Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.

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Chapter		Page
	Preface	vii
	Introduction	xv
I.	“Tribes of the Rising Sun”	1
II.	Before the Days of Tasman	8
III.	Cook's Historic Landfall at Poverty Bay	16
IV.	A Tragic Day	28
V.	Unhappy Naming of Poverty Bay	37
VI.	Endeavour on East Coast	46
VII.	Hospitable Tolaga Bay	52
VIII.	Whose “White Chief”?	62
IX.	Ferocious Ngapuhi Raids on East Coast	72
X.	Trade Opens on the East Coast	80
XI.	Three Famous East Coast Sieges	87
XII.	The Founder of Poverty Bay	94
XIII.	The East Coast Tattooed Trader	107
XIV.	Celebrities of the East Coast	115
XV.	“Sons of the Soil”	124
XVI.	Pioneer Resident Traders on East Coast	130
XVII.	The Old Land Claims	138
XVIII.	“There She Blows!”	145
XIX.	Spread of the Gospel to the East Coast	156
XX.	In the Mission Field	162
XXI.	“Beautiful Turanga” (Poverty Bay)	177
XXII.	“Uncrowned King of Poverty Bay”	186
XXIII.	Clash of Rival Judicial Systems	190
XXIV.	Disaffection Precedes Bloodshed	208
XXV.	Under the Hauhau Banner	215

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XXVI.	Exiled Rebels Escape	228
XXVII.	Te Kooti Revolt Opens	237
XXVIII.	Eve of Poverty Bay Massacre	245
XXIX.	“Black Tuesday”	255
XXX.	“Worst Horror Since Cawnpore”	266
XXXI.	Hands Off Poverty Bay!	275
XXXII.	Poverty Bay Under Martial Law	281
XXXIII.	On Te Kooti's Trail	289
XXXIV.	Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki	299
XXXV.	“Spoils to the Victors”	305
XXXVI.	Native Lands Problem	310
XXXVII.	Settlement and Development	315
XXXVIII.	General Section	333
XXXIX.	Local Government	387
XL.	District Institutions	423
XLI.	Sports and Pastimes	433
XLII.	Brief Biographies	456
XLIII.	Appendices	460

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