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Wākana

1. (loan) (personal name) Worgan.

E kī ana ngā kaiinoi i hokona e rāua i te tau 1872 ki te kaiwhakahaere a te Kāwanatanga i reira, ki a Te Wākana, ngā pīhi whenua e rua hui katoa ngā eka e 800 mō ngā moni e £800 (TW 22/6/1878:315). / The petitioners say that in 1872 they sold to Mr Worgan, the Government Commissioner at that place, two pieces of land totalling 800 acres for £800.

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Wākana

1. (loan) (personal name) Völkner.

Ka whakamatea a Kereopa mō te kōhuru i a Te Wākana, 1872 (Ma 1888:3). / Kereopa was executed for the murder of Mr Völkner, 1872.

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Wākana, Te

1. (loan) (personal name) Vōlkner, Carl.

I Ōpōtiki a ia i te marama o Maehe 1865, i te whakawātanga a Te Whakatōhea, i roto hoki i ngā ākinga a Kereopa Te Rau, i a Te Wākana, he Mihingare i whakapaea he pūrahorua ia nā te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:1). / He was at Ōpōtiki in March 1865 when Te Whakatōhea, with the encouragement of Kereopa Te Rau, decided the fate of Carl Völkner, an Anglican missionary, who had been accused of being a spy for the government.

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