ngairedith on Family Tree Circles

The MIRAMAR TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD (Dominion Federation) held a patriotic afternoon in October 1942 at St Aidan's Hall.

Games, dancing and competitions were held and items were given by:

* Mrs TEWARD
* Miss Fay COMPTON
* Mrs RAMSAY
* Mrs COWAN of Brooklyn
* Mrs ROXBURGH of Brooklyn

* Mrs BODMIN was the pianist

The proceeds were sent to the Fighting Services Club at Miramar

taken from PAPERS PAST


24 March 1833 - TEAMS FOR TOMORROW

... The following teams will represent the carious clubs in Interclub matches at Miramar grounds tomorrow:-

BROADWAY

THIRD DIVISION
* LAWER
* CALCANAI sen
* CALCANAI jun
* TELFORD

FIFTH DIVISION
* TEBAY
* MCLEAN
* MILLAR
* RISHWORTH
* Miss GIBB
* Mrs McLEAN
* Mrs TEWARD
* Miss CLEAVER

SIXTH DIVISION
* GIBB
* TEWARD
* PATERSON
* WITHERS
* Miss HITCHNOUGH
* Miss FORRESTER
* Miss BARON
* Mrs THOMSON


RAWHII

FIFTH DIVISION
* G. H. FULFORD
* C. JANSEN
* K. G. DUNN
* A. de CLIFTON
* Miss COOTES
* Mrs JANSEN
* Miss E. VEAR
* Miss M. KINDELL


UNIVERSITY

SIXTH DIVISION
* HEENAN
* KISSELL
* WEBB
* SHIELD
* Miss NORMAN-JONES
* Miss SPENCE
* Miss McLAREN
* Miss SMITH


MIRAMAR

FOURTH A DIVISION
* H. THOMPSON
* W. JOHNSTON
* H. SISSONS
* O. LOCHORE
* Mrs GOODWIN
* Miss PARKER
* Mrs JOHNSTON
* Mrs WALLACE

FIFTH DIVISION
* WAITE
* J. THOMPSON
* J. DAVIS
* C. ADAMS
* Mrs W. D. SISSONS
* Mrs HOUZEGO
* Mrs GIBSON
* Mrs WILLIAMS

SIXTH B DIVISION
* TURNBRIDGE
* WALLACE
* ELBORN
* M. DAVIS
* Miss N. MARSHALL
* Miss J. MARSHALL
* Miss FRASER
* Miss CHOTE

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

FIFTH DIVISION
* W. BOLT
* E. LANDER
* C. DENHAM
* A. LANG
* Miss J. DUNNET
* Miss M. MANN
* Miss E. BRYANT
* Miss C. HANSEN

SIXTH DIVISION
* W. JUPP
* C. PHILLIPS
* R. HUTCHISON
* J. TRICKER
* Miss McLELLAN
* Miss SHAAB
* Miss WATT
* Miss LAYCOCK

some of the folk of Miramar in 1942 ...


MIRAMAR is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south-east of the city centre. It is on the Miramar Peninsula, directly east of the isthmus of Rongotai, the site of Wellington International Airport

'Miramar' means "behold the sea" or "wonderful sea" in Spanish, and was thus named by the first settler on Watt's Peninsula area, resident James Coutts CRAWFORD, who arrived in Wellington in 1840.
In 1872 he changed the name of Watt's Peninsula to Miramar as that was the name of a house built for him by his brother-in-law, Major McBARNETT. The original Maori name for the area when it was still an island was Te Motu Kairangi (meaning the Mountain eats the Sky).

On 18 November 1904 Miramar Borough was formed.

In April 1921, Miramar was incorporated into the City of Wellington.

In March 1942 the Horticultural Society held the Autumn FLower Show. The winners and their enteries were:

The open championship for dahlias was won by Mr A. DEAN, nd the amateur championship by Mr A. J. MANTON.

