King of the Bluff : the life and times of Tuhawaiki ("Bloody Jack")

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King of the Bluff : the life and times of Tuhawaiki ("Bloody Jack")

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Collection

Aoraki Heritage Collection

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Publication Type: Book Collection: Aoraki Heritage Books Description: This book is a biography of Tūhawaiki. He was known as Hone or John Tūhawaiki, and called 'Bloody Jack' by the sealers of Foveaux Strait, and was the leader of Kāi Tahu in Murihiku. He lived on Ruapuke Island but spent a lot of his time travelling Kāi Tahu territory. Tuhawaiki drowned off the coast, approximately 5km south of Timaru in 1844. The point where he drowned now bears his name:Tuhawaiki (Jack's) Point, and is com...

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Book

Date created

1943

Creator

Hall-Jones, Frederick George. The Southland Historical Committee

URL

https://aorakiheritage.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/149

Locations

Tūhawaiki (Jack's) Point

Related subjects

Early Māori / Biography / Local Names

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