Browsing Center for Pacific Islands Studies by Subject "Māori"

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John Webster and Taua Muru: The Space Between Cultures in 1840s Hokianga

Ashton, Jennifer (Honolulu: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2009)

In 1847, a taua muru, or hostile raiding expedition, was conducted by a group of Māori on land occupied by John Webster, a British settler and trader. The purpose of the raid was to reclaim goods the party believed had ...