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Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Bishop Selwyn`s visit to Te Heuheu Tukino
Date: 1929
By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943
Reference: MS-Papers-11660
Description: Folder contains a translation into English from Maori by Cowan of George F Allen's account of Bishop Selwyn's visit to Ngati Tuwharetoa leader Te Heuheu Tukino at Re Rapa, Taupo in the 1840s. The account relates the offering of a sleeping partner for Bishop Selwyn by Te Heuheu Tukino. On the last page of the document Cowan discusses the veracity of such an action by the Maori chief. Cowan also notes this account by Allen is referred to in his book `1902 supplementary edition of Willis's guide book of new route for tourists, Auckland-Wellington, via the Hot Springs, Taupo, the volcanoes and the Wanganui River', page 122. Allen's account is in Maori and suggest that the reader must ask "some Pakeha-Maori to interpret it for them". Also contains an unidentified poem which begins "How brightly the dawn maid comes webbed in rosy plumes". Language - Translated from Maori into English Source of title - Transcribed from item Cowan worked as a writer, historian and journalist. He was a fluent Maori speaker and wrote the two-volume `The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period (1922-1923)'. Te Heuheu Tukino III Iwikau, was a Ngati Maniapoto chief, lived at the southern end of Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs