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    Te Whiti-o-Rongomai

    Te Whiti was a Taranaki leader and prophet. A resistance movement based at Parihaka was led by him and Tohu Kakahi. Te Whiti was arrested following the infamous raid on Parihaka by Armed Constabulary in 1881.

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1884 Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter

The Austrian geologist Hochstetter was the first to describe and interpret many features of New Zealand geology. He established a tradition of systematic geological mapping.

Image: Ferdinand von Hochstetter (DNZB) 

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