200 years later, and again a virus affects Hongi
Moka and Hongi were not only military peers, they were also close cousins. When Hongi traveled to England in 1820-21, Moka was tasked with the safekeeping of the sizeable cache of firearms and gun-powder, until his return. In mid-late 1820, Hongi was seriously ill with influenza, and temporarily bedridden while in Cambridge, England. Whilst in Cambridge, Hongi, Waikato and Thomas Kendall had been attending Queens' College; where they were assisting Prof Samuel Lee, in compili