The following is the prize list:

DAHLIAS OPEN
* A. DEAN, champion of champions, open champion, points trohy, 4 firsts, 2 secondes, 4 thirds
* W. CHAMBERS, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 2 thirds
* A. R. HARPER, 2 firsts, 3 seconds

DAHLIAS, AMATEUR
* H. WELCH, cup, ponts trophy, 2 special prizes, 8 firsts, 4 seconds, 5 thirds
* A. J. MANTON, champion, 2 special prizes, 2 firsts, 1 second
* J. S. VICKERS, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds
* Mrs PATERSON, 1 first, 1 second
* W. D. ROUGH, 1 first
* A. DEAN, 1 second

DAHLIAS, INTERMEDIATE
* B. ALGAR, points trophy, champion, 2 firsts, 2 seconds
* T. LANE, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds
* L. PERRY, 1 first, 1 second, 1 third
* V. MAPLESDEN, 1 irst, 1 third

DAHLIAS NOVICE
* W. IRVINE, points trophy, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds
* Mrs JONES, 2 firsts
* H. WHITT, first

HYDRANGEAS
* Mrs C, CLARK, points trophy, 2 firsts, 3 seconds
* W. D. ROUGH, 1 first, 1 second
* J. S. VICKEERS, 1 first, 1 third
* Mrs TEWARD, 1 first
* F. W. CRAIG, 1 first
* T. LANE, 1 third

MISCELLANEOUS OPEN
* Mrs A. SMITH, 1 first

MISCELLANEIOUS AMATEUR
* H. HARTLEY, points trophy, 2 firsts, 1 second, 2 thirds
* Mrs SIDET, second points trophy, 5 firsts, 1 second, 1 third
* Mrs ROWELL, 2 firsts, 2 thirds
* Mrs TEWARD, 1 first, 1 second
* Mrs A. SMITH, 3 seconds
* W. D. ROUGH, 1 first
* Mrs MOULT, 1 first
* Miss CRAIG, 1 second, 1 third
* Mrs PATERSON, 1 second
* Mary CARSON, 1 second
* Miss MORLEY, 1 second
* Mrs WHITT, 1 third

PANSIES & VIOLAS
* H. HARTLEY, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds
* J. S. VICKERS, 3 firsts, 1 second, 1 third
* Mrs PATERSON, 1 first
* Miss CRAIG, 1 second
* H. WHITT, 1 second

POT PLANT
* H. COAD, points trophy, 2 firsts, 1 second

DECORATIVE
* Mrs PATERSON, most points, 4 shows, points trophy, 5 firsts, 6 seconds, 1 third
* Mrs MAWHINNEY, 5 firsts, 3 thirds
* Miss DAWSON, novice trophy, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 2 thirds
* Mrs TEWARD, 2 firsts, 2 seeconds, 1 third
* Mrs JONES, 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third
* Mrs HARTLEY, 1 first, 1 third
* Miss CRAIG, 1 first
* Mrs SIDET, 1 first, 1 third
* Mrs HALLEY, 1 first
* Mrs JAMIESON, 1 third
* Mrs COAD, 1 third

DECORATED TABLE
* Mrs PATERSON first and points trophy, 4 shows
* mrs HALLEY, second
* Miss F. MORLEY & Mrs MAWHINNEY third equal

CHILDREN's CLASSES - Inter-school competion
WORSER BAY first
MIRAMAR CENTRAL second
MIRAMAR SOUTH third

VASE OF FLOWERS
* Wilma MANLEY first
* Bruce PERRY second
* Betty McCORMACK & Lorna PYCROFT third equal

SAND POSY
GLADSTONE HALL first
* Loran PYCROT & Gloria BUTCHER second equal
... third equal:
* Marjorie DEAN
* Shirley FROUDE
* Eric MATHEWS
* Gordon HALL
* Dawn NORRIS
* Valerie JAMIESON
* Doreen KEAN

VEGETABLES OPEN
J. ATKINSON first & second

VEGETABLES AMATEUR
* . T. TOWNSON, cup, most points trophy, special prize, 8 firsts, 7 seconds, 1 third
* F. W. CRAIG, second points trophy, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third
* J. TROY, 3 first, 1 second
* J. S. VICKERS, 2 irsts, 1 second, 3 thirds
* Mrs JAMIESON, 3 firsts
* H. HARTLEY, 3 seconds, 3 thirds
* Mrs THOMAS, 1 first, 1 third
* Mrs TEWARD, 1 first
* Mrs O. SMITH, 1 second
* F. L. HISTED, 1 first
* Mrs ROWELL, 1 second
* H. COAD, 1 third

RONGOTAI is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. It is on the Rongotai isthmus, between the Miramar Peninsula and the suburbs of Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay. It is known mostly for being the location of the Wellington International Airport

The college is an all-boys state secondary school.
The students are aged 12 to 19.
It was opened in 1928 with Mr Fritz Martyn RENNER as its first headmaster and a teaching staff of seven. It was started as an "overspill" for Wellington College, which was overstretched, and Rongotai became the new school for Wellington boys in the eastern suburbs.

