Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times / And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845

by Frederick Edward Maning

Chapter IV.

A Little affair of "Flotsam and Jetsam" — Rebellion Crushed in the Bud — A Pakeha's House Sacked — Maori Law — A Maori Lawsuit — Affairs thrown into Chancery [52]

Chapter V.

Every Englishman's House is his Castle — My Estate and Castle — How I purchased my Estate — Native Titles to Land, of what Nature — Value of Land in New Zealand — Land Commissioners — The Triumphs of Eloquence — Magna Charta [60]

Chapter VI.

How I kept House — Maori Freebooters — An Ugly Customer — The "Suaviter in Modo" — A single Combat to amuse the Ladies — The true Maori Gentleman — Character of the Maori People [67]

Chapter VII.

Excitement caused by first Contact with Europeans — The Two Great Institutions of Maori Land — The Muru — The Tapu — Instances of Legal Robbery — Descriptions and Examples of the Muru — Profit and Loss — Explanation of some of the Workings of the Law of Muru [81]

Chapter VIII.

The Muru falling into Disuse — Why — Examples of the Tapu — The Personal Tapu — Evading the Tapu — The Undertaker's Tapu — How I got Tabooed — Frightful Difficulties — How I got out of them — The War Tapu — Maori War Customs [92]