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Kimble Bent
1837–1916
(Person)

Subject of Texts

• Monday’s Warriors
• The Adventures of Kimble Bent

Mentioned in

• Hero Stories of New Zealand
  • The Defence of Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt — The “Rorke's Drift” of New Zealand
• Island Stories
  • 3. James Cowan and the Frontiers of New Zealand History
• Kōtare 1998, Volume One, Number One
  • ‘Texted pasts’—the sources of colonial land surveying
• Legends of the Maori
  • The Wizards of the Plains. — A Tale of Maori Magic
• Reminiscences of The War in New Zealand
  • Chapter XIX. — General Chute's Campaign—continued. — Fight at Te Putahi and Otapawa: Narrow Escape of the General
  • Chapter XXI. — Colonel McDonnell's Campaign. — Fight at Pokaikai
  • Chapter XXXII. — The Important Difference Between Disciplined and Undiscplined Men, a Fact Never Sufficiently Recognised by The New Zealand Government. — Death of The Traitor Kimball Bent. Tactics of Titokowaru
• Sport 3: Spring 1989
  • Maurice Shadbolt — Monday's Warriors (from a work in progress)
• The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
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• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
  • Chapter 1: PAI-MARIRE
  • [contents]
  • Chapter 5: CAMERON'S WEST COAST CAMPAIGN
  • Chapter 15: McDONNELL'S TARANAKI CAMPAIGN (1866)
  • Chapter 20: OPENING OF TITOKOWARU'S CAMPAIGN
  • Chapter 21: THE DEFENCE OF TURUTURU-MOKAI
  • Chapter 22: TE NGUTU-O-TE-MANU — THE FIRST ATTACK
  • Chapter 26: WHITMORE'S DEFEAT AT MOTUROA
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  • TE NGUTU-O-TE-MANU AFTER THE BATTLE
  • A CANNIBAL FEAST
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  • THE FIGHT AT OTAUTU
  • THE RETREAT TO TE NGAERE AND THE WAITARA
  • Index
• With the Lost Legion in New Zealand
  • Index
  • Chapter V — My Baptism of Fire. Otapawa
  • Chapter IX — I Join the Troopers
  • Chapter XII — The Year of the Lamb

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External Links

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Letter from Kimball Bent, the old deserter—Evening Post, 11 December 1878
• 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
• Kimble Bent—Fourteen Years with the Maoris—Hawera & Normanby Star, 5 September 1892

Searching

For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC collections are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Kimble Bent as: "Kimble Bent", "Kimball Bent"; "Ringiringi"; "Tu nui Amoa". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).

Other Collections

The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Kimble Bent":

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
• Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
• National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
• nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

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