https://www.elocal.co.nz/Articles/3964
Karikari Peninsula is renowned for its amazing white sandy beaches and bays such as popular Maitai Bay.
Dr Isaac Featherston, the editor of the Wellington Independent, strongly attacked the New Zealand Company’s land policy in his newspaper on 24 March 1847. Colonel William Wakefield, the Company’s Principal Agent in New Zealand, interpreted this editorial as a thinly disguised accusation that he was a thief. He challenged Featherston to a duel that apparently took place at Te Aro…