This website presents aspects of the New Zealand Wars fought between Māori and the Crown throughout most of the 19th century, emphasising Māori histories of these engagements in the global context of wars fought against native peoples.
Former Prime Minister John Key once said that New Zealand was ‘settled peacefully’. It’s an idea that many hold to in this country but, unfortunately, it’s not quite true. We spend a lot of time remembering our ‘boys who died overseas’ but we forget the dead of the Land Wars. It’s important that we change this, and remember our own who passed away during those conflicts, most of whom were Māori, and there… Read more »
RANGIRIRI – WHERE MĀORI LOST THEIR COUNTRY The Waikato War started with the British Army invasion at Mangatāwhiri on 12 July 1863. The most important battle of the Waikato campaign was fought at Rangiriri on 20 November 1863. Defeat at Rangiriri effectively meant the end of the wars for Māori and, though they would continue for another nine years, the wars had been lost. Māori had also lost their country…. Read more »