Through the introduction of firearms to New Zealand, the deaths of 80,000 Maoris are estimated to have occurred, said the chairman of the Anthropology and Maori Race Section of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Mr James MWeagh, in an address recently. “ This was a terrible toll for such a short period, and it shows the ferocity of the old-time Maori,” Mr M'Veagh said. “The Maoris fought battles among themselves with firearms for only a few years, and there was no notable tribal conflict after 1839.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 70
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