Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the IslandsEdward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1876) was the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), who was the driving force behind the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia, founding the New Zealand Association in 1837 with the aim of creating a colony in that country. His son was appointed secretary of the first settler expedition to New Zealand in 1839, and remained in the colony until 1844. This volume, edited by Sir Robert Stout and first published in 1908, contains Wakefield's account of his stay in New Zealand. He describes in detail the social conditions during the founding of the colony and its explorations in New Zealand, and includes detailed first-hand ethnographic information concerning the Maori tribes the expedition encountered. This volume provides a valuable and fascinating insight into the society and development of one of the earliest colonies of New Zealand. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 14 |
CHAPTER III | 32 |
CHAPTER IV | 51 |
CHAPTER V | 77 |
CHAPTER VI | 106 |
CHAPTER VII | 136 |
CHAPTER VIII | 159 |
CHAPTER IV | 404 |
CHAPTER V | 436 |
CHAPTER VI | 449 |
CHAPTER VII | 472 |
CHAPTER VIII | 480 |
CHAPTER IX | 503 |
Rauparahas slaves on the HuttVeracity of nativesTe Punis present | 519 |
CHAPTER XI | 535 |
CHAPTER IX | 197 |
CHAPTER XI | 223 |
CHAPTER XII | 248 |
CHAPTER XIV | 281 |
CHAPTER XV | 293 |
CHAPTER XVI | 312 |
CHAPTER XVII | 319 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 336 |
CHAPTER I | 347 |
CHAPTER II | 362 |
Arrival of the GovernorPublic meetingUndignified landingEmpty | 377 |
66 | 541 |
CHAPTER XII | 547 |
CHAPTER XIII | 574 |
CHAPTER XIV | 586 |
CHAPTER XV | 603 |
CHAPTER XVI | 632 |
CHAPTER XVII | 653 |
News of the appointment of Governor FitzroyModified agreement | 680 |
CHAPTER XIX | 703 |
APPENDIX I | 723 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines acres anchored appeared appointed arrived Auckland bank Barrett Bay of Islands beach blankets boat brig called canoe Captain Hobson Captain Wakefield chiefs claims Clarke Cloudy Bay coast Colonel Wakefield colonists colony Company Company's Cook Strait Dicky Barrett district England friends Government Governor harbour head heard hills honour Hutt inhabitants Kapiti Kawhia Kuru labourers land Lieutenant Lord Major Richmond Manawatu Maori miles missionaries morning Nelson Ngatiawa Ngatiraukawa night officers Otaki party pigs Pito-one Plymouth Police Magistrate Porirua Port Nicholson potatoes proceeded Puni Queen Queen Charlotte Sound Rangihaeata Rauparaha residence returned river round sailed schooner seemed settlement settlers ship shore Shortland side slaves soon South Wales spot Sydney tapu Taranaki Taupo Te Aro Te Rauparaha Te-awa-iti told took town tribe valley vessel village Waikanae Waikato Wairau Wellington whalers Whanganui Wharepouri whole Zealand