Rongotai College originally accepted enrolments from students of intermediate school age. However, when Evans Bay Intermediate School opened its doors in 1964, the school became purely a secondary school, catering for young men in what are now called years 9 to 13.

The Assembly Hall, known as the Renner Hall, was opened in 1968 and is named after the founding headmaster.


the PRINCIPLES

1928 - 19?? Mr Fritz Martyn RENNER
19?? - 1954 Mr H. A. HERON
1954 - 1964 Mr A. E. LOCK
1964 - 1982 Mr Noel MacKAY
1982 - 1992 Mr A. D. POWELL
1992 - 2009 Mr Graeme JARRETT
2009 - present Mr Kevin CARTER


In October 1939
ORATORY CONTEST at RONGOTAI COLLEGE

... There were five finalists in each section of the oratory contest recently held at Rongotai College, and the speeches were judged by Dr. W. B. SUTCH. He recommended all boys to grasp the opportunities aforded to them at college to take part in debates and prepared speeches. That would encourage them to think about and form their own opinions on important questions of the day, he said. Education in democracy through such methods was one of the first esentials in preserving democratic liberties of free speech, freedom of opinion, and tolerance

The junior speakers and their subjects were:
* K. H. BRUCE - Mahatma Gandi
* B. K. KNOWLES - Charles Dickens
* T. J. CONSTABLE - Felix von Luckner
* G. J. TEWARD - Wiremu Tamehana
* R. COX - Charlemagne

The senior speakers and their subjects were:
* A. Q. BRUCE - Ibn Saud
* A. L. WHITEMAN - Rousseau OR Rousseau
* W. SIMMS - Francois Villon
* L. D. CONSTABLE - Siegfried Sassoon
* G. S. SHAPIRO - Chiang Kai-shek

The judge, in placing G. J. TEWARD first in the junior section, and L. D. CONSTABLE first in the seniors, complimented all speakers on the high standard of enunciation, delivery, and conviction. The speeches gave evidence of careful preparation and some research. They gripped their audience, and the judge admitted that in reaching his decision he took notice of the extent to which the audience was interested

from Ranulph DACRE 1797?1884 Naval seaman, timber trader, merchant
Frank Rogers. 'Dacre, Ranulph - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10

written by FRANK ROGERS
Ranulph DACRE was born on 23 April 1797, probably at Marwell Hall, Hampshire, England. He was the fifth son of Julia HALL and her husband, George DACRE. George Dacre was colonel of the Hampshire Light Fencibles and high sheriff of the county.

Ranulph Dacre entered the Royal Navy in 1810. On the Spartan he was a shipmate of Frederick Marryat, the future novelist, and saw service in the blockade of American ports in 1812?13. Dacre resigned his commission in 1816 to become captain of a schooner trading to the West Indies, Australia and the Pacific islands for Robert Brooks of London. His first visits to New Zealand were in 1824 as part-owner of the schooner Endeavour, which called at Whangaroa in February en route to Tahiti and again in July while transporting the London Missionary Society emissaries Daniel TYERMAN and George BENNET back to Sydney.

From 1825 to 1831 Ranulph Dacre traded between Australia, New Zealand and London. He then settled in Sydney, and married Margaret SEA, daughter of James Sea of Sydney, on 12 September 1831 at Maitland.

In 1834 he set up a mercantile and shipping agency in partnership with William WILKS.

Their intention was to exploit Pacific products such as whale oil, sandalwood, kauri timber, greenstone and flax. Dacre made frequent voyages to New Zealand for sawn timber and for spars for the British navy. He acquired land at Mangonui, Mercury Bay and Mahurangi for timber working, shipbuilding, trading and stock raising. He successfully negotiated with Maori for land and timber rights, and obtained skilled workers and kept them supplied, despite attacks from Maori and the destruction of buildings and a vessel.

Captain Dacre was a tall, spare figure with an air of authority. 'There was no man trading in the North more respected, and deservedly so, for his gentlemanly conduct, & upright dealing', according to Thomas POYNTON, who first met him at Hokianga in 1839. In 1832, when supplies were needed, Dacre had travelled in an open boat from Mahurangi to Coromandel. On landing, one of his crew was killed by a chief. Dacre outfaced him and was offered compensation. He later recounted the story of another tense moment when his baby daughter Julia, dandled by Patuone, seized the great chief's topknot. This was a grave affront to Patuone's mana and retribution seemed imminent. However, after some deliberation Patuone decided to overlook the insult.

