Рассказ о событиях в Парихаке

The women threw a protective cordon around the wanted men and the first constable to step forward was laid flat by a kick in the stomach from a 20-stone Amazon. Other attempts to arrest the men brought only torn uniforms and more well-aimed blows.

Parris protested his innocent intentions. 'Did they not want a road?'
'Yes. Take the people with you, make the road, take them to town, let them have access to everything, and if they steal or get drunk, mind you do not imprison them!'
He had been puzzled by these final words, Parris reported to Wellington. He had asked 'friendly natives' their meaning and they had said it was sarcasm...

In the euphoria of this victory an old tattooed chief who was found on a nearby spur just after dying of wounds was skinned by an army surgeon to make a tobacco pouch from the 'beautiful rapa, or spiral pattern over his buttocks'