te Whiti, 184–186; Sir F. D. Bell and Sir W. Fox on position at, 182; ploughmen arrested, 193, 194; bill to postpone trials of prisoners from, 197; Peace Preservation Bill, scandalous provisions of, 198; Sir F. D. Bell denounces it in Legislative Council, 198; it is thrown out, 198; Col. Whitmore pleads that it did not originate with the Grey Government, 198; Confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Trials Bill, 210, &c; troops at, 214, 216; postponement of trials of prisoners taken at, 220; West Coast Commissioners shocked at the treatment of Te Puni and others by successive Governments, 226; a new Maori Prisoners Bill, 1880, 230–235; Maori Prisoners’ Detention Bill, 236–237; Rangikaheke on the captives, 237; Mr. Bryce on the situation at, 238; Messrs. Pyke and Macandrew on the West Coast Settlement Bill 1880, 238; the Bill, 239; Native Minister arresting Maoris at, 248; their trials, 249; sale of Maori land at, 250; newspaper at Auckland declares that Mr. Bryce's orders “unquestionably mean a march to Parihaka,” 250; Mr. Bryce's statement that in September, 1880, his colleagues differed from him and he tendered his resignation, 250; Prendergast (administrator) slurs over the legislation regarding, 251; Lord Kimberley asks for a report on affairs at, 251; Sir A. Gordon receives statements from the Ministry on, 251; and promises a report on, 252; Ministry advise Sir A. Gordon to communicate with Te Whiti, 252; Parris sees Te Whitiat, 252; Captain Knollys, envoy from Governor Sir A. Gordon, sees Te Whiti at, and reports, 253; McLean's arrangements at, 257; Mr. Hall's deceitful memorandum about, 258; Te Whiti on prison houses, 260; vote of £100,000 for armed constabulary at, 269; commencement of raid upon, 273; Hall and Atkinson at, 276; Lyttelton Times correspondents, 277; Lyttelton Times on the Ministerial plots at, 278; armed force at, 279; Te Whiti still preaching peace at, 288 291; Lyttelton Times on, 278, 288; Mr. Stout's protest, 288; deceptive telegram to London, 289, 290–296; Te Whiti kidnapped, 296, 297; houses rifled, 298; Mr. Bryce's telegrams from, 298, 299; sacred house destroyed, 299; comments in newspapers, 299–301; Bryce telegraphs that he has “brought up” 2200 Maoris, 302; Judge Gillies declares in a charge that “the use of armed force is illegal and a menace to, if not an outrage upon, the liberties of the people,” unless in aid of the civil law, 8th November, 1881, 303–304; Te Whiti before magistrates, 304; Lyttelton Times on Mr. Parris on the bench, 306; Te Whiti committed in defiance of the law as expounded by Judge Gillies, 305; robbery at Ramaka's house, at Epiha's, at Kukapo's, 306 et seq.; page 492 the latter's indignant comment, 307; theft of ornaments, 307 n.; Mr. Stout's anticipation of the verdict of impartial history, 308; Sir A. Gordon on the raid, 312; Whitaker evades trial of Te Whiti, and Mr. Stout denounces the evasion, 319; Judge Gillies’ charge to grand jury on 1st May, 1882, 319; Lyttelton Times on the Government, 320; bills of indemnity for unlawful acts at, and of attainder of Te Whiti at opening of Parliament, 321; Mr. De Lautour's indignation, 321; protests against the Bills in Parliament, 321–328.

• Parliament, a British usage in, not adopted, ii. 522; members of, Indemnity Bill for, iii. 98; trial of election petitions, 247.

• Parore, petition of, to the Queen, iii. 346–353.

• Parris, Mr., ii. 56, 74; his letter about the “plan to exterminate” the Maoris from the Waitara, 75, 76–80, 82; sent with a note to the Maoris, 83; account of his being saved by Epiha, 91–92, 135, 153, 167–170, 204, 212, 424; and Te Ua, 457, 458, 482, 506, 520, 549, 572, 629; his account of Te Whiti, the Maori leader, iii. 167, 219, 224; his account of an interview with him, 252, 257; his conduct on the bench to Te Whiti, 304–305; his tribute of admiration of Te Whiti's character, 328 n.

• Pasley, Captain (afterwards General) Charles, R.E., wounded at Kaihihi, ii. 137 and n.

• Paterangi, Maori defences at, ii. 281; iii. 263.

• Patetere, in the Waikato district, a land transaction at, iii. 246.

• Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, ii. 513–514; his character and death, iii. 11; public sympathy expressed, 12.

• Patuki, John Topi, his appeal to the authorities regarding the Dunedin reserve, ii. 400, 401; his petition to the Queen, 403; Secretary of State in answer to it, 412.

• Patuone, a Ngapuhi chief, i. 46, 125, 176, 209, 488; ii. 142; death of and public funeral, iii. 27.

• Payment of members of Parliament, iii. 164, 247, 392.

• Payments to Provinces Bill, contention between the two Houses regarding a clause in a, iii. 8.

• Peace Preservation (Attainder of Te Whiti) Bill, iii. 321–325, 326–328.

• Peel, Sir Robert, i. 253, 254, 358n, 379, 380; on the treaty of Waitangi, 382; his defence of Lord Stanley, 383, 402, 403, 436; iii. calls dissolution of Parliament “a great instrument in the hands of the Crown,” 153.

• Pelecanoides urinatrix, or mutton bird, i. 11.

• Pennington, accountant, appointed by Lord J. Russell, i. 249, 253, 254, 288, 289, 307, 311.

• Peria, Maori meeting at, ii. 199–201.

• Petition from the Ngapuhi, ii. 536; a Maori grievance, iii. 169–171.

• Philpotts, Lieut., R. N., i. 372–373, 387.

• Phormium tenax, or flax, i. 11.

• Physical and mental qualities of the Maoris, i. 9.

• Piako river, i. 35.

• Piako swamp, debate regarding land transaction at, iii. 89–91, 105, 106, 172–175.

• Pipiriki assaulted, ii. 370; defended by Capt. Brassey, 371.

• Plymouth (New) Co., i. 256–258.

• Poihipi Tukeraingi, a Maori chief, receives Mr. Meade at his home at Lake Taupo, ii. 314–318; fights against Hau Haus, 378; his petition, 388, 502, 602, 604; page 493 advocates road-making, 629; iii. 20, 21, 188.

• Pokaikai, ii. 457.

• Pollen, Dr., ii. 250, 613, 614; becomes a Minister, iii. 41, 51; his exposure of schemes for robbing the Maoris, iii. 52, 53; his former words cited against him, 54, 55, 57, 61, 67, 72; becomes head of Ministry, 83; takes part in the debate regarding the Piako Swamp transaction, 90, 91, 100, 121, 122; succeeds Mr. McLean as Native Minister, 126; meets Rewi, 126 173–175, 177, 198, 231 n., 327.

• Polygamy practised among the Maoris, i. 14, 20.

• Polynesian Labour Traffic, iii. 11–13.

• “Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race,” by Sir George Grey, i. 41 n.

• Pomare, a Maori chief, i. 149, 173; capture and release of, 384, 397, 420.

• Popoia, unsuccessful assault on and subsequent capture of the village of, ii. 460.

• Porirua Harbour, i. 34.

• Port Nicholson, i. 34.

• Potatau, long known as Te Whero Whero, escapes from the slaughter at Matakitaki, i. 110; invades Taranaki, 136–138, 266, 269–272; at Wellington with Hobson, 266, 270, 271, 272; at Remuera, 340–344, 388, 413; with Gov. Grey at Wanganui, 417, 418; on Earl Grey's instructions, 431, 432, 463, 488; proposed king of New Zealand, ii. 38–41; accepts the kingship, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 89, 91; meeting of his followers at Ngaruawahia to erect his flag, 100; his death, 110; is succeeded by his son Tawhiao, 110.

