He also received a war medal for services rendered during encounters with natives at Horokiwi, Porirua, Wanganui, and other places.
Others who were deeply committed were bands of warriors affiliated with chiefs such as Ropata Wahawaha of Ngāti Porou and Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui of Whanganui whose power in the tribe had grown because of their kūpapa activities.
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Some in this category joined simply for the pay—Whanganui warriors who joined the British to battle Titokowaru during hostilities in 1868-9 received four shillings a day.
The Whanganui Journey in Whanganui National Park is not a walk at all, but rather a kayak voyage along New Zealand's longest navigable river.
Orjis was born in Whanganui, New Zealand and studied at the Auckland University of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh earning a BVA
Ruapehu District, the local government area that covers much land generally west and south of Mount Ruapehu, mostly in the headwaters of the Whanganui River
They came to him from the Bathurst Diocese where Bishop Matthew Quinn had formed the Josephite sisters there into a diocesan group under his direction, and it was as a diocesan group that they were welcomed in Whanganui on 25 April 1880.