Victoria University of Wellington Library
Pioneering Reminiscences of Old Wairoa
Contents
Contents
Biographical
1
Foreword
9
The Land We Love
13
Wairoa
's Locale
18
Home-Builders
21
"The Cottage"
24
A Deal in Bunny
26
The Turiroa Cutting
27
False Balances
29
How the Curse Came
31
Lake Waikaremoana
34
Weird Waikare-iti
39
The Urewera Country
43
Maori Vendetta
49
Waterfall Romance
52
The Fairy Folk
57
Lake Legends
61
Law of Plunder
65
Marriage a la Mode
67
Some Queer Characters
69
Whaling Days
73
Vanished Arts
77
A Mayor's Master-Stroke
80
The Maori Aristocrat
86
A Maori Heroine
88
Historic Connections
91
Men, Gods and
Taniwhas
94
Old Transport Gone
104
Maori Oratory and Humour
110
Corkill's Ride
116
Scientists in Embryo
119
Whataroa Massacre
125
How We Fought the Maori
130
Timi Kara
136
A Christmas Fight
142
Deighton's Trek
145
A Lovely Find
153
A Progress Link
158
Maori Canoe-Builders
161
Omarunui
165
The Fall of Heipipi
169
Kopu
's Day
176
Kaiuku—A Maori Epic
181
Old-Time Sport
186
At the
Pa
190
Mohaka—The Village by the Sea
193
Quips and Cranks
204
Epilogue
208