Thursday, June 18, 2009

'Boyd' massacre and subsequent events - Anniversary book

From John Osborne:
As the Boyd Remembrances draw nearer researchers are busy gathering information to piece together the many reports, articles and books to put before the public.
Kaeo and Whangaroa residents plan to remember those who died in the December 1809 sacking of the merchant ship Boyd in Whangaroa Harbour at a memorial service on December 4, 5 and 6.
A second remembrance event will be held in March 2010 to acknowledge Te Pahi and his people who were supposedly killed for their alleged involvement in the sacking.
Boyd Remembrance Committee chairman and Te Pahi descendant Terry Smith says the two events are part of a reconciliation process for the descendants of those involved in the incident.
"The circumstances leading up to the sacking of the Boyd, the killing of nearly all its crew and the ‘reprisal killing’ of innocent people the following year are still the subject of much debate and discussion today," says Mr Smith.
I have attached extracts from Dr Robert McNab's book From Tasman To Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand from 1642 to 1818 including the Boyd Massacre, By Dr. Robert McNab. Published by Wilkie & Company, 1914, Dunedin, it makes interesting reading.
Best regards
John Osborne
Arms of the Boyd

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