Dacre set up spar stations at Mercury Bay and at Mahurangi, where his difficulties included the appropriation of his trees by the captain of the naval vessel Buffalo. In 1836, at Mercury Bay, Dacre's associate, Gordon BROWNE, installed a water-powered timber mill, as well as a wharf and slipway. Dacre's New Zealand enterprises were not a financial success, but by 1840 he was one of the leading merchants in Sydney, owning a wharf, ships, a cattle station and other property, in addition to his New Zealand interests. He was appointed a magistrate, and was a director of the Union Bank of Australia and the Sydney Alliance Assurance Company.

In the depression of 1842?44 Dacre became insolvent, losing much of his Australian property. He set out to recover debts and property rights elsewhere in the Pacific. In New Zealand he and Browne laid claims to the lands they asserted they had bought before 1840. He soon began to prosper again, dividing his time between Sydney and Auckland, where in 1844 he established a business relationship with James Macky of the firm of L. D. NATHAN and Company. In 1848 he was able to purchase the 3,334 acre Weiti block, south of Orewa, which his sons Henry and Life Septimus Dacre farmed as a cattle station. In 1854 he entered into partnership as a merchant and shipping agent with James Macky's brother Thomas and purchased more land, including about 4,000 acres at Omaha.

In 1859 the family moved from Sydney to Auckland. By this time T. MACKY and Company was one of the largest firms in the city. The Dacres lived in Eden Crescent on the slopes of Official Bay. Ranulph Dacre was active in the Anglican church, a member of the Auckland diocesan synod in 1864, and a benefactor of St Paul's Church. Towards the end of his life he was once again wealthy and had provided amply for his children. By 1882 he and his family owned over 9,000 acres of land, valued at nearly ?10,000 (an approx equivalent value in 2011 of $16,000,000)

About 1878 Ranulph and Margaret Dacre had removed to England to obtain medical treatment for their daughter Harriett. They lived at Clapham, Surrey, where Ranulph Dacre died on 27 June 1884.

go to this link to see the info on the immigrants who sailed from Gravesend on 19 November 1839, arriving in Wellington 30 April 1840 on the BOLTON
the names of the immigrants on board were:

Cabin
BUTLER
Rev John Gare
Hannah
Miss Hannah

CHURTON
Rev John Frederick
Mary
Alexander
Catherine
Alice
Jane
Marion
Mary
Charles Cyril George

