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New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.
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1845–1872 armed conflicts in New Zealand
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Carl Sylvius Völkner
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Carl Sylvius Völkner was a German-born Protestant missionary active in the North Island of New Zealand during the mid-nineteenth century. He is famous for being tried and executed for espionage by members of the Pai Mārire faith at his church in Ōpōtiki, in the Bay of Plenty.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Ōpōtiki
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George Grey
British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898)
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