Thread: Firearms in NZ in the 1850s

A little bit after the 1850's date, but my great-grandmother (born around 1870) was given a revolver by her husband when they got married, probably late 1880's. They were farming at Tutira and life was a bit rough, still bad feeling from the Hauhau/Te kooti incidents around Mohaka and other violence in Northern HB (of which there was a lot!). Interesting that 20 years after the Te Kooti wars the European farmers still made sure their wives carried concealed firearms everywhere they went, and within easy reach when in bed. The habit was so ingrained that she still kept it with her at all times when she moved into her final home in Havelock North around 1960, when my grandfather managed to convince her it was time to hand it in to the local police.