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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.
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... also known as the Māori wars or New Zealand land wars.
Aotearoa New Zealand's histories (ANZH) and Te Takanga o Te Wā are documents for use in English- and Maori-medium New Zealand curriculums from 2023 to guide the explicit and compulsory teaching about the country's history.
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 ...
The regiment traced its origins to the Taranaki Volunteer Rifle Company, a volunteer corps formed in 1858 and which saw service in the New Zealand Wars. The volunteer corps also provided men to the New Zealand contingents sent to South Africa during the Second Boer War and in 1911 became the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles) .
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.