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The Boyd incident - a frontier of chaos?
In December 1809 the sailing ship Boyd was anchored in Whangaroa Harbour. It was attacked by a group of Maori who killed most of its crew and passengers in retaliation for the captain's mistreatment of a young local chief.
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