Talk:Rua Kenana Hepetipa

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121.73.90.127 (talk) 07:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC) Removed the following misplaced and rather mixed up sentence from the publications section.

"As Rua grew up as a boy he grew close with a man named Benjiman Dawson-Bruce. Rua looked up to him as a male figure however Benjimans death was a huge disappointment to Rua. Rua never got over it completely until he was the age of the age of approximately 23 years old." If this is important and someone can supply a reference for this information I will rewrite but at the moment I think it should be deleted. Andrew

My Grandfather was part of the expedition to the east coast to capture Rua in 1916. His name was Cornelius Murphy, he was head of police in Christchurch when he died in 1953. In 2006 I spent a lot of time with my uncle who was terminally ill, He had a number of photographs, similar to the ones published here, of the expedition. I beleive all of the police involved received these photos. I have scanned them and can upload them if required. As well as the photos there was a newspaper article from the 1960s with an interview with the last remaining police survivor. I read the article to my uncle who commented at points along the way, he especially seemed to know that the police officer first shot was shot in the lower abdomen (he used a more coloquial expression referring to his genitals). Personally i feel this is a tragic story,  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stojo01 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

duplication
It seems to me that the background and the history sections of this article are covering the same topic often covering the same events. I'm thinking it is all covered in the History section which is better written so that leaves the background section for deletion. Andrewgprout (talk) 10:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)