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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 ...
Colonisation by Britain led to the New Zealand Wars in the 19th century in which settler and imperial troops and their Māori allies fought against other Māori and a handful of Pākehā. In the first half of the 20th century, New Zealanders of all races fought alongside Britain in the Boer War and both World Wars .
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 either 1807 or 1808.
East Cape War Part of the New Zealand Wars: Government of New Zealand. British Settlers Māori Kupapa. Hau-Hauist Māori 1865 1868 Russo-Bukharan Wars Russian Empire: Emirate of Bukhara: 1865 1890 Haw wars: Kingdom of Siam: Haw rebels 1866 1866 Second Chōshū expedition Summer War: Choshu Domain: Tokugawa Shogunate. Aizu Domain 1866 1866 ...
19th century pre 1839 [ edit ] 1807-1845: The Musket Wars were a series of three thousand [ 9 ] or more battles and raids fought in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands amongst Māori between 1807 and 1845, [ 10 ] after Māori obtained muskets .
The invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Island of New Zealand between the military forces of the colonial government and a federation of Māori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement. [2]
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]
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, October 1899. British Empire United Kingdom Canada Australia Colony of New Zealand India Ceylon; Cape Colony; Natal Colony; Rhodesia Orange Free State South African Republic ...