• Pounamu, the, or greenstone, of New Zealand, i. 2; art of polishing and perforating the, 10 and n.

• Poverty Bay, i. 35; named by Cook, 68; massacre at, by Te Kooti and his followers, ii. 544–546.

• Pratt, Major-General, takes the field against the Maoris, ii. 111; at Taranaki, 127, 128; defeats the natives at Mahoetahi, 137; and at Matarikoriko, 139–141; is succeeded by General Cameron, 154.

• Prendergast,as Attorney-General, denies that Maoris are entitled to usages of war, ii. 577, 578 and n.; as Chief Justice, administers affairs after the departure of Sir H. Robinson, iii. 249, 250; summons a nocturnal meeting of the Executive Council, 282; signs a threatening proclamation against Te Whiti, 283, 284; is knighted, 286, 293; he completes his handiwork by sanctioning a Bill of Attainder, 339, 340.

• Priests among the Maoris, i., 16, 25.

• Prisoners from Parihaka, iii. 193 and n., 197, 210, 211, 217, 249, 259, 301, 302, 304, 306.

• Prisoners of war, ii. 259, 270–274; Mr. Cardwell on, 274; Fox on, 303; treatment of, 303; escape of, 307, 308–314; treatment of Maori, by General Chute, 422; correspondence regarding, 426, 428, 461, 465, 466; shot at Ngatapa, 560, 561; Richmond, J. C., and Stafford justify shooting of, and Earl Granville is “glad to be satisfied,” 574–577; execution of, 597, 598; McLean's treatment of, 624.

• Privilege, ii. 196, 246, 448, 539; iii. 8, 9, 57, 60, 61, 72, 81; Marquis of Normanby, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Stout &c, 146–151, 153–155 (a tack avoided, 248).

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• Provinces, New Munster and New Ulster, i. 425.

• Provinces, six, created by Constitution Act, i. 482; functions of, 483–484; first superintendents of, ii. 1; Southland, 242; Marlborough, 242; Bill for the abolition of North Island Provinces, debates on the, iii. 92–95; Bill passed to abolish all Provinces, 92–95; extent, and land sales in the, 124.

• Provinces Abolition Bills, iii. 76–80, 92–96, 99.

• Provincial and general government, Compact of 1856, i. 25, 125; iii. 13, 24, 59; assets of provinces, 107, 109.

• Provincial land revenues, return of (1876), iii. 124.

• Provincial liabilities, ii. 470; iii. 13.

• Provincial Loans Bill, iii. 59; thrown out by Legislative Council, 60, 61.

• Pteris Esculenta, or fern root, i. 10.

• Puaha, nephew of Rauparaha, i. 315 and n.

• Public Works and Immigration Act, protest against, in Legislative Council, ii. 634; iii. 38.

• Pukekura, sittings of Native Land Court at, in 1867, 1868, iii. 43; outrage at, 1873, 44.

• Pukemaire Pah attacked, ii. 381.

• Pukerangiora, sack of, i. 137.

• Puketakauere Pah, attack on the, repulsed, ii. 109.

• Pungarehu, capture of the village of, ii. 459.

• Purchase of support in Provinces, iii. 92, 93, 109, 115, 116.

• Purukutu Mohi, outrage by, at Pukekura, iii. 44; inquest imputes it to another, 45.

• Pyke, V., denounces Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), iii. 232; Maori Prisoners’ Detention Bill, 236; West Coast Settlement Bill, 238.

• Queen Charlotte's Sound, where Cook took possession of New Zealand for George III., i. 73.

• Queen, letters from Maori chiefs to the, i. 431, 470, 471, 479; sends a silver cup to Waka Nene, ii. 145; petition from 170 chiefs to the, 153; her message on the death of Te Waharoa, 454; petition sent to the, by a deputation of Ngapuhi chiefs, who come to London and see Lord Kimberley, iii. 346–353; petition of Tawhiao and others, 354–362.

• Railways Bill, thrown out by Legislative Council, iii. 81; Amended Bill passed, 81.

• Rakiura, or Stewart's Island, i. 54.

• Ralus Australis, or great rail, i. 11.

• Rangatira, or chief, relation of Pakeha Maoris to, as clients, i. 21, 26.

• Rangi, heaven, in Maori mythology, i. 40.

• Rangi, a chief, baptism of (the “first Christian baptism”), i. 115.

• Rangiaohia, Maoris burnt at, ii. 283 and n.

• Rangihaeata, a Maori chief, i. 51, 201, 212; resists the seizure of his land, 283, 284, 294, 297, 313–317, 323, 355, 363, 401, 404–406; his lament on the capture of Rauparaha, 406; refuses to surrender, and betakes himself to the forest, 407; daring exploit of, 413–415; his death and character, 418–419.

• Rangihiwinui, a Maori chief, fights on the side of the colonists, ii. 315, 367, 369, 370, 371, 422, 425, 495, 503, 531–533, 535, 536, 541; praise of, by Colonel Whitmore, 542; appealed to by Governor Bowen and Stafford for help, 547, 552, 553, 567, 569–571; praised by Col. Haultain, 572; receives a sword from the Queen, page 495 590–592; fightsagainst TeKooti, 600–601, 602; meets Topia Turoa at Ranana, 605–608; states there, to Fox, some Maori demands, 607; takes the field with Topia Turoa against Te Kooti, 609, 613; captures his camp, 615; restrained from pursuit by Col. Fraser, 616; arrangement by D. McLean that in command against Te Kooti, Rangihiwinui and other chiefs shall have control unshared by colonists, 617, 618; makes peace with Tamaikowha, 619; capture of Maraetahi Pah, 619; comendation of, as a leader, 620, 621; McLean does not sanction the peace with the Uriwera, 621; McLean consents to the peace, 624; success, under Rangihiwinui and Topia, of McLean's warpolicy, 624, 627, 631, iii. 29; inculcates respect for law, iii. 43, 85; petitions vainly against the passing of a Native Land Bill, 160; at Kopua, 187; joins Taiaroa and others in trying to obtain legal decision as to Maori lands, 200; his efforts for Tauroa, 223, 225; asks that Wahanui be heard, 375 (and in preface to 2nd edition xxi–xxiii).

• Rangikaheke W. Maihi, i. 487; ii. 125; at Kopua, iii. 188; at Parihaka, 237.

• Rangiribi, capture of, ii. 257–259.

• Rangitake, vide Te Rangitake.

• Rangitane, district of the, i. 33.

• Rangitikei-Manawatu case, ii. 438, 452, 473, 493–501; decision of the Native Lands Courtin the, ii. 499–501; effect of, 597; iii. 35–37.

• Rangitikei river, i. 33.

• Rangitoto, the ancient volcano of, i. 58.

• Rapihana, representing Tawhiao, sees Sir G. Bowen, ii. 555.

• Rarawa, district of the, i. 32.

• Rauparaha, the Ngatitoa, i. 8, 37, 38; his wars with neighbouring tribes; becomes possessed of firearms, and wages war against various tribes, 44–53; his slaughter of the chief Maranui and his followers, 154–160, 188–190, 196, 212, 294, 297, 313–318, 321–324, 330; crosses Cook's Strait, 321; effect of his eloquence on the Ngatiawa, 321; and on his own people, 322, 324; his interview with Governor Fitzroy, 335; various dealings of, in reference to land, 363, et seq., as Ariki forbids a sale of land, 365; his blood demanded, 369, 388, 400; visits Governor Grey, 404; is surprised in sleep and captured by Grey's order, 405; lament of Rangihaeata, 406; his son's account of his seizure, 410; is released, 413; his death and funeral, 418; ii. 497–499.

• Rauparaha, Tamihana, son of former, i. 336, 388, 410, 489; ii. 113, 361, 497, 580.

