CDRE Loring, commanding the Australia Station, reported from New Zealand where he was commanding a naval squadron against the Maoris: ‘The disturbances in New Zealand are likely to detain HM Ships in these waters for an indefinite time’.
Australian Naval History on 22 October 1860
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