Hero Stories of New Zealand
Contents
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- [frontispiece]
- [title page]
- Preface p. vii
- Contents p. xiii
- List of Illustrations p. xv
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- The Last Stand of Te Amotu
- The Swimmer. — How Te Rau-o-te-Rangi Crossed the Strait of Kapiti p. 8
- The Missionaries of Matamata p. 14
- The Pirates of the Wellington Brig. — How the Chief Mate of The Sisters captured a Convict Crew p. 22
- The Storming Party at Ohaeawai p. 31
- Rags of Glory: The Colours of the 58th p. 38
- The Bugler of Boulcott's Farm p. 40
- The Dispatch Carrier p. 45
- Manihera's Farewell p. 52
- The Swordsman in the Swamp p. 58
- The Scouts in the Flax Bush — A Von Tempsky Story p. 62
- How Sergeant Mckenna Won the Victoria Cross — A Night in the Maori Bush p. 69
- The Church in the Forest — How the Settlers held Pukekohe Stockade p. 78
- The Weird of Macgillivray — A Tale of Second Sight p. 87
- The Defenders of Orakau p. 99
- Brave Women p. 111
- A Can of Cold Water — The Heroine of the Gate Pa p. 120
- The Defence of Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt — The “Rorke's Drift” of New Zealand p. 130
- Brown Skin and White — A Tale of the West Coast Frontier p. 142
- The Midnight Warning p. 151
- A Meal at Paewhenua p. 158
- The Last Cartridge — A Memory of the Whakatane Valley p. 163
- The Defence of the Mill — The Story of a Gallant Frenchman p. 169
- The Bugle in the Mountains — An Episode of the First Urewera Campaign p. 174
- Ears in the Forest p. 180
- A Running Battle — How Gilbert Mair Saved Rotorua p. 187
- Maro and Her Lovers p. 193
- Patriots of the Taranaki Border p. 199
- The Missionary and the Hauhau Apostles p. 207
- Farmers of the Frontier — How the Waitotara Settlers saved their Stock p. 212
- The Last of the Scouts — Tales of the Guides and Forest Rangers p. 221
- Te Whiti of Taranaki — The Story of a Patriot and Peacemaker p. 236
- Explorers And Pathfinders — The Spade of Rakaihaitu p. 247
- First over the Alps — The Epic of Raureka and the Greenstone p. 252
- The Cruise of the Gipsy — A Pioneer Surveyor on the Golden Coast p. 258
- Explorers of Fiordland p. 270
- The Coracle of Disappointment Island — A Story of Sea Heroes p. 279