• Raven, Mr., at Dusky Bay, i. 93.

• Real Property Transfer Act (Torrens) adopted, ii. 638.

• Reason, repugnance of mankind to use of, iii. 137.

• “Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia,” by J. C. Crawford, extracts from, regarding the peopling of New Zealand by the Maoris, i. 3 n.

• Religion, formation of colonial churches, ii. 512–514.

• Religion of the Maoris, i. 39–44.

• Remuera, Maori meeting at, i. 340, et seq.

• Renata, Ngatikahungunu chief, on Rangitake's status, ii. 139, 223.

• Representation Bill, ii. 633; Place Bill rejected, 633; of 1875, iii. 96; Mr. Hall's, 264, 270; general election after, 310, 311; in 1893, 392.

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• Representative House, number increased, iii. 96; balance of representation changed, 270.

• Reptiles of New Zealand, i. 60.

• Rescinding of all votes of “regret or censure,” iii. 272.

• Reserve, Maori, at Dunedin, history of, ii. 389–411.

• Reserve of one-tenth of land, acquired by New Zealand Company, for the natives, i. 249, 264, and n. 307, 338, 364, and n.; iii. 51, 52, 56, 74, 87, 88, 328–330, 368, 369.

• Rewards offered for Maoris dead or alive, ii. 561, 562, 574–577; returns of, vainly moved for, by Mr. Creighton, 584.

• Rewa, a peacemaker, i. 126.

• Rewi, the Ngatimaniapoto chief, i. 36; at the meeting for choosing a Maori king, ii. 40, 44, 139, 145, 151, 179, 180, 182, 198, 199, 204; interferes with the printing-office of the Governor's newspaper, 207, 208, 209; incites the natives of Taranaki to fight, 215, 223; his contention with Te Waharoa, 224; makes a stand at Orakau, 287; after desperate resistance effects a retreat, 288–293; his speech to two native prisoners of war who visited him, 322, 430, 506; at Tokangamutu, 522; at Hangatiki, 581; interview with McLean, 603; peace made, 604; protects Mr. Mackay from violence, iii. 46; meets Dr. Pollen, 126; takes part in the meeting at Kopua, 179, 187–191; his visit to Auckland, 191 n., 318; death of, 396 and n.

• Richmond, Major M., Commissioner for Land Claims, i. 258, 263, 309, 319, 324, 336, 337, 383, 461, 467, ii. 27, 30.

• Richmond, Mr. C. W., ii. 22; becomes a Minister, 26, 27, 38; adviser on native affairs, 43, 47, 51n., 57–60; his speech on the Native Districts Regulation Bill, 60–61; contemns Maori rights, 62; duplicity, 63, 64; 67, 69–71; on mana, 74, 75, 79, 83 n., 93 n.; his memorandum “issue carefully chosen,” 97; and Sir W. Denison's condemnation of it, 97–99; Sir G. C. Lewis on, 106; his minute to a despatch of Governor Browne's, 107, 108, 117, 120, 123, 125; his “Revised Notes” and “Memorandum,” 131–135, 159, 168–170; becomes a Judge of the Supreme Court, 253; courts an inquiry into his share in the Waitara affair, 253, 515; his judicial utterance on the state of affairs, 579; on the Heretaunga Commission, iii. 126–132; on trial of Moffatt, 165.

• Richmond, J. C., ii. 117, 118, 120, 387n, 388; on the Maori reserve at Dunedin, 400–404, 412, 503, 558, 560, 561 n.; at Ngatapa, 562, 566, 576 n., 577.

• Ripon, Marquis of (formerly Lord de Grey), Secretary of State, iii. 386, 389–391, 393.

• Roadmaking to subdue a territory, Roman policy of, commended by Duke of Wellington, practised by Sir G. Grey, ii. 179, 180, 185, 198, 588 n; by Rangihiwinui, 602; by Poihipi Tukeraingi, 629; by Donald McLean, 629.

• Robinson, Sir Hercules, Governor, opens the Assembly in July 1879, iii. 194; and Sir G. Grey, 202, 214, 215, 225, 235, 240; leaves, succeeded by Sir Arthur Gordon, 249; assurance given him broken by the Hall Government, 256.

• Rogan, Mr., ii. 82; visits Ngaruawahia, 224.

• Rolleston, Mr., ii. 413, 415, 507; iii. 50, 53, 56, 59, 75; on Stafford, 93, 111, 143, 165, 203, 251; becomes Native Minister, 256, 264, 269, 275–278, 282 n., 284, 285, 294, 309, 310, 313 n.; opposes page 497 report on Middle Island promises, 329, 394.

• Rona, a mythological Maori, i. 15n.

• Rongomatane, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41.

• Rongowhakaata, district of the, i. 35.

• Ropata Wahawaha, Ngatiporou chief, exploits of, against the Hau Haus, ii. 380, 384, 387; assists in capturing Te Kooti's strongholds, Makaretu, Ngatapu, &c., 546, 556–560, 570; his followers will not march against Te Kooti under Pakeha leaders, 573; receives a sword from the Queen, 590, 591; McLean decides that Ropata shall not be under control of colonial Government in commanding his men, 617, 618; his campaign, 618–620, 623, 624; his diary, 625, 626; McLean's commendation of him, iii. 23; and Mr. Bryce, 341–344 n., 392 n.

• Rotomahana, the hot-spring district, i. 35; its terraces, 55, 56; destruction of them, n. 62, 63.

• Rotorua, i. 35, 56, 129; Waharoa at (1836), 147, iii. 264.

• Rous, Captain, R.N., defends Governor Fitzroy in House of Commons, i. 378, 384.

• (Royal) Colonial Society, ii. 610–612; becomes Royal Colonial Institute, 611 n.

• Ruahine range, i. 35.

• Rcapehu, the peak of, i. 55.

• Ruatara, a type of a Maori searover, i. 95; his acquaintance with Marsden, and the result to his countrymen, 96; his efforts on their behalf, 100–104; his death, 104.

• Russell, Hon. H. R., declares “absolutely” unfounded charges made by Mr. Ormond against Sir George Grey, iii. 134, 142, 144.

• Russell, T., member of Domett Ministry, ii. 186, 233; member Vol. III. of Whitaker-Fox Ministry, 246, 324, 325; iii. 90, 105, 106.

• Russell, Capt. W. R., thinks that Te Whiti and others will occupy a bright page in history, but will vote for a bill depriving them of their rights as British subjects, iii. 233, 244, 265.

• Russell, Lord John, and colonization, i. 180, 183, 185, 225, 226, 229, 245, 246, 249–253, 255, 256, 257, 312, 357, 361 n., 379; fall of his Ministry, 482.

• Rutherford, John, a Pakeha Maori, i. 115; story of, 119–122.

• Salutations among the Maoris, i. 20.

• Sandwich Islands, affinity of the inhabitants of, with the Maoris, i. 1, 3.

• Sartoris and Down, land claim, iii. 120–123.

• Savaii, the island of, i. 3, 4n.

• Scotland, Mr., his account of a plundered Maori neighbour, iii. 213; on newspaper threats, 229n., 235; on Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill 1882, 335; on Amnesty Bill, 340 and n.

• Seddon, R. J., becomes head of Ministry, iii. 385 and n, 391.

