Okitiki Terra Incognita Hokitika / Westland

Published by John Johnstone at Smashwords

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Attribution:

This book is my compilation of newspaper items taken from the "Papers Past" website of the National Library of New Zealand.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

I make no claim to own the original 19th century writing in this book. In fact I encourage you to do as I have done. Much of our history was actually written by the history makers and recorded in newspapers of the time. With this book I am providing you with an opportunity to access a very small but, I believe, important and often bypassed, portion of recorded history written with firsthand knowledge in what we might now refer to as real time.

Out of respect for the long dead authors I have done my best to faithfully reproduce each original work in its entirety. Except as explanatory comment, I have avoided interpretation.

I hope you will find the clarity and imagery of the original works I have compiled as fascinating and informative as I have.

As you read, let the original writer transport you to the time of the opening up of their new world, the challenge and adventure of pioneering and exploration. Consider and appreciate the difficulties and rewards encountered and achieved in the age where telegraph was new, steam was still struggling to surpass sail for long distance transport and when looking out for one and another was required because self reliance was not quite sufficient.

It is true that my work is derivative. It is, however, more than copying and pasting. I have searched the New Zealand newspapers of 1863 through to 1865 to find the material that, tells of the beginning of colonial development in Westland, as and when it was happening. Using my local knowledge I have made an effort to, without embellishment or bias, present the real circumstances and stories of our pioneers as they meant them to be known.

I hope this compilation will take you back in time and provide an insight into the reality of mid 19th century opportunity, hardship and adventure.

This book is a sample of the wealth of the material made so easily accessible on the Papers Past website, check it out, what you find will not disappoint.

Papers Past "Copyright guide"

"The Papers Past website provides access to digitised copies of historical New Zealand newspapers. This copyright statement relates specifically to the digitised newspaper content on Papers Past. Additional information about specific papers can be found on each newspaper title page."

"Material on this website has been provided in good faith for users by the National Library on the basis that:

the newspaper publications provided from the 19th and early 20th century are out of copyright

in most cases digitised copies replace microfilm versions previously provided to the public

for more recent newspaper publications (up to 1945), permission has been sought from the publisher to reproduce the material on this website"