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Updated: May 6, 2025
We at length received authentic intelligence of the death of the celebrated Hongi. Finding his dissolution fast approaching, he convened a meeting of all the neighbouring chiefs; and as many as could reach the spot in time attended. The wounded warrior expired, surrounded by the men he had so frequently led to battle and conquest.
They will meet again next year in the parsonage of Parramatta, and then the results of their separate courses will begin to show themselves. Hongi, though less definitely favourable to the mission than had been his nephew Ruatara, had hitherto always stood its friend.
Not only did he trade with the visiting ships but he protected a settlement of whalers on his island who did business with him, and whose respect for the craft and subtlety of "Rowbulla" was always great. Rauparaha set out for Kapiti a year before Hongi sailed for England on his fatal quest. From his sea-fortress he kept both coasts in fear and turmoil for twenty years.
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