HEKE PRESENTS A TAIAHA TO ADMIRAL SPERRY. The Maori veteran, in bis speech said: "This is an ancient taiaha, and has been used -in -slaying men. But the Maoris slay no more ; they have no use for it. The Admiral is a. fighting man, and may fi.nct a use for it. Therefore I throw my taiaha >at the feet of the great sailor from, over the seas."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 44
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67HEKE PRESENTS A TAIAHA TO ADMIRAL SPERRY. The Maori veteran, in bis speech said: "This is an ancient taiaha, and has been used -in -slaying men. But the Maoris slay no more; they have no use for it. The Admiral is a. fighting man, and may fi.nct a use for it. Therefore I throw my taiaha >at the feet of the great sailor from, over the seas." Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 44
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