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The Battle of Rangiriri was a major engagement in the invasion of Waikato, which took place on 20–21 November 1863 during the New Zealand Wars. More than 1400 British troops defeated about 500 warriors of the Kingitanga (Māori King Movement), which was resisting the expansion of British settlement and colonial rule in the North Island .
Operations at Rangiaowhia and Hairini, showing positions captured by the British on 21–22 February 1864. Construction of a new and even more formidable defence line began 25 km south of Ngāruawāhia, soon after the fall of Rangiriri.
Rangiaowhia (or Rangiawhia, or Rangiaohia) [1] was, for over 20 years, a thriving village on a ridge between two streams in the Waikato region, about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Te Awamutu. From 1841 it was the site of a very productive Māori mission station until the Invasion of the Waikato in 1864.
Rangiriri Pā was a major defence site for Māori during the Invasion of the Waikato, as part of New Zealand Wars. [3] Rangiriri Pā is legally protected as an historic reserve . [ 6 ] The pā site was restored as part of work on the Waikato Expressway by the New Zealand Transport Agency ; the work was completed for the 150th anniversary of the ...
Despite this, the Battle of Rangiriri of 20–21 November 1863 was lost by the Waikato Māori, at a higher cost to both sides than any other single engagement of the New Zealand Wars. Further atrocities committed at Rangiaowhia made the situation even more desperate for Tāwhiao's leadership.
The Rangiriri was a 19th-century paddle-steamer gunboat used on the Waikato River in New Zealand. It brought the first Pākehā settlers to Hamilton in 1864 and served as a riverboat until it was wrecked in 1889.
1863, Nov 20–21: The Battle of Rangiriri was a major engagement in the invasion of Waikato. More than 1400 British troops defeated about 500 warriors of the Kingitanga (Māori King Movement). [17] 1864: War in the Waikato ends with battle of Ōrākau.
The 300 ton, stern wheel gunboat Pioneer, 1863–1866, was New Zealand's first purpose-built warship The river gunboat Rangiriri, 1864–70 The Waikato River rises in the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu and flows through the Tongariro River system and Lake Taupō , New Zealand's largest lake, before running 400 kilometres though the Waikato ...