The New Zealand Wars

Ngā Pākanga Whenua O Mua

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.

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The Land Wars

  • Home
  • Histories Past and Present
  • Land Wars Timeline
  • Politics 19th Century
  • Causes
  • Campaigns
  • Consequences
  • Remembering our Dead
  • Legacies – the Land Claims
  • Te Atiawa’s Claim
  • Searching for Terror

NZ Wars Battlefields

  • Sites and Remembering
  • Northern Wars’ Sites
  • Sites Around Auckland
  • Waikato Sites
  • Tauranga
  • The Taranaki Sites
  • Central North Island / East Coast Sites
  • Whanganui / Wellington
  • Sites in the South Island
  • Landscapes – then and now
  • NZ Wars Maps
  • NZ Wars Library
  • Student Queries
  • NZ Wars Battlefields
  • Featured Battle Site
  • Sites Overseas
  • Changing Landscapes
  • NZ Wars on Film
  • What is ‘Māori History’?
  • Bryn’s Photography
  • Writing this site

Northern Wars’ Sites

  • Sites and Remembering
  • Northern Wars’ Sites
  • Sites Around Auckland
  • Waikato Sites
  • Tauranga
  • The Taranaki Sites
  • Central North Island / East Coast Sites
  • Whanganui / Wellington
  • Sites in the South Island
  • Landscapes – then and now
Ruapekapeka Pa, Northland

This is the site of the last battle of the war in the far north.

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