Journey to a hanging / Peter Wells.

Nā:

Wells, Peter, 1950-2019 [author,, illustrator.]

Momo rauemi: Text

TextWhakaahuatanga: 412 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:

9781775533900
9781775533900
1775533905

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Journey to a hangingDDC classification:

993.022 23

Summary: "In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name - Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) - became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to death. But then something remarkable happened. Sister Aubert and William Colenso - two of the greatest minds in colonial New Zealand - came to his defence. Regardless, Kereopa Te Rau was hanged in Napier Prison. But even a century and a half later, the events have not been laid to rest. Questions continue to emerge: Was it just? Was it right? Was Kereopa Te Rau even behind the murder? And who was Volkner - was he a spy or an innocent?"--Back cover.

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Momo tuemi	Tauwāhi onāianei	Kohinga	Tau karanga	Tūnga	Rā oti	Waeherepae	Ngā puringa tuemi
Nonfiction	Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction	Nonfiction	993.022 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		i2133719
Nonfiction	Stratford Nonfiction	Nonfiction	993.022 WEL (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	Wātea		A00725969

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Cover subtitle: The events that set New Zealand race relations back by a century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In 1865, Rev Carl Sylvius Volkner was hanged, his head cut off, his eyes eaten and his blood drunk from his church chalice. One name - Kereopa Te Rau (Kaiwhatu: The Eye-eater) - became synonymous with the murder. In 1871 he was captured, tried and sentenced to death. But then something remarkable happened. Sister Aubert and William Colenso - two of the greatest minds in colonial New Zealand - came to his defence. Regardless, Kereopa Te Rau was hanged in Napier Prison. But even a century and a half later, the events have not been laid to rest. Questions continue to emerge: Was it just? Was it right? Was Kereopa Te Rau even behind the murder? And who was Volkner - was he a spy or an innocent?"--Back cover.

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