MANING

Frederick Edward (son of Frederick Maning of Johnville, co. Dublin). b. 5 July 1812; taken to Van Diemen’s Land 1824; went to New Zealand 1841, won the hearts of the natives who installed him as a Pakeha Maori or naturalised stranger; acquired land of the Ngapuhi tribe at Hokianga, settled at Onaki and married a Maori; a judge of the Native lands court 15 Nov. 1865, resigned 1881; author of Old New Zealand, being incidents of native customs, by a Pakeha Maori 1863, 2 ed. 1863; The history of the war in the North with Heki in 1845, both books were republished in 1876. d. London 25 July 1883. bur. New Zealand, his bust is over door of institute library at Auckland. G. W. Rusden’s History of New Zealand , i 22, ii 285, iii 515 (1883).