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INSU.REECTiON IN NEW ZEALAND.

(FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.)
SYDNEY, APRIL 16.
IPrhe native discontent in New Zealand has burst
out into open insurrection. Notwithstanding that
the Governor collected all the available naval and
military resources at his command, and fully pa-
raded them before any conflict began Wirimu Kingi
remained undaunted and prepared for attack.
There is a deliberateness and determination about
his conduct which betoken a settled purpose and a
long-meditated scheme. The insurrection is still
local, though it is spreading ; some even of his own
tribe stand aloof from him, and the powerful neigh-
bouring tribe of the Waikatos, who occupy the
island, have repudiated all connexion with his
movement. Still he puts himself forward as the
representative of an idea that has great fascination
for the native mind—that of the restoration of a
Maori nationality, and its preservation by the re-
fusal to alienate any more land to the colonists.
This idea, under the name of the " King move-
ment," has agitated the natives for some years past,
and led to much discussion among them. Some,
afflicted at the decay of their race, have earnestly
contended that their only hope lay en a consolida-
tion of the various tribes under one monarch, and
the strict retention of the land they still possessed.
Others have contended that such a position of hos-
tility to the white race would only commit them to
a hopeless struggle, and that it would be better for
them to surrender frankly their distinctive nation-
ality, and by coming under English law 4trive to
attain to English eieilisation.
The immediate cause of the quarrel was the sale
of :a small piece of land by Te Teira. Wirimu
Kingi forbaae the sale and obstructed the survey,
though without offering personal violence. The
Governor could not admit this opposition, as the
seller was anxious to sell, and his title was undis-
puted on any valid grounds. The interrupted sur-
vey was completed, under the protection of the
troops, on the 13th and 14th of March, the seller
being present, and pointing out the boundaries.
The rebel natives offered no opposition beyond
erecting a slight "pah'' that commanded the road
between the land and the town, and threatening
interruption to the carts carrying supplies to the
troops. The firmness of the mounted escort, how-
ever, overawed resistance, and there was no colli-
sion brought about. Shortly afterwards the pah
was evacuated on a summons to that effect from the
Governor. This, however, was the last act of sub-
mission, and from that time Kingi assumed a posi-
tion that made a conflict inevitable. On the night
of the 15th he built another pah, of considerable
strength, in a corner of the purchased land about a
mile from the camp, and his followers performed
the war dance. A further act of defiance was ex-
hibited by them next day, when they began to pull
up the survey pegs and make fires along the line.
On the 17th the officer in command of the troops
sent a written summons to the pah, but its recep •
tion was refused, and the messenger was warned
off. Patience had now reached its limit, and it was
resolved to drive the natives from their pah. They
thus succeeded in causing the first shot to be fired
by the Europeans—a point which they attach great
importance to.
Shortly after noon Colonel Gold, who was in
command, opened fire, He had with him two 24-
pounder howitzers, one 12-pounder howitzer, and
one rocket tube. He had also with him '3OO sol-
diers of the 65th, 25 men from the Niger, and a
mounted escort of coloni.t-s. As the troops ad-
vanced, the natives blew a horn in token of, de-
fiance. The artillery opened at the respectful dis-
tance of 800 yards, on the north west angle of the pall.
After a few discharges, the natives ran up a red
flag on their flagstaff, indicative of their determina-
tion to resist. The guns were then moved round
to the west side, and planted this time within 200
yards, the distance being gradually reduced to 150
yards. A fresh move was subsequently made
round to the north side. While this last move-
ment was being effected some natives were
seen to be leaving, and, under the impression that
they were cowed and beating a retreat, some
of the mounted escort rode close up, but
were received with a volley that killed one of
them on the spot; and two privates, who were in
the rush to the rescue, were wounded, of whom one
died subsequently. The men were with difficulty
restrained from making a rush at the pah. It was
now evening, and the ammunition was expended.
The pah had been greatly knocked about, but not
destroyed or rendered untenable. The guns were
withdrawn, breastworks thrown up, and the troops
camped under arms on the seaward side of the pah.
For a long time during the darkness the natives
kept up an incessant fire, which did no harm.
After breakfast Col. Gold advanced his guns to
within 30 yards of the stockade, and opened a heavy
fire with shell and common case-shot. When at
length a small breach was made a rush took place
immediately, when lo ! the pah was found empty.
The natives had retired during the night on the side
that remained unguarded, having left only two or
three behind to keep up a deceptive firing.
The pah, on investigation, was found to consist
of ten chambers excavated in the clay and com-
municating with each other, and capable of hold-
ing 250 men, though not more than 150 were
lodged in it. The chambers were overlaid with
rafters and a layer of fern and earth, about two
feet thick. The whole was surrounded by a double
fence, filled in with earth and fern, and loopholed
for musketry. Provisions for two months were
found stored up. Though rifle-proof, this native
fortification had been considerably knocked about
by the artillery. It was destroyed by the troops,
who then returned to camp.
The news that the natives had all escaped capture
was heard with dismay by the colonists, who loudly.
condemned the commanding officer for not bring-
ing his artillery into closer quarters at first, and
" rushing" the pah over night, or, at least, sur-
rounding it so as to prevent escape. From the testi-
mony of one of the natives who has since been into the
camp, it appears that they were terribly frightened
at the effect of the artillery on their defences, and
that though none were killed a great many were
wounded.

The natives, after recovering from their fright,
began to construe the engagement as a victory, and
the effect of this indecisive action on the native
mind was soon seen. Manahi, a Taranaki chief,
who had quite recently taken the oath of allegiance,
began with his men to plunder the neighbourhood.
A party of 100 volunteers, supportec!by a company
Of 200 of the 65th, were sent out to look after him,
and halted within half a mile of his encampment.
But Col. Murray, who was in command of the re-
gulars, declined to take his men into the bush; and
the volunteers, though anxious to advance, would
not do so unsupported, and so they returned to
town without doing anything. Natives now be-
gan to muster round Manahi, and two days after
this ineffective reconnoitre news arrived that three
settlers and two lads had been found murdered,
Great anxiety was then felt for several families,
numbering about 35 souls in all, who were still in
the bush, and who, it appears, had congregated in
the house of Mr. Brown, the Episcopalian clergy-
man. An expedition was organised to bring them
in, and this led to a second and more decisive en-
gagement, that takes rank as the battle of \Vaireka.
The expedition consisted of about 80 volunteer
rifles, 50 militia, 25 of the naval brigade, and the
light company of the 65th—in all about 260 men,
under the command of Col. Murray. The former
parties followed the beach, the two latter took the
road. Starting at about 1 o'clock, the first teamed,
,after a short march, perceived the natives on the
opposite side of a stream in front. of them, princi-
pally in the valley of a small affluent, their pah
being entirely on the ridge between themselves and
the sea. The Europeans advanced in,skirmishing
order, and then began an irregular fight; principally
in the flax gullies at the mouth of the little stream
and on the flat above, in which the attacking party
made up by their superiority in weapons for their
inferiority in point of numbers. After about an
hour of this irregular firing the naval brigade, who