Our Empire Story (Yesterday's Classics) by Marshall H. E

Author:Marshall, H. E. [Marshall, H. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History
ISBN: 9781599150871
Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
Published: 2010-11-11T02:44:17.541000+00:00

"Te Waru was there with the East Coast braves,

And the chiefs famed in song and story,

Met on the spot to resist the spoilers,

Who had taken the land from the Maori

In the name of the Queen of the far land.

Only three hundred warriors were there

Entrenched within the weak unfinished pah,

Only three hundred brave men and women

To meet the Pakeha who surrounded

The sod-built fortress, with his well-drilled troops

Nearly two thousand hardy Britons.

Three hundred lion-hearted warriors

Assembled with Rewi to fan the flame

Of deadly hatred to the Pakeha

Into a vengeful blaze at Orakau,

Chanting the deeds of their ancestors,

They cried aloud, "Me mate te gangatu,

Me mate mo te whenua!" which means,

'The warrior's death is to die for the land.'

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