Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party)

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Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party)

Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party) wearing a cloak and holding a taiaha and his wife on the porch of Huatare Wahanuis House, Alexandra, New Zealand. In 1883 Wahanui led the party which rescued Hursthouses surveyors who had been seized by Te Mahuki, the Maori Apocalyptic prophet in March 1883, at Te Uira. Te Mahuki was opposed to Hursthouses survey of the proposed Main Trunk railway. Date: 1885

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© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

1883 1885 Captive Cloak Held Main Maori Porch Prophet Rescue Surveyors Trunk Zealand Zealander

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