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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 ...
1864: War in the Waikato ends with battle of Ōrākau. 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
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 ...
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.
The Hutt Valley campaign was an armed conflict in the lower North Island of New Zealand between indigenous Māori and British settlers and military forces in 1846. The campaign was among the earliest of the 19th century New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land and sovereignty.
It was the largest battle ever fought in New Zealand. [1] The attacking army consisted of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and allied tribes from the west coast south of the Waikato, the southern North Island and the east coast. The defending army consisted of Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, with support from Ngāti Whātua and Hauraki.
The Whanganui campaign was a brief round of hostilities in the North Island of New Zealand as indigenous Māori fought British settlers and military forces in 1847. The campaign, which included a siege of the fledgling Whanganui settlement (then named "Petre"), [8] was among the earliest of the 19th century New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land and sovereignty.
The battle of Moremonui (Māori: Te Haenga o te One, lit. 'The Marking of the Sand', or Te Kai-a-te-Karoro, lit. ' The Seagulls' Feast ' [2]) was fought between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi, two Māori iwi (tribes), in northern New Zealand in 1807 or 1808. [3]