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572: 33: 301:, who was present as a witness and who spoke Māori and understood Māori culture identified that Haratua and the warriors did not have any hostile intentions, having come over to make a public display of their abhorrence of the murder. Edward Williams persuaded Haratua and the warriors to leave and explained in a quiet way that it was ignorance of Māori culture on Shorthand's part that made him call for the troops. 335:
took place on 17 June 1843, and in his dispatches to the British government he expressed his disapproval of the conduct of the settlers, to which he attributed the massacre. This action made him unpopular, and, when a report of his nomination as Governor of New Zealand was circulated, a petition was
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by England. Lieutenant Shortland was appointed colonial secretary and a magistrate. An early court case related to the murder of European shepherd (Patrick Rooney) by
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sent from Auckland praying that he might not be appointed. On 31 December 1843 he was dismissed from the colonial secretaryship by FitzRoy.
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On the death of Captain Hobson on 10 September 1842, the lieutenant administered the government of New Zealand until the arrival of Captain
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from 10 January 1854 until 1856, and then, returning to England, resided on his property, Courtlands, Charleton,
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He married, in 1841 in Auckland, Isabella Kate Johnston, daughter of Robert A. Fitzgerald of Geraldine,
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Shortland, born in 1804, was the son of Captain Thomas George Shortland. His brothers were
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A. H. McLintock, ed. (22 April 2009) . "Shortland, Commander Willoughby, RN".
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The Life of Henry Williams: "Early Recollections" written by Henry Williams
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on 31 December 1843. During Shortland's temporary government the
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known as Kihi, who was discovered and delivered up by other
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British naval officer and colonial administrator (1804–1869)
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Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853)
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in January 1840. He was later President of the island of
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British colonial governors and administrators in Oceania
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from 1841, after having arrived in New Zealand with
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Portrait of Willoughby Shortland drawn by his niece.
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Willoughby was educated at the 49:Colonial Secretary of New Zealand 588:Dictionary of National Biography 570: 447:Dictionary of National Biography 263: 522:An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 396:A Naval Biographical Dictionary 273:In 1839 he accompanied Captain 114:Courtlands, Devonshire, England 669:British Leeward Islands people 544:Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . 537: 268: 1: 564: 389:"Shortland, Willoughby"  7: 674:Governors of British Tobago 379: 322:General Legislative Council 199:Early life and naval career 10: 705: 476:The Life of Henry Williams 364:, Devon, until his death. 617: 608: 603: 598: 209:Peter Frederick Shortland 160: 152: 126: 118: 104: 84: 79: 75: 65: 54: 46: 42: 30: 23: 414: 503:Early New Zealand Books 493:Carleton, Hugh (1874). 480:Early New Zealand Books 470:Carleton, Hugh (1874). 451:. Smith, Elder & Co 304:Shortland proceeded to 324:courtesy of his post. 289:to the authorities at 122:Isabella Kate Johnston 583:Shortland, Willoughby 356:. 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Index


Colonial Secretary of New Zealand
William Hobson
Plymouth
Edward Shortland
Peter Shortland
John Shortland
John Shortland
Commander
New Zealand
Colonial Secretary
Lieutenant Governor
William Hobson
Nevis
Tobago
Edward Shortland
Peter Frederick Shortland
Royal Naval College
gazetted
Galatea
Jamaica station
Monkey
Skipjack
schooner
West Indies
commander
William Hobson
annexed
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi

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