Reginald Newton Biggs
Reginald Newton Biggs( 16 June 1831–10 November 1868) was a New Zealand station manager, soldier and magistrate.
He was born in England on 16 June 1831.
Biggs was pursuing Te Kooti, and in response, Te Kooti's war party killed Biggs, his wife, their son and their nurse on 10 November 1868.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Josiah Firth
Josiah Clifton Firth( 27 October 1826 – 11 December 1897) was a New Zealand farmer, businessman and politician who had a brief brush with fame as the messenger between Te Kooti and the New Zealand Government during Te Kooti's War.
Terence Robinson
Terence D. Robinson( date of birth and death unknown) was a male wrestler who competed for England.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
The Te Kooti Trail
The Te Kooti Trail is a 1927 New Zealand film.
It premiered at the Strand Theatre, Auckland on 17 November 1927 and was billed as New Zealand’s "greatest production".
Adapted from a newspaper serial written by Frank Bodle, "The Te Kooti Trail" was based on the account of the sacking of Mill Farm at Te Poronu related in volume 2 of James Cowan’s
"The New Zealand Wars".
Rudall Hayward was fascinated by what he called "our rough-hewn story" and believed that material from the period 1840 to 1870 would make films equally fascinating as any from the American West.
With a budget of £900, the film was shot on location in seven weeks from early September 1927.
The entirely amateur cast was recruited locally.
Lead roles were decided by the player’s physical resemblance to the character to be portrayed while smaller roles were given to the films shareholders - Whakatane Films.
Hayward made much of the fact that the film was taken from the official accounts and went to great lengths to ensure its accuracy.
"The Te Kooti Trail" has received undue notoriety for causing New Zealand’s first homegrown censorship controversy.
The film’s release was delayed by the censor W A Tanner (at the request of Māui Pōmare, then acting Minister of Internal Affairs) for a special screening to Maori MPs and elders of the Ringatu Church to ensure it did not offend Maori sensibilities.
As a result, two intertitles were changed.
Rudall Hayward
Rudall Charles Victor Hayward (4 July 1900 – 29 May 1974) was a pioneer New Zealand filmmaker from the 1920s to the 1970s, who directed seven feature films and numerous others.
William Nicholas Searancke
William Nicholas Searancke( born William George Niccoll Searancke; bapt. 11 April 1817 – 29 April 1904) was a notable New Zealand surveyor, land purchase commissioner, resident magistrate and land agent.
He was born in St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England in 1817.
Searancke established two families, one Māori and later one Pakeha( English).
A granddaughter of Searancke, Te Puea Herangi( also known as Princess Te Puea), became notable as a Māori leader in the early twentieth century.
In 1858, he was appointed District Commissioner in the Land Purchase Department in Wellington.
He was sent to the Wairarapa.
He had 4 children with Hariata Rangitaupua of Ngati Maniapoto.
He had become notorious for negotiating secret deals and reneging on his promises.
Searancke was exasperated with Wairarapa Maori, calling them unmitigated scoundrels.
Searancke saw that Maori were very poor and would eventually sell.
In 1858 he bought two large areas of Maori land- the Tupurupuru and Maungaraki blocks for the government.
In July 1869 Searanke was the resident magistrate in the Waikato.
He was present when the renegade Te Kooti, who had escaped with many Hau Hau prisoners from the Chatham Islands came to Te Kuiti to confront the Maori King Tawhaio.
Te Kooti had vowed on his arrival back in Gisborne to replace Tawhaio as Maori king of New Zealand.
Searanke reported to the government that Te kooti's presence in the king country appeared to paralyze the Waikato.
Te Kooti put the fear of god into them by ordering his 500 men to load their guns and fire over the heads of the approaching Waikato.
Te Kooti then ordered them to bring all their greenstone to him which he destroyed.
The standoff continued for over a week with Tawhaio refusing to even see Te Kooti who was deliberately snubbed, being forced to camp outside the village on the roadside in contravention of all normal protocol for visitors.
From Te Kuiti Searancke travelled with Te Kooti and chief Horonuku, who had spoken out in favour of Te Kooti, to visit Louis Hetet, a French trader who was considered Maniapotos' pakeha.
At the meeting Rewi abstained from drinking but Te Kooti got very drunk and talked at length about the reasons for his previous actions but not about his future plans.
Searancke warned Te Kooti that his" escort" would prevent him travelling down the Mokau valley and obliged him to return to Taupo again.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: When is the director of film The Te Kooti Trail 's birthday?
Answer: 4 July 1900