• Selwyn, G. A., Bishop of New Zealand, i. 38; procures the revision of the Maori Prayer Book, 107; his opinion of the Maoris as a. race, and of their conversion, 155; his early career and appointment, 299; his first visitation, 300; at Wellington, 336; at Taranaki, 352; at Kororarika, 368, 371, 373, 383, 388; his protest against the injustice of Earl Grey's Instructions, 430, 432; Earl Grey's reply to the protest, 434, 437, 438, 439; he assists the Governor with regard to missionary grants, 443, 444, 449, 490; leaves for England, 490; at Taranaki, ii. 18–20, 30, 41; lauded by Governor page 498 Browne, 67, 75; his protest, 93, 99, 110; his opinion on native ownership of land, 110, 122; on Native Offenders Bill, 123; his influence prevents mischief, 130; remonstrates with Mr. Stafford regarding the injustice done to the natives, 154–155, 158, 159; hooted at Taranaki, 199 n.; attends meeting of Maori chiefs at Peria, 200–201, 226; accompanies troops to mitigate horrors of war, 228, 240; is fired at by the natives when doing so, 281, 282 and n.; thanked by Secretary of State, 286; at Turanga, 357; his address to the Synod of his Church at Christchurch on the Hau Hau superstition, 358, 359; his lamentation over the condition of the natives, ib.; offers to join Hadfield in danger at Otaki, 360 n.; indignation of, at the treatment of Rev. Heta Tarawhiti, 490, 493; departure of, to fill See of Lichfield, 510; scene at his departure, 510; address presented by the Maoris, 511; his testimony regarding the native clergy, 512; his founding of the Melanesian mission, 513, 514; his declaration in the House of Lords regarding the Maori prisoners, 526, 527; his reply to a parting address, 540; iii. 213.

• Separation of North and South discussed, ii. 443.

• Settlers’ Constitutional Association established, i. 475; appoint Fox their political agent in England, 480.

• Sewell, Mr. H., ii. 4, 8; on Maori members, 14; on Mr. Mantell's services, 17; 23, 26, 66, 115, 117, 125, 167, 187, 190–192, 194 and n., 249, 251; joins Weld Ministry, 344, 345, 393, 432, 454, 564; iii. 8, 9, 10, 38, 50, 55.

• Sheehan, Mr., iii. 49, 56, 59, 88, 126, 132; becomes Native Min-ister, 145, 152, 159, 160; dispenses with services of C. O. Davis and Mair, 172; his dealings with the Waimate Plains, 176–179, 180, 183, 186, 190, 191; brings in a truculent Peace Preservation Bill, 196, 197, 211; supports Bryce's Bill to deny justice to Maoris, 245 n.; on Maoris being admitted to the general franchise, 265, 271.

• Shortland, Colonial Secretary, N.Z., i. 280; Acting Governor, 298, 300–304, 306–308, 313, 319; his proclamation as to the Wairau affray, 325, 326, 329, 330; his resignation of the office of Colonial Secretary, 331.

• Slaves and slavery among the Maoris, i. 17, 26, 30, et al.; abolition of by the Maori chiefs, 138, 156.

• Somes, Mr. J., Deputy-Governor New Zealand Company, i. 180, 245; becomes Governor of New Zealand Company, 252–254, 261–263, 288–292; his indictment against Hobson, 380–382.

• Spain, Mr., Commissioner for Land Claims, i. 263, 280; his Court for the settlement of land disputes, 282–286, 293–298, 307, 313, 314, 318, 319, 320, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 336; at Taranaki, 346–353; extracts from his reports, 363–365; sees Rauparaha, as Ariki, forbid sale of land, 365, 454; ii. 418.

• “Spirit Bay,” a tradition, i. 44.

• Stafford, Mr. E. W., i. 366, 475, 480; ii. 1, 25; becomes head of Ministry, 26; his Native Ofenders Bill, 29; Ministerial duplicity, 63, 81n; carries resolution for war, 121; his anger against Bishop Selwyn, 154–155; is expelled from office on motion of Fox, 166; declines to take office, 186, 252, 394; his share in the reclamation of the Maori reserve page 499 at Dunedin, 395–399, 401, 405, 408 n., 413, 432, 439; forms a Ministry, 441; suspected, 443; his arrangement with the North, 444, 445, 446; reconstructs his Cabinet, 449; on withdrawal of troops, 456; he defends the slaughter at Pokaikai and Pungarehu, 459, 461, 465, 470; his encomium on Sir George Grey, 475–476, 488; objects to amnesty, 507, 527; desires to retain Imperial troops, 535; and Mr. Crawford, 539; appeals to Maoris for help, 547; his reply to the Colonial Office, 563, 565; quarrels with Donald McLean, 570, 575, 580; is driven from office, 584; on the retention of the Imperial troops, 586, 590; doubts whether to retain a local distinction, 640; iii. 8, 10, 23; on Fox's Ministry, 24; forces them to resign, 26; he forms a Ministry, 26; offers office to McLean, 26, 27; is forced to resign, 33, 57; behind the scenes, 79, 80, 94, 104, 109–111; claims important but secret share in abolition of provinces, 143, 225.

• Stanley, Lord (14th Earl of Derby), i. 233, 236–238, 240, 241, 254, 256, 259–263, 269, 272, 273, 279; rebukes the New Zealand Company, 287–292, 299, 305; on “one-tenth” reserves, 307; on desecration of burial grounds, 310, 313, 320, 321, 333; on Select Committee Report (1844), 358–362, 365, 375; to Governor Grey, 376, 377, 379–383; his opinion regarding an Upper Chamber in New Zealand, 483; safeguards provided by his Ministry in New Zealand Constitution Act, 483, 484; ii. 64; iii. 340 n., 346 n., 347.

• Stanley, Lord (15th Earl of Derby) son of preceding; Preface, n. xxxvii., iii. 353; receives deputation of Tawhiao and others, 354–360.

• Stanley, Captain Owen, R.N., of H. M.S. Britomart, anticipates the French at Banks’ Peninsula, i. 230–232.

• Statistics of the country, in 1853, i. 490; in 1863, ii. 241-243; in 1868, 504–509; in 1872, iii. 41; in 1874, 98; in appendices, pp. 443 to 461.

• Stephen, Sir J., and Mr. Buller, i. 380.

• Stevens, Mr. E. C. J., iii. 368, 369.

• Stewart, and the brig Elizabeth, i. 158–164.

• Stewart Island, i. 54; purchase of, 458.

• Stock, N. Z. Imperial Act for Registration of, iii. 101.

• Stout, R., iii. 104, 109; exposes intrigues of Atkinson and Vogel, 110–111, 113, 136; raises a question of privilege to save Sir George Grey's position, 146; Attorney-General, 165, 194; on the raid upon Parihaka, 287, 288; on the future historian, 308; on Rolleston, 310, 359, 363–367, 372–375, 377 n.

• Suppression of Rebellion Bill, ii. 247–248.

• Surplus Revenue Bill, ii. 471.

• Surville, De, his visit to and treatment of the natives of New Zealand, i. 76; his fate, 77.

• Suter, Bishop of Nelson, correspondence of, with Rolleston, iii. 309.

• Sutton, Mr. F., ii. 598.

• Swainson, William, his description of the Maoris, i. 9; first Attorney-General of New Zealand, 264, 274; he (with Martin) founds the jury system, grand and petty, in New Zealand, 275–277; his opinion as to the natives being treated as British subjects, 303, 305; his advice on the Wairau page 500 affray, 319, 326; Speaker of the Legislative Council, ii. 1, 2, 3–14, 67, 114, 234 n.; requires presence of a Minister-in-Council, 245, 250, 262; iii. 100; death, 396.

• Swanson, Mr. W., on the rape of the Waitara, ii. 77n.; on injustice to Maoris, iii. 266.

• Symonds, J. J., i. n. 264, 337; makes Otago purchase, reserving “one-tenth” or Maoris, 338.

• Tacking (Parliamentary) disapproved of by Legislative Council ii. 595–596; avoided by Hall Ministry, iii. 248.

