Wiremu Kīngi Maketū went on a killing spree, and New Zealand was born.
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Sources
(† = page numbers unavailable)
A. Paul Moon, “Maketū’s Execution and the Extension of British Sovereignty in New Zealand,” in Te Kaharoa, vol. 6 (2013).
B. †Michael King, The Penguin History of New Zealand (Penguin Books: New York City, 2003).
C. †Danny Keenan, Wars Without End | Nga Pakanga Whenua O Mua: New Zealand’s Land Wars—A Maori Perspective (Penguin, 2021).
D. “Plain facts relative to the late war in the northern district of New Zealand,” (Philip Kunst, Auckland, 1847).
E. †Vincent O’Malley, The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga O Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books, 2019).
F. R v Maketū, 1842.
G. †James Cowan, The New Zealand Wars, 1923, https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cow01NewZ.html.
Citations
1: A, p.37, 40-41
2: A, p.40
3: A, p.40-41
4: A, p.42
5: A, p.44
6: B, ch.11
7: Ibid.
8: C, ch.1
9: D, p.9
10: E, ch.2
11: A, p.43
12: A, p.44
13: A, p.46
14: F
15: A, p.46-47
16: G, ch.3
17: Ibid.
18: Ibid.
19: Ibid.
20: Ibid.
21: Ibid.
22: Ibid.
23: G, ch.4
24: G, ch.5
25: G, ch.6
26: G, ch.7
27: G, ch.8
28: G, ch.9
29: Ibid.
30: Ibid.
31: Ibid.
32: B, ch.12
33: E, ch.1
34: E, ch.5
35: B, ch.21, 28
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00:00 INTRO
01:45 I - AVOIDANCE
06:39 II - CONFRONTATION
11:53 III - TO ARMS
17:23 IV - LAST CHANCE