DEATH OF A MAORI CHIEF.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) NEW PLYMOUTH, April 3. Hone Pihania died at Parihaka on Tuesday night, aged about sixty-five years; He was always friendly to .the Europeans, but when the war of 1860 broke but he decided to go with his people. In 1865, with about 300 Natives, he aurrounded in camp at Nukumaru, and nearly succeeded in. making him prisoner. In 1866 Hone came in, and afterwards did his best to promote peace between the two races. In 1870 he acted as guard when Cobb's coach, with Sir William Fox in it, made tne first journey through Native territory. Eventually h. became proprietor of toe coach, and car ried the mail. He received a pension for his services.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7517, 5 April 1890, Page 3
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