COLLET
John Edward Esq
Rachell Teresa

FALWASSER Sarah

HARGREAVES Miss Eliza
HARGREAVES Winter

HARRISON
Henry Shafto Esq
Henrietta
Louisa Adelaide
John Shafto
Henry Nevinson

HARRISON Isabella
HARRISON Robert John

LOWE Richard Godfrey

MINET
Joseph
Amie Ann
Emily
Susan
Stephanie
John Cross

ST HILL Ashton

WADESON Samuel

Steerage
ATKINSON Mary Ann

AVERY
Thomas
Elizabeth
Harriet
George
Charles
Ann
Mary
Sarah
Ellen
Stephen

BANNISTER
William
Mary
John Eades
Edward
Robert Elijah

CASTLE
John
Maria
Ann
Jane
James
Daughter

CATLEY
Zachariah
Sarah
Sarah
John
Clara
George

CLARKSON
William
Sarah
Elizabeth
George
Ann
Thomas
Amelia

CLOVER
Thomas
Harriet

COWDRY Susan

CRAVEN Thomas

CREAMER James

CROSS George

CROSS John

CURRY Thomas

DUFFIELD
George
Martha

EDWARDS James

FARMER
John
Mary
John Jnr
Jesse
James
Mary
Ann

FLORENCE
John
Jane
Elizabeth
Jane
Ann
Ellen
Samuel
Mary

GOLDSWORTHY
John
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
John
Mary

GOWER John

HARRIS
Abraham
Sophia
Sophia
James
Edward
Walter
Thomas

HUNT
William
Hannah
Mary Ann
Edward
Stephen
Richard
Charles
James
Sarah
Jane

HURST
William
Mary Ann
Amelia
Alfred William
Alexander
Frederick
Selina
Clement

JONES Mary

JUDD William

KELLY Charles

KING James
Susannah
James

LANCASTER John

LOCKWOOD Daniel

LOCKWOOD John

LOVELOCK
Isaac
Elizabeth
Sarah
Harriet
Patience
Lucy

LOWE
Griffith
Ann
Edward
Joseph
Mary
John
William

MADDEN Samuel

MADDOX Sarah

MIDGLEY Henry

MILLGATE Thomas

NANKEVILLE
Robert
Elizabeth
John
George
Selina
Thomas
Robert

NANKEVILLE
William
Ann
Mary Jane

NASH
James Henry
Ann
Miriam
Norman
George

PACKHAM
William
Mary
Mary
William Jnr
Caroline
Adelaide
James
George

PILCHER George

PINFOLD
Joseph
Mary
Matilda
Joseph
Charles

RELF
Robert
Ann
James
Robert
Sarah
Ann
William
Mary

RUMBALL
James
Maria
Maria
Cornelius

SCOTT
George
Mary
Elizabeth
George
Samuel
Alfred
Elvina

SPACKMAN
George
Sarah

SPINNER Robert

SYKES George
Jane

SYKES William
Bessy

TREVARTON
William
Elizabeth
Thomas
Elizabeth
Mary

TRIST Jane

TYLER James

WAGGON Edward

WILLIAMS
William
Dorothy
Maria
Elizabeth
Fanny

WOODMAN
George Edward
Elizabeth
Edward
George
Mary

WOODMAN
Thomas
Mary
John
William
Susan

ZILLWOOD
Joseph
Elizabeth
Thomas
Elizabeth

from the site The MAORI - Whakapapa (genealogy)
... Maori genealogy is described using the term "Whakapapa".
Papa" is a reference to something broad and flat. "Whakapapa" means taking place in layers. This is how the various orders of genealogies are seen according to the Maori.

A descendant is an "Uri", which means offspring. The Maori trace their descent back to the arrival of the first canoes from Hawaiiki (presumably near to Hawaii) The most famous wakas (canoes) were the Arawa, the Tainui and the Mataatua.
The word "waka" means both "canoe" and/or "tribe", in the social sense of the word. From here, each waka separated into "iwi" (tribes), being descended from each individual crew member.

The whanau is a group of closely related persons from related tribes or sub-tribes. A number of whanau grouped together would become a sub-tribe, or hapu. When a hapu group came together, to form a tribe, it became "iwi". A prefix to a tribal name would indicate the tribe, such as "Ngati" Toa.

Whakapapa is the actual recital of genealogy, and a genealogical stave is used when the whakapapa recital is taking place. These are wooden sticks, called "whakapapa rakau", with knobs running down the shaft. The knobs on the genealogical stave serve to help the memory when a person is reciting the whakapapa - the knobs representing the different ancestry.

A genealogical stave may count up to 18 successive generations in its carvings, and most original whakapapa rakau averaged over a meter in length.

ARTS and CRAFTS

Carving

Before the arrival of the Europeans Maori literature, stories and legends were handed down both orally and through weavings and carvings. Some carvings are over 500 years old.

Te Toi Whakairo is the art of Maori carving, and Tohunga Whakairo were the great carvers - the master craftsmen. A master carver was highly considered. The Maori believed that the gods created and communicated through the master carvers.

Carving used to be a tapu art, subject to the rules and laws of tapu. The pieces of wood falling aside as the carver worked were never thrown away, neither were they used for the cooking of food.
Women were not permitted near the carvings.
The history, traditions, language and religion of the Maori make up an integral part of the carving art. To the Maori, all things possess a spirit (wairua), and a mauri (life force).

Felling a tree was to cut down a descendant of Tane, the god of forests and of man. Before committing such an act, a karakia (ritual incantation) was recited by the Tohunga, in order to ensure that the act of felling an offspring of Tane could be carried out safely.

The Maori differed from other Polynesians in that they preferred curves to straight lines in much of their carvings. Many carvings take the distinctive koru spiral form, similar to that of a curving stalk, or a bulb. The koru form represents the basis of the red, white and black rafter patterns as these illustrated

Often Manaia, a side-faced and sometimes birdlike figure, may be found in Maori carvings. Easter Island is known for its distinctive Manaia, made up of a side-faced man with a bird-head. In Hawa?i Manaia also exists, referred to by the Hawaiians as a bird-headed deity. In South America, and particularly in Peru, a number of different mania types estimated to have been carved around 2,000 years ago may also be found, leading to speculation as to whether early Polynesian voyagers visited South America, or whether South American voyagers traveled to the Pacific, introducing their Manaia to the Polynesians.

