In the 1840s and 1860s conflict over sovereignty and land led to battles between government forces and some iwi Māori. The largest campaign was the clash between the Kīngitanga and the Crown. Land confiscations to punish iwi that fought against the Crown left a legacy of grievance.

War changed the face of New Zealand in the 19th century. Tens of thousands of Māori may have died in the intertribal Musket Wars fought between the 1810s and the 1830s. Muskets revolutionised intertribal warfare, decimating some tribes and drastically shifting the boundaries of areas controlled by others.

Other articles where New Zealand Wars is discussed: Māori: The rise of the King Movement: …has sometimes been called the First Māori War), and they were not finally suppressed until 1847, by colonial forces under Gov. Sir George Grey.

Māori warfare traditionally involved hand-to-hand combat, with weapons designed to kill. Reasons for war could be practical, such as for land or resources, but could also be to increase mana or as revenge for insults. War is woven into Māori traditional stories, including the creation myth.

The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. The wars were fought over a number of issues, most prominently Māori …

2019年4月20日 · The three numbered Maori wars were merely periods of exceptional activity and crisis in a running struggle as Europeans, mostly British, wrested the land from the natives: the intelligent, brave and warlike Maoris.

The New Zealand Wars were a series of mid-19th-century campaigns involving some iwi Māori and government forces, which included British and colonial troops and their Māori allies. The two major periods of conflict were the mid-1840s and the 1860s.

1860–1: First Taranaki War ends in stalemate between government and local iwi; 1863–4: Waikato War – Kīngitanga forces expelled from lower/mid-Waikato and Tauranga; 1863: Suppression of Rebellion Act enables confiscation of land of 'rebel' Māori; 1864–8: Many small conflicts, most between Pai Mārire followers and other Māori

Two histories of Māori have just been published - one is new, and one is a reprint. But both are worth having! Huia Histories of Māori has been reprinted in December 2024, published by Huia Publishers, Wellington. The book is edited by Dr Danny Keenan and contains...

1872, then, saw the final exchanges of gunfire between settlers and Māori which had started 29 years earlier, at Wairau on 17 June 1843. This section discusses five important consequences of these sustained military actions, especially on Māori.