In response, the rest of Du Fresne’s men attacked local Maori, killing 250 people and burning down villages and pā,” says Liz. After breaching a rahui, Du Fresne and some of his men were killed and eaten out of utu. “The memory of Marion du Fresne’s time in New Zealand was still raw. The main enemy identified by the chiefs was the ‘tribe of Marion’ – the French, a direct reference to French explorer Marion Du Fresne and his disastrous visit to the Bay of Islands in 1772.
One of the requests made to King William was an invitation for him to become a friend and ally in response to a fear that other powers would come and take away their land. The hui involved the 13 rangatira and the Church Missionary Society missionaries – principally William Yate.” “The meeting sought to affirm the relationship with the British Crown established in 1820 with the visit by Hongi Hika and Waikato to London, where they met King William’s elder brother, George IV. “Kororipo Pa had long been a meeting place where chiefs came to discuss issues of great importance, so it’s perhaps not surprising that they would have come here to meet and formulate a letter to King William,” says Liz Bigwood, the Manager of the Kerikeri Mission Station, which is cared for by the NZ Historic Places Trust.
Thirteen Ngapuhi rangatira gathered at Kororipo Pa on October 5 in 1831 to discuss the composition of a letter in Maori to King William IV of Great Britain – asking him for help to protect their land. It’s hard to believe that Kororipo Pa – now a beautiful reserve close to the Kerikeri Mission Station – was the scene of an event that changed the course of New Zealand history. Its hard to believe that Kororipo Pa now a beautiful reserve close to the Kerikeri Mission Station was the scene of an event that changed the course of New Zealand history.
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