REMEMBERED MAORI RAIDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 757, 2 September 1929, Page 14

REMEMBERED MAORI RAIDS

LATE MRS. A. M. MEIKLEJOHN A raid by rebel Maoris on the copper mines at Great Barrier was one of the childhood recollections of Mrs. Anna Maria Meiklejohn, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Buckley, Old Lake Road. Devonport, on Saturday, at the age of 88. Mrs. Meiklejohn, a daughter of Mr. John Goldsworthy, who arrived in New Zealand in 1840, was born at Parnell in 1841. Her father was in charge of the copper mines at Kawau and Great Barrier. Along with his family and the miners he was compelled to take shelter in the mine workings during a raid by the Gulf tribes. Many rebel Maoris were confined on Kawau, and parties used to escape frequently to the mainland, living in the bush close to Tamahu Hill, where Mr. and Mrs. Meiklejohn lived after their marriage in 1862. The Maoris would often make a raid and cqrry off livestock. Mr. Goldsworthy’s two sons, Henry and William, were also brought up at the copper mines, and later held positions as mine managers in the Thames field. Mrs. Meiklejohn who, since her husband’s death 30 years ago, had lived in Auckland, took a keen interest in current events. She is survived by three sons and two daughters. There are 12 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.