Marakihau carving represents deep sea taniwha (monster) and ocean gods, particularly to be found in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand. In Maori legends Marakihau was often a mythical sea monster. Marakihau may decorate the porches of carved houses. A typical feature of Marakihau is its human form, but including a long tongue by which the Marakihau monsters were capable of swallowing up canoes or men. Quite often a type of crown form was situated on the top of the head.

Sometimes a one-eyed human face can be found in older carvings. It is thought that this particular figure may represent a demi-god who lived equally well on land or in the sea. Certain legends speak of one-eyed monsters, being part fish, part god and part man.

The lizard is the only animal represented in Maori carving - possibly inspired from the native tuatara. Contrary to other depictions, the form of the lizard was never deformed or misshapen, possibly because the lizard was so revered. The small green lizard, found in the forests, was the most dreaded of all lizards. In carvings the green lizard embodies Rakaiora, seen as a god.

Weaving
Maori weaving was made from the New Zealand flax (phormium tenax). From the flax, baskets, floor mats, skirts and cloaks were and still are made. There are more than fifty different varieties of the New Zealand flax, and the Maori know the advantages of each type of flax for its respective use.

The first Polynesians brought the art of weaving and plaiting to New Zealand. Because of the cooler climate, weaving techniques adapted and developed into those used today.

go to this link to see the info on the immigrants who sailed from London on 18 September 1839, arriving in Wellington 7 March 1840 on the ADELAIDE


the names of the immigrants on board were:

Cabin Passengers

Alder George

von Alzdorf Baron Charles

Cole George T.

Cole Henry

Cook Henry

Cook Thomas Uppadine

Daniell Captain Edward
Wife
Laurence

Durie Major David Stark

Evans Dr George Samuel
Harriet

Johnson Frank

Kembell Robert

Luscombe J. H.

Millar Archibald
Wife
Lucy Anne Under
Jessey
Harry
Roderick

Natrass John

Natrass Luke

Oliveira Leocadia de

Partridge T. M.

Reid James

Revans Samuel

Riddiford Amelia

Riddiford Daniel
Harriot
Ellen

Ruther (Rutter) Samuel

St. Hill Henry
Wife

Smith Mrs William Mein
Fanny
George
Wallace

Taine James John

Thomas Joseph

Thomas William

Tilke Ann
- First school teacher in Wellington


Steerage Passengers

Andrews George Robert

Beaumont Robert
Elizabeth
Son

Beckers Eliza

Bell Charles Fraser
Jane

Bennett Charlotte
Son

Boyle Rachael

Bradey Francis
Keturah
Emma
Francis
Mary Jane
Frederick
Anne
Matilda

Bradfield Robert
Sarah
Sarah
Son

Brown William Henry
Eliza
Eliza

Buchannan James

Burcham James Nelson
Wife
William

Buxton Harry Bridger
Mary Ann
Sophia
John
Harry
Daughter

Campbell Robert

Clarke George

Constable Edward
Jane
John

Ellerm Edward
Louiza
Edward John
Henry Benjamin
William
Samuel

Evans John
Evans Jessie

Filke Miss Ann
Caroline

Fox John
Wife

Galpin William
Ruth
Charlotte
Charles Mace

Guthrie Thomas
Ann
Annie

Harris John Faint
Harriet Catherine Stamford
Harriett Catherine
William Robert
John Phaint
Sarah Morris

Henderson David
Mary Ann

Hewett Alfred
Eliza
Son

Hunt Charles
Naomi
Maria
Emily
Fanny Ellen
William

Jones Clara Elizabeth

Kempton Thomas
Mary Ann
Thomas
Henry

Knight Thomas

Laurance Joseph

Longman Thomas
Luxford William
Elizabeth Jasper
William Nicholas
George Henry
Charles Edward
Fanny Sarah
Elizabeth Habgood
Jabez Thomas

McKenzie Mrs
McKenzie Thomas W.

