The Heroic Defence of Orakau '3ouawos 5 WIEN Brigadier-General Carey and his forces burrounded the Orakau pa in the Te Awamutu district on March 30th, 1864, they numbered 2000 men. The defending Maoris under the redoubtable Rewi of the Maniapoto tribe were but 300. Short of water and with little food, the brave Maori garrison fought with great valour for three days,and repulsed 8 number of ferce assaults: When asked to surrender, the heroic Maoris to 8 man echoed the words of their great chief : Kaore 6 mau te rongo, ake, ake, ake ! ' (Peace shall never be made never; never, never 4) ROLL YOUR Later the entire defending force broke out CIGARETTES through the stockade but they were inter- cepted and very few escaped With Jiler Eern THE New Zealand Cigarette Tobacco 98A PAGES FroM New : HISTORY EiderErn CGARETTE TOBACCO F2r Rush Mele 32 ST END
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 172, 9 October 1942, Unnumbered Page
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146Unnumbered Page Advertisement 1 New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 172, 9 October 1942, Unnumbered Page
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