HISTORICAL NEW ZEALAND
The ground was cleared away by setting fire to the underwood, which killed- the large trees. The crop when gathered in was placed on the raised platforms, or wattis. thus securing it from the ravages of the rats, which were very numerous.
Kororareka was sacked and burnt by Hone Heke on March 11, 1845. It was originally a whaling station, but is now a fishing village. The first seat of Government in New Zealand was located here, and Europeans aire known to have settled in the district as early as 1829.
This sketch represents the tomb of a cc ebrated chief in the Bay of Isla ids. and is a good illustration of the native mode of burying a chief. The body is enclosed between the two halves of his war canoe, and the implements used during his life are placed around, or on the palisades which surround the tomb, which is tabooed and considered sacred ground by the natives, who will not approach it.
From sketches by Capt. Stanley, H.M.S.' Britomart, made in 1840, photographs of which kindly supplied to us by A. Morton, Esq., curator Colonial Museum, Hobart.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 42
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