McKew Peter
Sarah
McKew Thomas
McKew Mary Ann
Margaret
John
Sarah
Daughter

McNally James
Louiza

Marshall Sampson
Ann

Minifie Elizabeth
Thomas
Josiah
Matilda
William

Minifie John Cox
Mary Elizabeth
John

Montague Lydia

Pike Mary Elizabeth

Shannon Florence
Sarah

Simpson Joseph
Wife

Stoddard James
Wife

Swann James
Jane Habgood
James Harvey
Sarah Fanny
John Peter
Mary Ann
William

Ticehurst Edwin
Maria
William
Maria
Charles

Turnbull William

Turner Ann

Ward Edward

Ware James
Sarah

Weston Trayton

Whiteman William

Williams Eliza

Wright James

Wright William
Daniell

Yates Francis Thomas

From the SMITH database
- FAMOUS (or INFAMOUS) SMITHs in NEW ZEALAND
... each link has a photo, a bio and details of their rugby career

Smith, Alan Edward
- born 10 December 1942 in Stratford
- played 1967 to 1970
RUGBY CLUB - Stratford
Tests : 3 - Matches : 15
All Black Number 667

Smith, Ben
- born 1 June 1986 in Dunedin
- played 2009
RUGBY CLUB - Green Island, Dunedin
Tests : 1 - Matches : 1
All Black Number 1100

Smith, Bruce Warwick
- born 4 January 1959 in Wairoa
- played 1983 to 1984
RUGBY CLUB - Hamilton HSOB
Tests : 3 - Matches : 7
All Black Number 845

Smith, Conrad Gerard
- born 12 October 1981 in Hawera
- played 2004 to 2010
RUGBY CLUB - Old Boys-University Wellington
Tests : 45 - Matches : 0
All Black Number 1044

Smith, Charles Herbert 'Herb'
- born 13 Feb 1909 - died 10April 1976 in Dunedin
- played 1934
RUGBY CLUB - Southern, Otago
Tests : 0 - Matches : 2
All Black Number 406

Smith, George William
- born 20 Sept 1874 in Auckland - died 8 Dec 1954 in Oldham, England
- played 1897 to 1905
RUGY CLUB - City, Auckland
Tests : 2 - Matches : 37
All Black Number 74

Smith, Ian Stanley Talbot
- born 20 August 1941 in Dunedin
- played 1963 to 1966
RUGBY CLUB - Gimmerburn, North Otago
Tests : 9 - Matches : 15
All Black Number 644

Smith, John Burns 'Johnny'
- born 25 Sept 1922 in Kaikohe - died 3 Dec 1974 in Auckland
- played 1946 to 1949
RUGBY CLUB - Kaikohe, Northland
Tests : 4 - Matches : 5
All Black Number 461

Smith, Peter
- born 1 Aug 1924 in Kaikhoe - died 26 Jan 1954 in Opononi
- played 1947
RUGBY CLUB - Kaikohe, Northland
Tests : 0 - Matches : 3
All Black Number 482

Smith, Ross Mervyn
- born 21 April 1929 - died 2 May 2002 in Auckland
- played 1955
RUGBY CLUB - Christchurch, Canterbury
Tests : 1 - Matches : 0
All Black Number 565

Smith, William Ernest
- born 9 March 1881 in Wellington - died 25 May 1945 in Wellington
- played 1905
RUGBY CLUB - Nelson, Nelson Bays
Tests : 1 - Matches : 0
All Black Number 138

Smith, Wayne Ross
- born 19 April 1957 in Putaruru, Waikato
- played 1980 to 1985
RUGBY CLUB - Belfast, Canterbury
Tests : 17 - Matches : 18
All Black Number 806

taken from Battle of Rangiriri
The Battle of Rangiriri (1863) occurred during the New Zealand land wars (1845?1872), which were fought between the Waikato Kingitanga forces and the British colonial forces. Rewi Maniapoto and the Maniapoto iwi, after being soundly beaten in a number of previous conflicts, argued with the Waikato chiefs such as Te Wharepu, about the wisdom of defending Rangiriri . The wars were sparked by a number of issues, but at its core was the establishment of the Maori King Movement as an alternative to the British government; its main policy was to stop Maori selling land to the government.

In Taranaki this had meant the killing of Maori who had attempted to sell land.

Following the Kingitanga defeats in Auckland and at Meremere in November 1863, the Maori retreated south to Rangiriri. In Rangiriri Te Wharepu designed a line of fortifications, stretching from the Waikato River to Lake Waikare, in preparation for a British attack.

