Talk:Te Kooti

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message: :File:Page 310 - Te Kooti's House.jpg - a bit of research needed on this to find out the name of the house etc. Kahuroa (talk) 08:10, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pic found on Commons, was miscategorised 

message: In his 2004 book Crosby looks critically at work by Judith Binney and finds that she made a number of errors and mistakes in examing Te Kooti. He finds that she was too willing to forgive Te Kooti for his many extreme act of violence which harked back to the savagery of the musket era. Binney's book sanitizes some of the horror of Te Kooti's campaign. Crosby also benefits from a mass of new information that came to light during his time with the Treaty tribunal,of which Binney was unaware as it was previously unrecorded. There is little doubt Te Kooti was a clever guerilla but he was also vicious,treacherous and blood thirsty.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.190.164 (talk) 04:21, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ron Crosby -new research 

message: In New Zealand in the mid 19th century it was common for the government to declare martial law to provide a legal framework for the various militia,armed constabulary,kupapa Maori and other military units to operate. This law was in place when the Hau hau rebels went on the rampage in the North Island."no trial" suggests that the state did something wrong. In fact the status of the prisoners was more like a modern POW. Of course this happened before the modern rules for POWs were made but by any standards the Hau hau rebels(and Te Kooti) were well treated fed and looked after. The Chatham island prison was as far as can be judged  fairly open and tolerant. Earlier experience had shown that Maori prisoners reacted very badly to being confined in a small space, so this practice was avoided.  It is interesting that within a short time many of the Hau hau leaders,who were chiefs ,were released from the island. It was only after their departure that Te Kooti was able to have a leadership position and was able to influence the minds of the remaining Hau hau. Of course Hau hau did not take prisoners -they killed them,often with extreme brutality, so the actions of the government were very humane.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.62.226.243 (talk) 22:27, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Held without trial-misleading POV? 

message: I've just removed the "Gudgeon portrait" that's been on this article for a long time. It's clearly not of Te Kooti, given that he is universally described as having no facial moko. Further info at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TeKootiGudgeon.jpg  Snori (talk) 07:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Portrait

message: The article has the 'Too short' template and to be fair the lead paragraph is very short. But it does cover the main points of the article. The only thing left out was that the young Te Kooti was a bit of a rotter. However that statement is neither encyclopedic nor neutral. Also the article is silent as to how Te Kooti morphed from being a brigand to fighting for the Crown. I suggest that this template be removed. OrewaTel (talk) 07:28, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Paragraph Too Short