Josiah Clifton Firth (1826 - 1897) was a New Zealand farmer and businessman who had a brief brush with fame as the messenger between Te Kooti and the New Zealand Government during Te Kooti's War. Born in Yorkshire, England, he moved to New Zealand in the early 1850s and settled in Auckland where he began making bricks and also took a one third interest in a flour mill. In 1859 he made his first visit to Mata Mata where he met and became friendly with Wiremu Tamehana, … Wikipedia
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