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Numbers mismatch

Summary table at top has 18,000 peak government forces, "conflict" section further down states 14,000 146.200.49.84 (talk) 08:26, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copied from Milhist talk page

"Hi,

I am sorry I could not work out how to contact you apart from this - I am not a Wikipedia editor person, and there is a bad error in your page on the New Zealand Wars. The sentence in question is:

The subsequent ritual killing of missionary Carl Volkner by Pai Mārire (or Hauhau) followers at Opotiki on 2 March 1865 sparked settler fears of an outbreak of violence and later that year the New Zealand government launched a lengthy expedition to hunt for Volkner's killers and neutralise the movement's influence.

What is wrong is that the killing of Carl Volkner was not in any way ritualistic. He was hung as a spy! If you look into him further you will find he was writing letters to Gov. George Grey, deliberately informing him of Maori troop movements. He had been adopted into the tribe and they considered he was now a traitor who had betrayed them. The letters survive and in his own hand his guilt is proven. He was warned both by fellow missionaries and iwi members not to return to Opotiki from Auckland, but did not heed their warnings.

Anglican Church records will confirm this.

https://www.anglican.org.nz/Resources/Worship-Resources-Karakia-ANZPB-HKMOA/For-All-the-Saints-A-Resource-for-the-Commemorations-of-the-Calendar/For-All-the-Saints

Filed under V - Volkner, Carl Sylvius and Mokomoko 29.39 kB March 2

So does the NZ government History website : https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1v5/volkner-carl-sylvius. 2406:E003:AC5:9201:9CC8:8DBA:F1B2:976F (talk) 04:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can just edit the article to fix that. Nick-D (talk) 10:15, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Our Völkner incident suggests that there were ritualistic aspects to the killing. Obviously a touchy subject. Alansplodge (talk) 16:09, 28 February 2023 (UTC)"[reply]

WP:BOLDLY copied from main milhist talk page Buckshot06 (talk) 22:21, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]