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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 Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) among Māori between 1806 and 1845, [1] after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertribal arms race in order to gain territory or seek revenge for past defeats. [2]
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 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 New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period. P. D. Hasselberg, New Zealand Government Printer. Original publication, 1923; King, Michael (2003). The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143018674. Maxwell, Peter (2000). Frontier: The Battle for the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland ...