1865 CDV / CABINET PHOTO - MURDERERS OF REV. VOLKNER - MAORI OPOTIKI ZEALAND
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:31798 | Colour: Sepia |
| Date of creation: C.1865 | Framing: Unframed |
| Subject: PEOPLE | Singles/ Sets: Single |
| Original/ Reprint: Original Print |
1865 CDV / CABINET PHOTO
MURDERERS OF REV. VOLKNER GERMANBORN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY
THE MAORI IN OPOTIKI NEW ZEALAND
VERY RARE IMAGE
SIZE 10.5cm x 6.5cm
WILL COMBINE POSTAGE
On 19 May 1864 Völkner recorded that four of the 16 Christian teachers of the Opotiki district had accompanied a Pai Mārire (Hauhau) campaign to Maketu, although not as active participants in the fighting.[3] He went to Auckland during 1864 and again in ...January 1865. He was then warned by members of Te Whakatōhea not to return to Opotiki.[1]Ignoring the warning, Völkner returned to Opotiki on 1 March 1865 and was apprehended by the Pai Mārire led by Patara, a chief, and Kereopa Te Rau, a Pai Mārire prophet.[1][4] Völkner was hanged the following day from a willow tree near the church by his own Whakatōhea congregation.[1][5] He was taken down and decapitated, and his eyes were gouged out and swallowed by Kereopa Te Rau. The Revd Thomas Grace, who was also in Opotiki, was also taken by the Pai Mārire, although he was rescued.[4]
MURDERERS OF REV. VOLKNER GERMANBORN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY
THE MAORI IN OPOTIKI NEW ZEALAND
VERY RARE IMAGE
SIZE 10.5cm x 6.5cm
WILL COMBINE POSTAGE
On 19 May 1864 Völkner recorded that four of the 16 Christian teachers of the Opotiki district had accompanied a Pai Mārire (Hauhau) campaign to Maketu, although not as active participants in the fighting.[3] He went to Auckland during 1864 and again in ...January 1865. He was then warned by members of Te Whakatōhea not to return to Opotiki.[1]Ignoring the warning, Völkner returned to Opotiki on 1 March 1865 and was apprehended by the Pai Mārire led by Patara, a chief, and Kereopa Te Rau, a Pai Mārire prophet.[1][4] Völkner was hanged the following day from a willow tree near the church by his own Whakatōhea congregation.[1][5] He was taken down and decapitated, and his eyes were gouged out and swallowed by Kereopa Te Rau. The Revd Thomas Grace, who was also in Opotiki, was also taken by the Pai Mārire, although he was rescued.[4]
