CHAPTER XIII

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TROUBLE AND ANGUISH (1859-62).

Sudden darkness--Working of constitution--Paucity of Maori clergy-- Inadequacy of mission Staff--Tamihana Te Waharoa--His ideals--The king movement--Suspicion of its loyalty--Governor Gore-Browne precipitates war in Taranaki--Sympathy of "king" natives--Growth of king movement-- Good order of its rule--Defeat of Taranaki natives--Truce--Attempt at justice to Maoris--General Synod at Nelson--Discontent of Canterbury churchmen.

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