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The New Zealand Wars were previously referred to as the Land Wars or the Māori Wars, [6] and an earlier Māori-language name for the conflict was Te riri Pākehā ("the white man's anger"). [6] Historian James Belich popularised the name "New Zealand Wars" in the 1980s, [ 16 ] although according to Vincent O'Malley , the term was first used by ...
The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts from 1845 to 1872, involving some iwi Māori and government forces, the latter including British and colonial troops and their Māori allies. The term New Zealand Wars is the most common name for the series of conflicts, a term used as early as 1920.
1864: The Ohura Fight of 1864 - "This was probably the last purely Maori apart from European organisation in New Zealand" - The Journal of the Polynesian Society - Vol. 35; 1864, Apr 29: Tauranga Campaign; 1863, May 4: Second Taranaki War; 1865, April to 1866, Oct: East Cape War; 1868, Jun to 1869, Mar: Titokowaru's War; 1868, Jul to 1872, May ...
Colony of New Zealand; Māori Kupapa. Ngāti Porou. Ngāti Kahungunu. Māori Iwis Ngāi Tūhoe; Ngati Hineuru; Rongowhakaata; Ringatū adherents Pai Mārire adherents Victory. End of New Zealand Wars; Territory ceded by Māori iwi ~60 killed Second Boer War (1899–1902) The first contingent of New Zealand soldiers embarking for South Africa ...
This category is for articles dealing with the New Zealand Wars of 1843–1872, also known as the Māori wars or New Zealand land wars. Subcategories.
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.
Gate Pā was the single most devastating defeat suffered by the British military in the New Zealand Wars: while British casualties totalled more than a third of the storming party, Māori losses are generally unknown but thought to number at least 25-30, including Ngāi Te Rangi chiefs Te Reweti, Eru Puhirake, Tikitu, Te Kani, Te Rangihau, and ...
Te Kooti's War was the last of these later wars, and marked the final field engagements of the New Zealand Wars. [4] The earliest conflicts of the New Zealand Wars saw Māori warriors using muskets in addition to their traditional weapons, such as striking staffs—or taiaha—and war clubs—or mere.