. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . y interred insome remote spot,known to but a fewtrusty his lifetimehe was honoured byspecial marks of dis-tinction from HerMajesty, and afterhis death the Go-vernment of NewZealand erected ahandsome monumentto his memory. Sincethen, the Ngapuhi have given another proofof the good feeling which the New ZealandGovernment have caused. In 1845, theBritish forces lost heavily before a pa,or native fort, called Ohaea
. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . y interred insome remote spot,known to but a fewtrusty his lifetimehe was honoured byspecial marks of dis-tinction from HerMajesty, and afterhis death the Go-vernment of NewZealand erected ahandsome monumentto his memory. Sincethen, the Ngapuhi have given another proofof the good feeling which the New ZealandGovernment have caused. In 1845, theBritish forces lost heavily before a pa,or native fort, called Ohaeawae, then heldby a section of Ngapuhi in arms, and theslain were buried near the spot where theyfell. Recently, however, the natives, h±their desire to prove their friendship, haveerected a small memorial church, in thegraveyard of which they have with duehonour reinterred the exhumed remains oftheir former foes ; thus giving additionalevidence of the complete extinguishment ofold animosities and jealousies. A glance at the map will show the pro-gress which is being made with road-worksin this part of the Tslanrl. Mrmy of theroads are being constructed by native. labour, under the management and super-intendence of a native gentleman holding aseat in the House of Representatives. Intravelling through this district, it is not un-common to see comfortable weather-boardhouses adopted by the natives instead of the whare ; and European dress is found tohave to a great extent supplanted theprimitive attire of olden days. Indeed, theprofits realized by digging kauri gum, andby disposing of produce, stock, &c., withthe high prices obtained for labour onpublic works, or in the kauri pine-forestswhich constitute the timber wealth of thedistrict, enable the Natives to procure thecomforts of dress and of living to whichthey have now be-come accustomed. Tothe north of Auck-land, the two raceshave approachednearer to each otherthan in any otherparts of the Island ;and half - castes, ahandso
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