The British force totaled 1400 men and the Kingitanga rebels about 500. (Nz Herald nov 13, 1863)
On November 20, 1863 around 860 British forces, led by
General Duncan Alexander CAMERON, attacked the fortifications at 4.45pm, after a bombardment that began at 3.00pm. Gunboats on the river attacked the ridge, while land troops, who had marched south from Meremere, attacked the main Maori position from the north.

The attack from the north was supported by artillery fire from the newly invented Armstrong gun which was breech loading with a rifled barrel and had explosive shells. The effect of the shells was ameliorated by the defenders placing Kingitanga flags to the rear of the central fortification. As these were being used as shot markers, many of the shells landed to the rear of the compact and heavily constructed bunker system which measured 63 ft x 63 ft (19m?).
The defence work had no pallisades. The 65th regiment attacked on the river side of the central redoubt with the 12th and the 14th Regiments attacking the line to the east of the redoubt.

Maori warriors in the outlying trenches were quickly deafeated and the survivors fled east to the lake and swamps, throwing away their guns as they ran. These 2 regiments were under orders to fire from cover to keep the rebels heads down. Troops attacking from the north were temporarily held up by the 17 ft (5m) high earth parapet.
Royal Engineers with the 65th bought up ladders so that the 64th could enter the central trench system.
The gunboat attack, and a barrage from Armstrong guns on a ridge at a range of about 700 yards (640m), lasted for about two hours. The 40th regiment that landed to the south of the fort in the morning, were held up for over an hour trying to get ashore by the muddy banks of the river to the south and the strong wind which blew the slow moving barges about and did not see action until the afternoon. While doing this they were sniped at by defenders who had rushed to enter the partly completed rear defences.

The land troops, consisting of four companies of the 65th Regiment, a detachment of Royal Engineers and the 14th Regiment, attacked the first line of defences and a party of 36 artilliarymen under Capt MERCER attacked the central redoubt armed with swords and revolvers. The Maori fiercely fought back, but by nightfall their fortifications were almost surrounded. Capt Mercer was shot dead.

At dusk the British wounded were carried to the river boats for treatment. During the night, the bulk of the defenders led by the mortally wounded Chief Te Wharepu, Tamihana and the King quietly retreated down the trench system to the east. During the night the British intermittently fired at the Maori and threw hand grenades into the central stronghold where the survivors held out. Tainui sources say the chief retreated to go and help with the harvesting but this was 3 months after the planting season and seems unlikely.
James COWAN interviewed survivors who told him they had run out of ammunition but Colonel GAMBLE found 182 firearms and large supplies of ammunition in the pa the day after the attack.

In the morning,the British attempted to set off a mine under the redoubt but the fuses could not be located. The Maori remaining showed a white flag. Lt PENNEFATHER entered the redoubt with his men mingling with the Maori for 10mts and shaking hands. He then demanded their arms which they gave up in surrender. About this time Wirimu TAMIHANA,, the king maker, approached the occupied pa from the east with 400 warriors. Deeply dispirited by the series of defeats in Auckland and the Waikato he wanted to surrender but he was prevented from doing so.

After the defeat of the Kingites, an officer, Captain E.BROOKE R.E., surveyed the site, including measurements of the extensive fortifications and Major Charles HEAPHY VC drew sketches (used by the NZ Herald) showing the British troops attacking the parapet.
41 Maori corpses were recovered, including 5 women and children.

The Battle of Rangiriri resulted in another major defeat for the Waikato Kingitanga. At least 41 Maori were killed including 6 chiefs and 183 were taken prisoner.
It is possible that many more died in the surrouding lake and swamps.

The British losses were 39 killed and 92 wounded. The British dead were mainly buried in a small graveyard in the township which is open to the public.
Two Victoria Crosses were won.
This was the battle that broke the back of the Waikato resistance and for which Cameron was knighted. Even Governor GREY, writing to Newcastle the next day-stressed his pleasure at the successful outcome.

The 183 Maori captives were taken north to Kawau Island.

Months later, nearly all managed to escape after the war was over.

After the battle a loyal Waikato chief, Wiremu Te WHEORO, was installed in a wooden redoubt constructed on a high point 500m east of the main earth redoubt. This was much larger than the original earthworks on the site and had a splendid view in all directions.
Te Wheoro, chief of the Ngati Naho, who was magistrate in the local court and about 30 of his men manned the wooden redoubt until 1868 to prevent any disruption by kingites to the British supply line.

Te Wheoro later became one of the first Maori MPs. This site was the subject of an archeological dig in Mid 2011.