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 | | Earles Narrative of nine months residence in New Zealand was published in 1832, and gave a good general account of the natives, the Church missionaries, Captain Herds settlement at Hokianga.; Frederick Edward Maning published Old New Zealand, by a Pakeha-Maori; A Tale of the Good Old Times in 1863. |
 | | Alex Calder states that although Maning became a judge of the Native Land Court because of his understanding of Maori, having lived amongst them in the 1830s, by the time he was appointed a Native Land Court judge he had become increasingly alienated from them. |
 | | His work was described by James Davidson Davis as being destitute of literary finish. Maning himself described his book as ironic, satirical, semi-political, with lots of fun and many serious and striking scenes from old native life and habits.... |
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