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    Te Rauparaha was a Ngati Toa chief and warrior. Sometimes called the 'Napoleon of the Southern Hemisphere', he ruled the lower end of the North Island from his base at Kapiti Island for the best part of 20 years

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1919 Death of South Island explorer Donald Sutherland

In 1880 the renowned ‘backwoodsman’ Sutherland had ‘discovered’ the waterfall that bears his name on what is now the Milford Track – New Zealand’s best-known walking track.

Image: Donald Sutherland (DNZB) 

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How to cite this page: 'Death of South Island explorer Donald Sutherland', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/death-of-south-island-explorer-and-backwoodsman-donald-sutherland, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012
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