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The Wairau incident

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Robert FitzRoy
Wairau incident memorial
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Newspaper report of the Wairau incident
William Wakefield

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Trouble at Tuamarina - roadside stories

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The Wairau incident
Ngāti Toa and the New Zealand Company
Violence erupts
The fallout from Wairau
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