https://www.elocal.co.nz/Articles/4669
Winner of the Franklin Writers Group short story competition: Heather McQuillan from Christchurch
Second place: Laura Pendergrast from Ngaruawahia
Laura
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…