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Thus St. John's included a school for religious education , a temporary hostel for
new arrivals from overseas , and a refuge for the sick , the aged , and the poor .
White settlers and Maoris met on equal terms in the unity of one family . All alike ...
Thus St. John's included a school for religious education , a temporary hostel for
new arrivals from overseas , and a refuge for the sick , the aged , and the poor .
White settlers and Maoris met on equal terms in the unity of one family . All alike ...
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The great Maori chief , Hongi Ika , had visited England in 1819 , and years
afterwards he gave this dying charge to his ... These words sank deep into the
minds of the Maoris , and when British soldiers landed to guard a flag that had
been cut ...
The great Maori chief , Hongi Ika , had visited England in 1819 , and years
afterwards he gave this dying charge to his ... These words sank deep into the
minds of the Maoris , and when British soldiers landed to guard a flag that had
been cut ...
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Another time it was the British who were hemmed in by a powerful cordon of
Maoris on the bank of the Waikati river . Supplies were ... One day the sentinels
reported that several large Maori canoes were being paddled down the river . A
party ...
Another time it was the British who were hemmed in by a powerful cordon of
Maoris on the bank of the Waikati river . Supplies were ... One day the sentinels
reported that several large Maori canoes were being paddled down the river . A
party ...
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| Title | Patteson of Melanesia: A Brief Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop |
| Author | Frank Hume Lyall Paton |
| Publisher | Society for promoting Christian knowledge |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 209 pages |
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