Hero Stories of New Zealand

Contents

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  • [halftitle]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • Preface p. vii
  • Contents p. xiii
  • List of Illustrations p. xv
• • 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
    • Two Heroic Figures: Ahumai Te Paerata and Huria Matenga p. 111
    • Huria Matenga, the Brave Swimmer p. 115
  • 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
    • Donald Sutherland and Quinton McKinnon p. 270
    • The Discovery of McKinnon's Pass p. 275
  • The Coracle of Disappointment Island — A Story of Sea Heroes p. 279
• • Notes p. 286
  • Index p. 287

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