W I W AR N NE ZEALAND. W L AM FO! A .H. Ox on I LI , , , L AT! comm“ . w ar n “ AND 3m m mm 0! TB . COLONY . ER R A T A . A t — a p ge 86 , omi the words 3 Colonel A us in of h t , t , t e 1 4th. ” 1 85 in No e or A read , t , f , C. ” 239 in No e or read “ A , t , f . Wi'hi T W O MA PS AN D A PL A N . L O N D O N SM TH E DER AND o. 66 CORNH . I , L c , , ILL 1 866. WAR I NEW ZEALAND N . AM FO! A .H. O on WILLI , , x , L AT! M ID I !“ IN I ITAI Y AND NAT!“ mm 0? TB . COLONY . It mi ht be we tho ht it co ntrie so fei re and it eo e so tracta e o g ll ug , u , p pl bl , w uld lon ere this have een iet o e e to the atisfaction of the a vent rer and g b q u ly p ss ss d , s d u s, ' me eternizin f wh i c ll world do g o the memory of those o eflected t . But be ause a the e ee it defeilement this fo o in treatise sha ive ati fac tion to all indiflerent readers s , ll w g ll g s s , xow the i ne hath een carrie hen no ou t the i easi n er tan and bus ss b d ; w , d b , y w ll lyu d s d, e er to their e tion how it came to a that there was no etter eak and n w qu s , p ss b sp h ave“ of Captain John Smith of Virgi nia. Book m . c. x . W ITH T W O MA PS P N AN D A L A . L O N D O N SM TH ELDER AND . 65 CORNH . I , co , , ILL 1 866. PREFA CE. A GREAT many person s in England are tired of h a r e ring about New Zealand . It is ve y seldom ha an h n and or t t y good news comes t e ce ; , good bad dificult to n s a . t , it is very u der t nd Still , here are many who have friends and relations there ; many who sympathize with the Maori race many who have an idea that what has been going on h for m a a a n t ere some ti e p st, me ns pe ny in the pound on the income -tax ; sothat sufficient interest is felt in the colony to make any one n ewly arrived from it the subject of much cross e a i a n . all a a an x m n tio Tell us bout New Ze l d, a not a n is, however, request e sily respo ded to , PREFA CE. unless the person who makes it is prepared to listen to a tale a good deal longer than that which the Ancient Marin er inflicted on the spell boun d weddin g guest ; and I have been often obliged to tell my in quirin g frien ds that unless h a a of a n I s ould write book , I desp ired m ki g a is one them understan d the subject . Th t An h reason for my taking up my pen . ot er n a n hi n a a reaso is , th t I ve ture to t k th t m ny person s besides my own friends will be glad to have a more connected outlin e of events in the colony during the entire period of disturban ce han an h h ha a At n t y w ic s yet appe red . prese t Th ’ there is non e . e Governor s despatches are h n a h of few an d h n h wit i the re c ; , except w e t ey relate to disputes between himself an d the gen e ral f and his n are a an d , or himsel mi isters , me gre n an to th a T u expl atory e l st degree . he military despatches are n o more accessible than the ’ n and a n to n Gover or s , sc rcely i telligible ge eral a n a a n re ders , their pri cip l object ppare tly being F PRE A CE. vii to enrol in the Valhalla of the Horse Guards the name of every officer who took part in a mi a n a a skir sh , or stood re dy to te der his v lu ble ’ s if an . Times n a has a ervices , w ted The ewsp per very able correspondent ; but the Morning Post and Dail Tele ra h and a f a n y g p , h l doze other a a n n a who p pers , h ve correspo de ts lso , seem to ff see thi ngs with very di erent eyes . The result a n h n in n an is , th t eve t ose perso s E gl d whose a an d duty it is to study such m tters , still more , h f ha n an amateur fa t ose who pro ess to ve do e it , ll n a . a h n n an d ft n r i to gre t mis ppre e sio s , o e ve y ' a . One n a ludicrous mist kes oble Lord , Member of a l a n n a a of n on a P r i me t , givi g summ ry eve ts ’ a f a the arri al of n public pl t orm , misd tes v Gover or w a Grey in the colony by n early t o whole ye rs . An other speaks of events happening at Waikato f had r at a ana 200 l as i they occu red T r ki , mi es a h l a h a n of the a a at way ; w i e third , e ri g c mp ign a an a a Who i s h au an a n r T ur g , sks, t is T r g I eve 1 t . Pr . o . e ort 1 855 . 2 a to Ab. o S c R p , , p , p P E viii R FA CE. heard of him before ? Misapprehensions like ma of n and these y seem little co sequence , would be so if they existed only in private circles ; but when the state of mind whi ch they indicate is met with among those who influence the counsels of Parliament and the action of the Colonial ni the a ser . The n e Mi ster, m tter becomes ious obl Lord who did not kn ow whether Sir George Grey arrived in New Zealand after the Oakura r or arl two a f mu ders , ne y ye rs be ore , could scarcely have given that attention to the subject h him a af a e T whi c would make s e dvis r . he Member of Parliament who thought that a dis triet as large as an English coun ty was a New ala f had a n o r a Ze nd chie , prob bly ve y clear ide s f th r f h as to the origin or justice o e wa . I t ese few pages should be in strumental in removin g m a h or such is pprehensions w ere they exist , in n nf a n e a in ha conveyi g i orm tio wher it is w nt g, I s ll feel that the time spent in writing them has not been wasted . PREFA CE. ix so a not a e In doing , I trust I sh ll be ccus d of presumption I have been a colonist of New Zealand almost from its foundation as a colony . I have been a Member of the Legislature for m a and n a at a of the any ye rs , duri g gre p rt present struggle I filled the offices of Colonial ni a a Secretary and Native Mi ster . I h ve prob bly had better opportunities of obtainin g accurate nf a n and n n n i orm tio , observi g curre t eve ts in the n a an h n at a an colo y th n y ot er perso , le st y h n h n ma ot er person ow in t is cou try . It y be all d a as an a in of n ege th t, ctor some those eve ts , ha I may ve prejudices . But the same might certainly be said of any on e who has had the person al opportun ities of acquiring the infor a n for the a . am n ot a a m tio requisite t sk I w re , h hat a an owever, t I h ve y prejudices on the sub j ect : I have strong conviction s ; but conviction s n are not prejudices . My co victions may possibly be the means of removing the prejudices of some who have had no sufi cient opportunity of study ! PREFA CE.