Barbara Francis

In November 1863, at the battle of Rangiriri, over 180 Māori defenders were taken prisoner and marched up the Great South Road to Otahuhu, from where they were transferred onto the Waitematā Harbour. There, they were held captive on the prison ship Marion for nearly eight months, supervised by their bilingual Pākehā Superintendent, Titus Angus White. He was also sent...