Völkner incident
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v-lkner-incident-187-15572347
title:
Völkner incident
text:
The Völkner incident describes the execution of the German-born Protestant missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner in New Zealand in 1865 by an independent Māori judiciary, consisting of members of the Pai Mārire faith. It has come to be seen by historians as a major and consequential miscarriage of justice by the Government of New Zealand during the New Zealand Wars. The event led to the arrest and execution of several major chieftains, and the confiscation of 85,000 acres of Māori land. Born in the El
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1865 killing of a missionary in colonial New Zealand by the Maori
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lkner_incident
date created:
2003-06-25T08:18:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:37:46Z
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13
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