• Taiaroa, a Southern Maori chief, on Maori Reserve, Dunedin, ii. 398, 405–409; questions Stafford, 408 n., 410 n., 411 n., 415, 420; iii. 13, 17; on Middle Island claims, 28, 31, 56, 79, 86, 87, 88, 96; on a Maori election case, 103; on Vogel, 112; carries a Maori Representation Bill, 114; on Whitaker's Land Bill, 139; on the atmosphere of Parliament, 146; made member of Legislative Council, 194, 196; Panui issued by him and others, 199; on Maori franchise, 209; on Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners’ Trial Bill 1879, 212; extruded from Parliament, 241; reappears, 260 n.; on principles of representation, 265; on West Coast Settlement Reserve Bill, 268, 310; on the Te Whiti Attainder Bill, 324; on Middle Island claims, 328–330, 368, 369.

• Tahiti, Tupia, a native of, induced to leave with Cook, i. 66.

• Tainui, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 6.

• Taiporutu, incident arising from the death of, i. 45.

• Taiporutu, Wetini, i. 487; ii. 137, 138.

• Takamoana (Karaitiana), ii. 570; on Land Bills, iii. 15, 49, 53; on Heretaunga land, 89; election of, 102–105; on Hawke's Bay transactions, 140; on Whitaker's Land Bill, 140.

• Takitumu, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 7, 36.

• Takoha, called by Sir W. Fox and Sir F. Bell “nothing but secret bribery,” iii. 177n., 178, 181, 226.

• Tama Te Kapua, a leader of the first colonizers of New Zealand, i. 2.

• Tamaikowha, Uriwera chief, makes peace with Rangihiwinui, ii. 619; which McLean refuses to recognize, 619; treacherous attack upon by Colonel St. John condemned by McLean, 622; peace with, recognised by McLean, 624; surrenders to Ropata, but censures Colonel St. John, 624.

• Tamaki creek, i. 32.

• Tancred, H. J., first Chancellor of New Zealand University, ii. 633; iii. 42.

• Tane-Mahuta, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41.

• Tangaroa, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41.

• Taniwha, a Maori chief, longevity of, i. 71n.; his octogenarian exploit, 71n.

• Tapu, account of the Maori, i. 23–26; effect of an unwitting violation of, 24; and of a wilful one, 25; power of the Tohunga or priest to charm away the, 25.

• Taraia, a Maori chief, indulges in cannibalism in 1842, i. 300; raises international question, 301.

• Taranaki, district of, i. 33; H.M.S. Alligator at, 168–171; Colonel Wakefield at, 197; Wicksteed at, 306; Spain at, 346–353; Fitzroy at, 352–354; return of Rangitake to, 467–469; disputes at, ii. 14 et seq.; Bishop Selwyn at, 19; Governor Browne at, 21; Proving cial Council asks the Governor to coerce the Maoris to sell land, 55; Governor refuses, 55; 68– page 501 79; rape of the Waitara block at, 68 et seq.; further military operations at, 106 et seq.; negotiations for peace and terms agreed on, 146–151; Sir George Grey at, 209; Waitara block abandoned, 214; Provincial Council impracticable at, 217; resumption of hostilities at, 235, 275; confiscation proclamation at, by Sir George Grey, 376; General Chute's march to, 421–426; decision of a Native Lands Court and Compensation Court held at, 478–490; state of affairs at, 506; iii. 166; Ministerial designs at, iii. 214 et seq.

• Tararua mountains, i. 33.

• Taratoa, noble conduct of, at Gate Pah, ii. 298; death of, 300, 301.

• Tarawhiti, the Rev. Heta, ii. 40, 52; courageous conduct of, ii. 359; his claims before the Native Lands Courts, 490, 493; obtains the judgment of the Court in his favour, 493; testimony of Bishop Selwyn as to faithfulness of him and all Maori clergy, 512; at Kopua, iii. 187.

• Tarore, daughter of a Maori chief, death of, i. 145.

• Tasman river, the, i. 54.

• Tasman, Abel Jansen, discovers New Zealand, but does not land there, i. 64; his adventures with the natives, 65.

• Tataraimaka, resumption of the block at, ii. 209, 212, 213n., 215, 216, 217–220, 223.

• Tattooing among the Maoris, i. 14; asserted origin of, 43.

• Tauhara, i. 35.

• Taumatawhiwhi, battle of, i. 133.

• Taupaki, Rev. M., i. 494, 195; his farewell to Bishop Selwyn, ii. 511.

• Taupo, lake, i. 34, 55; account of Mr. Meade's romantic journey to, ii. 314et seq.

• Auranga, i. 5, 108; ii. 268, 294, 299; cession of land at, 301.

• Taurangaika Pah, killing of children at, ii. 551, 552, 553 n.

• Tauriapareko, a Maori leader, i. 36.

• Tauroa, a Maori chief, the case of, discussed, iii. 28–31, 223, 224.

• Tawhai Mohi raises 600 men, i. 392, 395; death of, iii. 84.

• Tawhai, a Maori member of the House, iii. 202, 210; appointed on the West Coast Commission, 215; his speech justifying his resignation, 215, 216n.; denounces the Maori Prisoners Bill of 1880, 231, 233, 244; on Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill 1881, 262; carries an Orakei Native Reserve Bill, 331.

• Tawhiao, succeeds his father, Potatau, as Maori king, ii. 110, 180, 209, 501, 506; overtures to be made to him by Stafford Government, 554; Rapihana thereon sees the Governor, 555; official letter to him, 556, 580, 587, 602, 604, 605, 609; meets Donald McLean, iii. 83, 101, 160, 179; meets Sir G. Grey at Kopua, 187, 188, 190; visits European settlements, 262; visits Auckland, 313–317, 321; and Wetere te Rerenga and Bryce, 337; at Downing-street, 354.

• Tawhiri-Matea, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41.

• Te Aroha at the meeting at Orahiri, ii. 582–583.

• Te Awamutu, Mr. Gorst at, ii. 199, 207–209.

• Te Heu Heu, a giant chief, i. 34; description of, 36, 46, 51, 52, 203, 283; death of, 407.

• Te Heu Heu, successor of last, ii. 40, 53, 316, 317, 430, 574, 601; iii. 188.

• Te Ika a Maui, Maori name of the north island of New Zealand, i. 3n., 42, 44.

• “Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and its Inhabitants,” by Rev. R. Taylor, i. 2 n.

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• Teira, ii. 69–78; confession that he had no right to sell the Waitara land, n. 78, 104, 210, 211, 484, 485, 489; iii. 309 n.

• Te Kooti, a Maori chief, foolish seizure of, ii. 385; is shipped off to the Chatham Islands, 385; effects his escape, 525 et seq.; he is followed, 528; but foils pursuers, 529–531; massacres inhabitants at Poverty Bay, 543–545; driven from Makaretu by Ropata Wahawaha, 546; capture of his stronghold, Ngatapa, 556–560; £1000 offered by Stafford Government for him “dead or alive,” 560, 561 n.; swoops down on the Bay of Plenty, 569; destroys a settlement at Huke, 572; at Opepe, 573; at Taupo, 574; discouraged by Tawhiao, 587, 598–600; driven by Rangi-hiwinui and Turoa to Cambridge, he desires peace, 613; sees Mr. Firth, 613–614; pursued, 615–617; £5000 set on his head, 618; pursued by Rangihi-winui and Ropata, 619–621; skulking at Upper Waioeka, 623; at Tolago Bay, 624; his memorandum book, 626; his mountain haunts, 627; iii. 5, 19, 46; shakes hands with Native Minister, 341; land presented to him, 344 n.

• Telegrams deceptive, about Parihaka, sent to England, iii. 289.

• Tenth, One, of all land acquired by N. Z. Company reserved for the Maoris by formal agreement, i. 249, 264, and n., 307, 338, 364 n.; iii. 28, 51, 52, 56, 74, 87, 88, 328 -330, 368, 369.

• Te Oriori, ii. 40, 50, 53, 199; protects Mr. Gorst, 207, 208; at Rangiriri, 258, 270, 274, 303, 308; at Waharoa's death-bed, 455; iii. 119.

