The Volkner incident, the murder of the German-born Protestant missionary Carl Sylvius Volkner in New Zealand in 1865. Seen here the Pai Marire, (or Hauhau) people dance around Volkner prior to murdering him outside the Church of St Stephen the Martyr at Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. From The Illustrated London News, published 1865.

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