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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
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.
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 / Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa is a book by historian Vincent O'Malley that documents the New Zealand Wars, a series of conflicts in the country, which involved the Crown and some groups of Māori between 1845 and 1872. Published in 2019 the book is generally accepted as contributing to an increased public awareness of the ...
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.
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 Ōhaeawai, part of the Flagstaff War, was fought in July 1845 at Ōhaeawai [4] in Northland, New Zealand.The battle was between British forces and their allies from the local Ngāpuhi tribe of Māori on one side, and other Ngāpuhi, led by Te Ruki Kawiti, a prominent rangatira (chief), on the other side. [5]