• Te Pehi, uncle of Rauparaha, slaughter of, i. 37; his attempt to obtain firearms, 157; voyage to England and return, 158.

• Te Puni(or E Puni), Ngatiawa chief, i. 34, 214, 219, 221, 286, 336, 404, 466, 467, 470; ii. 21, 90; interview with Sir George Bowen, 502; his death, 640; and public funeral, 640; disgraceful treatment of him and Ngatata by New Zealand Governments, described by Fox and Bell, iii. 226.

• Te Ranga, crushing defeat of Maoris at, ii. 300.

• Te Rangitake, principal Ngatiawa chief, i. 51, 53, 146, 199, 202, 212, 244, 269; status of, 270, 271 (and 17n.); saves Wellington, 322, 400, 401, 407, 414; unjust treatment of, by Governor Grey, i. 463–469; Major Richmond's interview with, 467; return of, and his people to Waitara, 468, 469, 488; ii. 18, 20; agcognised as “the real and true chief of Waitara,” 21, 55–57; meets Governor Browne at Taranaki, 69–71, 72, 73–79; his letter on the rape of the Waitara, 79, 81–83, 87, 89; his wrongs unmistakeably established, 104, 105, 107, 115, 139, 148–151; Stafford on, 154–157, 160, 168, 179, 180, 201, 207, 210, 212, 252 n., 418, 483–488; refuses to join Titokowaru, 549; is reconciled through the influence of McLean, iii. 18, 168; Auckland newspaper confesses that the colonists had “found” that they were “all wrong” in the rape of the Waitara, 192; Mr. Swanson speaks of him as “robbed,” 266: his death, 308; the Ariki, 354.

• Te Rapa village engulfed by a landslip, i. 36, 407.

• Te Rerenga, Mr. Bryce's dealings with, iii. 337–339.

• Te Rore, Ngapuhi defeated at, i. 116; General Cameron at, ii. 281.

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• Terraces, the, of Rotomahana, i. 56, 62n.; iii. 264.

• Te Waharoa, leader of the Ngatihaua, i. 33, 36; his life and exploits, 45, 111, 132; his feud with and defeat of the Ngatimaru, 132–135; account of his allies, 135; his war with the Arawa, 143, 144, 146, 147; and death, 147; H. Williams’ opinion of, 147 n.

• Te Waharoa (Tarapipipi) (son of the former), the Maori kingmaker, i. 147, 344, 345; is denied access to the Governor, ii. 38, 39, 41, 45, 102; his letter to Chairman of Committee, 125, 129, 130; his interview with a magistrate, 143; his letter to General Pratt at Waitara, 146, 147–149, 152, 160; his reply to the Governor's manifesto, 164–166; his letter to Sir George Grey, 175, 182; on the road from Raglan, 198, 199; his address to his countrymen at Peria, 200; endeavours to induce them to make peace, 201; meets Sir George Grey at Taupiri and Ngaruawahia and speaks again for peace, 203; his contention with Rewi, 204, 227; his letter to Archdeacon Brown, 229; after capture of Rangiriri, 259, 260, 293; abandons resistance, 302, 323, 337; Mr. Fox sneers at him, 338; takes oath of allegiance, 362; sees Sir George Grey, 430; his petition to the Assembly praying for an inquiry into the cause of the war, 438; appears at Wellington and gives evidence, 451; his character and death, 451–455; message from the Queen, 454; iii. 213.

• Te Wai Pounamu (or Water of Greenstone), Maori name for the Middle Island, i. 36.

• Te Waru, alone among enemies, i. 106.

• Te Wheoro, a high chief, ii. 40, 53, 181, 205, 233, 259, 266, 268; present at Maori meeting at Hangatiki, 581–584; iii. 7, 16, 47, 83, 102; at Heretaunga Commission, 126; at Kopua, 187; is sent as a Maori representative to the Assembly, his deportment there, 207–208, 210, 220; protests against the Maori Prisoners Bill of 1880, 233; against Maori Prisoners’ Detention Bill 1880, 236; speech by, on Native Land Sales Bill, 243; denounces the Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, 261; on West Coast Settlement Reserves Bill, 268; at Auckland, 314; at Whatiwhatihoe, 321; on the Attainder of Te Whiti Bill, 324; on unfulfilled promises in Middle Island, 330; in England, 354, 361.

• Te Whero Whero, vide Potatau.

• Te Whiti, becomes the guide of the Maoris at Parihaka, iii. 7, 167, 168, and n.; his attitude in the survey of the Waimate Plains, 178, 180–187; his doings at Oakura, 191, 192, 201, 211, 212, 214, 216–220, 222; February meeting, 217; March meeting, 218; tribute to his actions and character by Sir W. Fox and Sir F. D. Bell, 226, 227–230, 232, 235, 237; Mr. Parris's account of an interview with him, 252; Capt. Knollys's account of a visit to him, 253,; says that by invasion of Parihaka the Government would be “acting like cannibals,” 256; account of the Ministerial plan for his destruction, 273 et seq.; peaceful speech by, 274, 280; declaration of violence against, in Prendergast's name, 284, 287; deceitful telegram to London about him, 289; he preaches peace to his people, 291–292; his demeanour when page 504 surrounded by armed invaders, 294–297; his medicine house (church) and many houses destroyed, 299; committed to gaol, 305; trial of, evaded by Government, 319; Judge Gillies’ charge, 1st May, 1882, on the manner of arrest of, 319; Bill of Attainder passed against him, 321–328; Mr. Hutchison on treatment of Te Whiti, 323, 325; tribute to character of, by Mr. Parris, 328 n., 353.

• Thames river, i. 33, 35, 45; goldfield at, ii. 185, 594.

• Thermal Springs District Bill (Rotorua), iii. 264.

• Thierry, Baron de, his attempt to form a colony, i. 124, 174; collapse of the project, 176, 197, 198, 231, 232.

• Thomson, Dr., relates the Maoris’ version of the death of Du Fresne, i. 78, 163 n., 177 n., 412 n.; ii. 5 n., 32.

• Tiata, a Tahitian boy, adventure of, with the Maoris, i. 69.

• Times, deceitful telegrams to, iii. 289; leading article in, 290.

• Ti-pa-he, a Maori chief, i. 90, 91, 97, 98.

• Tipene, a Maori chief, his conversation with Governor Grey, ii. 178.

• Titokowaru, a Ngatiruanui chief, ii. 459, 461, 462, 473, 520; defeats Colonel McDonell, 531–534; and also Colonel Whitmore, 541–543; his messengers seized, 549, 551; chased by Rangihiwinui and Colonel Whitmore, 567, 569, 571; iii. 5; at peace, 5; emerges from hiding at McLean's invitation, 18, 177, 178, 180; his cultivated ground invaded by a surveyor to make a road, 182, 183, 187; refuses to go before West Coast Commission, 216, 222, 223; report of West Coast Commission as to the manner of his return (in 1871), 222, 223; seized, 302; sent to gaol, 303; dialogue with, in court, 303 n.

• Tohunga, the, or priest, a seer, i. 24, 25.

• Tokomaru, a Maori canoe, i. 2, 6.

• Tolago Bay, Cook's visit to, i. 70.

• Tomoana, Henare, engages with Te Kooti at Taupo, ii. 598–599; on Maori election case, iii. 104; suspension of writ against, 129, 139, 140, 200; private negotiations of Hall with him, 202; becomes Executive Councillor, 202; finding faith broken with him, resigns, 203; on a Maori Prisoners Bill, 231, 245; on Middle Island claims, 329; carries second reading of Native Committees Empowering Bill, 1882, 335.

• Tongariro, the volcanic peak of, i. 55; ii. 23.

• Tongeroa, a Maori chief, at Tuhua, i. 301–304.

