Tangiteroria - Sickness Hits Tangiteroria
Author: Blue Orb Publisher: Northlander Date: 19th Century
In 1852, a great epidemic of sickness broke out amongst Maori in Tangiteroria and hundreds died. Mr Alfred Wilson, who resided in Te Kopuru, states that his father, then residing near Tangiteroria, was kept busy in the turning out of a coffin every day for the burial of some rangitira.
Hundreds of natives were buried in caves without coffins. The Maori were so alarmed that they left their crops of maize etc standing and went from the district. They moved to Pakiri and the Little Barrier, and never came to establish themselves again in this district.
This information was found in:
Early Northern Wairoa
By John Stallworthy
Dargaville Library
Ref: ZNF Z993.122 STA
Hundreds of natives were buried in caves without coffins. The Maori were so alarmed that they left their crops of maize etc standing and went from the district. They moved to Pakiri and the Little Barrier, and never came to establish themselves again in this district.
This information was found in:
Early Northern Wairoa
By John Stallworthy
Dargaville Library
Ref: ZNF Z993.122 STA
Tangiteroria landscape - Credit: Blue Orb
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