The Old Frontier, Te Awamutu, the Story of Waipa Valley

The Old Frontier, Te Awamutu, the Story of Waipa Valley

By James Cowan
Michael Caine
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Length4h 9m

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Excerpt: "This sketch of the history of the Waipa district centreing in Te Awamutu has been written especially with a view to interesting the younger generation of colonists, and the now large population on both sides of the old Maori border, in the uncommonly dramatic story of the beautiful country in which their homes are set. The original settlers to whom many of the events here described were matters of personal knowledge are fast passing away, and a generation has arisen which has but a vague idea of the local history and of the old heroic life on the Waipa plains. The book is designed to convey accurate pictures of this pioneer life and the successive eras of the missionary and the soldier, and to invest with a new interest for many the familiar home landscapes. Much of the information given herein is published for the first time, and therefore should be of special value to students of New Zealand history. For the story of missionary enterprise the writer has drawn on a MS. journal written by the Rev. John Morgan, the first civiliser of the Waipa country; for the military history use has been made of an exceedingly readable MS. narrative left by the celebrated Major Von Tempsky, of the Forest Rangers. For the rest, it has been a peculiar pleasure to the writer, as one bred on the old Aukati border, to recall scenes in a phase of life which has passed away for ever."

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length4 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE
9CHAPTER VIII.
2CHAPTER I.
10CHAPTER IX.
3CHAPTER II.
11CHAPTER X.
4CHAPTER III.
12CHAPTER XI.
5CHAPTER IV.
13CHAPTER XII.
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6CHAPTER V.
14CHAPTER XIII.
7CHAPTER VI.
15APPENDICES
8CHAPTER VII.

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