• Topia Turoa, a Maori chief, ii. 177; defies the Governor, 363; sends message from Tawhiao to Rangihiwinui and Mete Kingi, 602, 605, 606, 608; assists in the operations against Te Kooti, 609, et seq.; iii. 21, 187; at Downingstreet, 354et seq.

• Totara pah captured by Hongi, i. 108.

• Transfer of Real Property Act (Torrens) adopted in New Zealand, ii. 638.

• Treaty of Waitangi, i. 208–213, 216, 290–292, 376, 391; ii. 413–420, 487, &c.; iii. 324, 349–352.

• Trees of New Zealand, i. 60, 62.

• Tribes, Maori, territory occupied by, at original immigration, i. 5–8; distribution of the, at the time of the English occupation in 1840, 32–38; state of, in 1891, Appendix, 460.

• Trimble, R., iii. 220; says Te Whiti invariably preaches peace, 220, 260; wishes the treaty of page 505 Waitangi to be thrown into the waste basket, 324; opposes report on unfulfilled Middle Island claims, 329–330.

• Troops, retention of, ii. 432, 456, 463, 517; resolution on withdrawal of, 525, 536, 540, 548, 554, 565, 566, 585; more asked for by Fox Ministry, 586; departure of, 630, 636; Fox and Bell on, iii. 223.

• Tuhawaiki, a Ngaitahu chief, i. 38, 229, 336.

• Tu-Matauenga, a god in Maori mythology, i. 41, 42.

• Tupia, Cook's Tahitian companion, converses freely with the Maoris, i. 1, 66, et seq.; death of, 79.

• Turi, a Maori leader, i. 7.

• Turton, Mr., Wesleyan missionary, ii. 17, 22, 75, 82, 168.

• Ua, Te, a Hau Hau, ii. 276, 353, 358, 424, 425, 430, 457.

• University, question of founding, ii. 514, 515; endowment of land for, 537; a bill passed for the founding of a, 633; amended, iii. 42 and n.

• Uriohau, district of the, i. 32.

• Uriwera, district of the, i. 35; first sale of land by, iii. 102.

• Uru te Angina, a chief, at Taurangaika, 1868, ii. 551.

• Utu, meaning of the word, i. 118n.

• Vancouver, Captain, visits New Zealand, i. 89.

• Van Diemen, Antony, Governor of Batavia, i. 64.

• “Vegetable Food of the Ancient New Zealanders,” by W. Colenso, i. 10 n.

• Vogel, Mr. Julius, ii. 247; and the Dunedin Maori reserve, 405, 439; his resolution regarding a Stamp Tax causes Mr. Weld to resign, 440; his proposal for dealing with the land acquired from the natives, 444; becomes Treasurer in Mr. Fox's Ministry, 584; his speech on provincial system, 588; and on war, 589; endeavours to initiate borrowing policy, 631, 635; goes to England, 642; seeks distinction, iii. 4, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 31, 36, 37, 57–61, 63, 65, 70, 74–80, 82, 86, 92, 93, 97, 100, 101, 103, 104–107, 109–112, 161, 162, 372–374.

• Volkner, the Rev. C. S., murder of, ii. 354, 355.

• Waerengaahika Pah captured, ii. 385.

• Wahanui, a Ngatimaniapoto chief, at Kopua, iii. 187–190, 262, 313–316, 321; heard at the bar, 375–377.

• Waikanae, i. 34.

• Waikato tribes, district of the, i. 33; defeat and slaughter of the, by Hongi, 109–112; hold a meeting at Remuera, 340–345; elect a king, ii. 39–45; elect his successor, 110; are invaded, 228 et seq.; overthrown by troops under General Cameron, passim 228–362; their prostration, 503–504.

• Waikato river, i. 33, 57.

• Waimate, bight of, i. 33.

• Waimate plains, the, ii. 377; iii. survey of the, 175–179, 181–186; sale, 249.

• Waingongoro, crossing of the, 1880, iii. 216.

• Waipa river, i. 33, 57.

• Waipa, the valley of the, i. 57.

• Wairau affray, the, i. 313, et seq.

• Wairoa river, i. 35; and range, 35.

• Waitaha tribe, the, i. 8.

• Waitahanui district i. 35.

• Waitangi, treaty of, i. 208et seq.; vide treaty of.

• Waitara block, the, dispute regarding, i. 350; Governor Fitzroy's decision regarding, 352–354; Ngatiawa right at, 354; page 506 Major Nugent on, ii. 18; the Maoris attacked by the Government, 80–87; Bishop Selwyn's protest, 93; Sir W. Denison's remonstrance, 97–99; result of a subsequent legal inquiry, 104–105; various military operations against the natives, 109 et seq.; discussions in the colonial Parliament regarding, 114–125; Sir George Grey's policy regarding, 210, 213; abandonment of the, 214, 215; discussions on, in the House, 251–253; Sir G. Grey's qualified confiscation of, 376, 377; startling revelations regarding, brought out at a Native Lands Court, 483–495, 489–490; McLean on, iii. 34, 35; admission in public in 1878 that the colonists found out that “in the Waitara case we had been all wrong,” 192, 266.

• Waitotara, i. 33; ii. 351, 352, 364, 365.

• Waka Maori newspaper, iii. 56; debate on the Government continuing to publish it, iii. 142, 143.

• Waka Nene accompanies Rauparaha to Cook's Strait in 1818, i. 46–48, 125, 176; at Waitangi, 209, 210 n.; at Remuera, 343, conduct of, at Kororarika, 367, 371, 374 n.; at Ohaeawae Pah, 386–392; at Ruapekapeka, 394–397, 413, 417; granted an annuity, 420, 423; his opinion regarding the purchase of land by missionaries, 445, 469; ii. 21, 24, 49, 113, 145; receives a silver cup from Her Majesty, 145, 149; sends another letter, with a green-stone mere, the symbol of chieftainship, 314, 497; his staunch adherence to the Queen, 504; his interview with Sir G. Bowen, 516; his death and epitaph, iii. 6; expression of public grief at the event, 6.

• Wakefield, Captain, i. 260, 314–318.

• Wakefield, Colonel, despatched to New Zealand in the ship Tory, i. 181, 183, 185–192; his preposterous deed, 192, 193–198, 212; aims at independence, 214–215, 217–219, 228, 229, 241, 244–247, 255, 259, 260, 266–268, 286, 287, 295–297, 306–308, 317, 332, 338, 347, 350, 353, 365; his indignation at Rauparaha's release, 413; downfall of the company he fought for, 453; his death, 456.

• Wakefield, E. J., i. 181, 228; his account of Rauparaha, 254, 282, 283, 296, 297, 324, 332, 336; ii. 9; iii. 51.

• Wakefield, E. Gibbon, his scheme of colonization, i. 177–182, 247, 248, 253, 298, 299, 447–449, 486; a member of the Assembly, ii. 3, 6, 7, 8; his interview with Swainson, 9, 11; his death, 243; iii. 64, 81; beneficial result from, at Canterbury, even a partial adoption of his theory as to land sales, iii. 124, 158.

• Wanganui river, i. 33.

• Wanganui, the outbreak at, 1847, i. 417; ii., alarm at, 547.

• War and warfare among the Maories, i. 22n., 26, 28, 30, 31, 44, 45–52, 108–112, 116, 132–135, 136, 144, 147.

• Wareattu, a Maori, is hanged under martial law, i. 410–413.

• Waste Lands Bill, after abolition of provinces, iii. 116.

• Waterhouse, Mr., iii. 10; his motion against the mode in which the Fox Ministry made and annulled ministerial offices, 24; declines office, 26; he forms a Ministry, 33; he continues the railway policy of the Fox Ministry, 34; he resigns, 40; commends Maori members as comprehending “a Bill that was beyond the page 507 comprehension of the rest of the Council,” 56; his motion for a Select Committee on the constitution of the Council, 57; opposes the Provincial Loans Bill, 60, 72, 73, 106, 107, 111, 121, 195; on Peace Preservation Bill for Parihaka, 198, 240; on Ropata, 343.

• Weapons of the Maoris, i. 27.

• Weare, Colonel, ii. 422; his letter regarding the treatment of Maori prisoners, 426 and n., 461, 465.

• Weld, Mr., i. 456, 475; ii. 1, 2, 4, 9, 11; on the rape of the Waitara, 103, 104, 120, 144, 150, 151n., 153; advocates confiscation of land, 232, 247, 251, 263, 270; the principles on which he proposes to form a Ministry, 341; his policy accepted by Sir George Grey, 341–344; he forms a Ministry, 344; asks financial aid from Home Government, 349, 350, 372; announces intention to resign, 367; his letter to Lord Alfred Churchill, 372 n., 373, 433, 436; he resigns, 440; addresses the electors at Christchurch, 441, 443, 447; as Governor of Western Australia corresponding on convict question, iii. 4; how he lost office in 1865, 31.

• Wellington, question as to making it the capital, ii. 262; selected by a commission, 338; made the seat of government and Parliament assembled at, 372; alarm at, after Titokowaru's success at Ngutuotemanu, 534; and after Moturoa, 543.

• Wellington Independent newspaper advocates slaughter, ii. 523, 546; a contemporary does the same, iii. 29, 30.

• Wentworth, W. C., i. 224, 225; ii. 2.

• Webaeoa pah, the, ii. 366, 367–370; attacked and captured, 371.

• Wesleyan missions and missionaries, i. 107, 116, 117, 123, 154; remonstrance of the Wesleyan Mission Committee against Earl Grey's instructions, 432; Mr. Turton and the natives, ii. 17, Mr. Riemenschneider warns the Governor regarding the natives, 21, 22; Mr. Whiteley on the Waitara dispute, 77; Mr. Buddle gives abstracts of native speeches, 90; labours of, 513; gallant attempt of a Wesleyan minister to arouse a sense of right in the colonists’ dealings with the natives, iii. 292.

• West Coast Commission, iii. 215 et seq.; Reports, the first, 220–224; second, 225–227; and third, 227–230; remarkable difference in the recommendations of First and Third Report, 229.

• West Coast Settlement Bill 1880, the, denounced by Mr. Pyke and Mr. Macandrew as disgraceful and barbarous, iii. 238.

• Wetere Te Rerenga, iii. 337–339.

• Wetini Taiporutu, a Maori chief, slain at Mahoetahi, ii. 138.

• Whakare, White Island, the fires of, i. 57.

• Whakatane river, i. 35.

• Whakatohea, district of the, i. 35.

• Whanauapanui, district of the, i. 35.

• Whare, the, or ordinary Maori house, i. 18; whirÊ-pnÎ, or great house, 18.

• Whitaker, Mr. F., ii. 25, 26, 27, 63n., 71n., 114, 149, 191, 192, 230n.; disregards treaty rights, 191; becomes head of Ministry, 246; passes ruthless measures, 247–250; advocates a confiscation policy, 250; his anxiety as to the opposition it meets with, 263–267; his instruction to seize upon Maori cattle and crops, 268; his bickerings with Sir George Grey regarding the disposal of the Maori page 508 prisoners, 269 et seq., 284; and regarding his policy of confiscation, 323–330; on terms of peace, 333; his Ministry resign, 335, 337, 338, 343; iii. 69; Dr. Pollen's Bill affecting his share in the Piako Swamp, 90–91, 105, 106; joins Major Atkinson's Ministry, 111, 112–114, 133, 134, 137; his wail, 138; his measure for dealing with the titles to land, 138, 141, 142; his “breach of privilege” case with Mr. Jones, printer of a newspaper, 141; his Piako land claims, 172, 175, 195, 209; on Confiscated Lands and Maori Prisoners Bill, 211, 234; moves the second reading of the West” Coast Settlement Bill, 239; drives Taiaroa from his seat in the Council, 240, 247; his opinion regarding the Himatangi Block, 267; his West Coast Settlements Reserve Bill, 268; becomes head of the Ministry, 318; changes venue for trial of Te Whiti from Taranaki to Christchurch, 319; moves Bill of Attainder of Te Whiti and Tohu, 327; says it is outragous that Maoris should profit by advancing civilization, 335, 339, 352, 353; his memo, on treatment of the Maoris, 352, 353, 367.

• White island, Whakare, i. 55, 57.

• Whiteley, the Rev. J., on Wairau affray, i. 317, 351, 352, 353; ii. 77n.; included by Te Rangitake as plotting against him, 79 (note 77), 81 n., 82, 108, 109 n.; murder of, ii. 568; extract from a letter of, 568 n.; iii. 337.

• Whitmore, Colonel, his operations at Omaranui, ii. 294, 457; hispursuit of Te Kooti, 529–531, 534; supersedes Colonel McDonell, 537; is worsted by Titokowaru at Moturoa, 541–543; praises Rangihiwinui, 542; the friendly natives dissatisfied with, 543, 549, 552; commands at capture of Te Kooti's stronghold, 557–560, 561; his operations on the West Coast, 567, 569; suggests the employment of Australian blacks for tracking purposes, 570, 571, 599; his statement regarding the case of Tauroa, iii. 30, et seq., 54; becomes Colonial Secretary in the Ministry of Sir George Grey, 145, 163, 192; on Ropata, 341–344.

• Williams, Henry, Archdeacon, his early life, i. 112; his first missionary efforts with the Maoris, 113; treatment of himself and his wife by the natives, 114; baptizes Rangi, a chief, 115, 117; his remarks on Maori law, 123, 127, 128; baptizes Taiwhanga, 127; his evangelistic labours, 139–143; on Matahau's labour, 146; his mode of dealing with the Maoris, 150, 154, 173, 174, 200, 208–210, 212, 220–223; at Kororarika 372; is accused of treachery and exonerated, 375; buries the dead at the Ohaeawae Pah, 387, 398; Governor Fitzroy on his conduct, 398; baptizes Kawiti, 420; disputes with Governor Grey regarding claims to land, 421, 442; his reply to the Bishop and others as to his conduct in the matter, and his claims, 442–444; his correspondence with the Church Mission Society on the subject, 444–445 (and 492, 495) ii. 22 n., 474.

• Williams, W. (Bishop of Waiapu), assists in the revision of the Maori Prayer-book and New Testament, i. 107; an incident in the career of, 129, 130; his missionary labours, 140, et seq.; 173; his efforts on behalf of the natives, 222; ii. 286 n., 357; rebukes Kereopa, 384, 510, 512, 627.

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• Willis, Judge (in Australia), on natives as British subjects, i. 306n.

• Wilson, Captain, account of the massacre of, ii. 544–545.

• W. Kingi Te Rangitake, chief; vide Te Rangitake.

• Wood, Mr. Reader, becomes Treasurer for Ministry, ii. 166, 187; member of Whitaker Fox Ministry, 246, 334; accepts, being Treasurer, Mr. Cardwell's restriction as to mode of confiscation, 336, 339; iii. 25n., 49, 59, 60, 103; on appointment of Vogel as Agent-General, 112, 135; supports Hall Ministry, 1879, 205; opposes Maori Prisoners Bill (1880), 232; says that “in every attribute that becomes a man the Maori is equal to the European who has come into these islands,” 245.

• Wright, W. H., (Ensign50th Reg.) gallantry of, i. 171.

• Wynyard, Colonel, Lieut-Gov. of New Ulster, i. 477, 491; becomes Acting Governor of New Zealand, ii. 1; declines to do violence to the Constitution, 4–14; his treatment of dispute regarding land at Taranaki, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30.