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| | nzepc - Murray Edmond - Psyche at the beginning of spring |
 | | Taylor precisely mines Black Jack's words from specific sources: Christianity, European technology, war and the new Maori religion of the mid 1860s, Pai Marire, which arose in Taranaki and was commonly known among Pakeha as 'Hauhau' (after 'hau' for 'wind' or 'breath', as in the inspirational wind of the angels Gabriel and Michael). |
 | | Perhaps he deserves the fate that has come to rest on him, that this propagandist for war in Taranaki is now best remembered for his 'unforgettable, distinctly impressionistic [painting] "Mt Egmont [Taranaki], from the southward"', which he painted on his first visit in 1840, and which has 'become in a sense a national icon'.(34) |
 | | The 'news' about the wars became subject of a television series in 1998, with historian Belich as frontperson, and the impact on the wide cross section of the population which television reaches was immediate — letters and faxes of outrage and delight from opposite sides. |
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