Frederick Edward Maning

Frederick Edward Maning (photo between 1865 and 1876)

Frederick Edward Maning (born July 5, 1812 in Dublin , Ireland , † July 25, 1883 in London , England ) was an Irish- New Zealand settler, trader, judge and author who dealt intensively with the culture of the Māori , himself as Pākehā - Māori referred to and in 1863brought out thework " Old New Zealand ",which was highly regarded at the time.

Life

Frederick Edward Maning was born in Dublin on July 5, 1812, the eldest son of the affluent Protestant Anglo-Irish family of Frederick Maning and his wife Mary Barret . The family emigrated to Van Diemen's Land , now Tasmania , in 1829 and settled in Hobart . In 1832 Frederick Edward Maning took over a management position in the north of the country, but then decided to emigrate to New Zealand in 1833 .

He bought land in Kohukohu , on Hokianga Harbor, and traded wood, meat and potatoes. In 1837 he sold everything, went back to Hobart for a short time, then returned to New Zealand in March 1839 and resettled in Onoke , on the Hokianga Harbor . From 1840 he lived there with Moengaroa , a Māori wife of Te Hikutu- Iwi , who was also the sister of the Māori chief of Hauraki . He had four children with her.

Maning made his first name when he spoke out against the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840 and recommended the Māori not to sign the treaty. He went on a confrontation with Governor William Hobson , who later in 1841 also made difficulties for him to get a position in government administration.

During the first New Zealand War in 1845 against the Māori leader Hone Heke , Maning organized the support of the British soldiers through some Māori clans. As a witness to the armed conflict, he then wrote his first book: " A history of the war in the north of New Zealand against the chief Heke ". In it he gave the Europeans to understand that Māori would never accept the supremacy of the Pākehā . His second book: " Old New Zealand " followed a year later. It consisted of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions and explanations of the history and customs of the Māori . Another book called " Young New Zealand " was not published by him. Instead, he wrote some articles for newspapers.

In 1865 Maning successfully applied for the position of judge for the Native Land Court and held the office until his retirement in 1876. In 1880 he and his children broke up because of the marriage of one of his daughters, which he opposed. Fearing that they would kill him, Maning fled to Auckland , where he suffered a stroke in July 1882 and was also diagnosed with cancer. He then traveled to London in November 1882 for urgent treatment, but died there on July 25, 1883. According to his last will, his body was transferred to Auckland , where he was then buried on December 8, 1884 in the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland .

Works

A history of the war in the north of New Zealand against the chief Heke . 1862 (English, online [accessed March 23, 2016] Both books published as a complete edition by Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1876).
Old New Zealand . 1863 (English, online [accessed March 23, 2016] Both books published as complete editions by Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1876).

literature

Ruth Miriam Ross : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Volume 3 , 1966 (English, online [accessed March 23, 2016]).
David Colquhoun : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: GH Scholefield (Ed.): Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Volume 1 , 1990 (English, online [accessed March 23, 2016]).
Pakeha Maori ( Frederick Edward Maning ): Old New Zealand - A Tale of the good old Times . an A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 . Whitcombe and Tombs Limited , Auckland 1930 (English, new edition of the first edition from 1876).

Individual evidence

↑ Colquhoun : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . 1990.
↑ Ross : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 1966.

annotation

↑ The year of birth is sometimes given in the literature as 1811 or mostly as 1812. Databases almost exclusively contain the year 1812, but the bibliographer Thomas Morland Hocken gave Maning's death date as January 25, 1883 and his age as 72 years (see: Maning : Old New Zealand . 1930, p. xxviii . ). From this the year of birth 1811 could be derived.

personal data
SURNAME	Maning, Frederick Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand dealer, judge and author
DATE OF BIRTH	July 5, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	July 25, 1883
Place of death	London , England

[DNZB_Colquhoun-2] Colquhoun : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . 1990.

[TeAra_Ross-3] Ross : Maning, Frederick Edward . In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 1966.

[Amerkungs_1-1] The year of birth is sometimes given in the literature as 1811 or mostly as 1812. Databases almost exclusively contain the year 1812, but the bibliographer Thomas Morland Hocken gave Maning's death date as January 25, 1883 and his age as 72 years (see: Maning : Old New Zealand . 1930, p. xxviii . ). From this the year of birth 1811 could be derived.