The timeline below is a brief accounting of New Zealand Wars period. If you are interested in more specific timeline details, click on the individual campaign tabs above. To see a map of these fields of engagement, click here – # Map of Conflicts.
1 Wairau ‘Massacre’
17 June 1843 Wairau confrontation : see – Timeline / Wairau
2 The Northern War
11 March 1845 Hone Heke Pokai attacks Kororareka
8 May 1845 British Army attacks Puketutu
30 June – 1st July 1845 British repulsed at Ohaeawai
11 January 1846 Ruapekapeka Pa falls : see – Timeline / Northern War
3 Wellington – Whanganui
16 May 1846 Ngāti Toa attack Boulcott’s Farm : see – Timeline / Wellington
19 May 1847 Whanganui raided by up-river Māori
19 July 1847 Māori attack St John’s Wood : see – Timeline / Whanganui
4 North Taranaki
17 March 1860 British fire on Te Kohia Pā
28 March 1860 Māori defend Waireka Pā
27 June 1860 British under fire at Puketekauere
6 November 1860 Māori shelled by British at Mahoetahi
23 January 1861 Te Ātiawa midnight attack on No 3 Redoubt
17 March 1861 Truce signed at Te Arei Pā : see – Timeline / North Taranaki.
5 The Waikato Invasion
12 – 17 July 1863 British cross Managatawhiri Stream and skirmish at Koheroa
22 July – 14 September 1863 Skirmishes at Kirikiri, Pokeno, and Pukekohe East
30 October 1863 Meremere Pā is shelled
20 November 1863 The British Army attacks Rangiriri
8 December 1863 Troops enter Ngāruawāhia
21 February 1864 Surprise British attack on Rangiaowhia
31 March – 2 April 1864 Battle of Orakau : see – Timeline / Waikato War.
6 Tauranga War
29 April 1864 Battle of Gate Pā
21 June 1864 Battle of Te Ranga : see – Timeline / Tauranga
7 Central and Southern Taranaki
6 April 1864 British attacked at Te Ahu Ahu
30 April 1864 Māori attack Sentry Hill
14 May 1864 Battle of Moutoa Island amongst Māori
24-25 January 1865 Māori attack Nukumaru
14 January – 2 October 1866 Skirmishing in central Taranaki
12 July 1868 Titokowaru’ attacks Turuturu Mokai Redoubt
7 September 1868 Ill-fated attack on Te Ngutu O Te Manu
7 November 1868 Constabulary repulsed at Moturoa
2 February 1869 Māori slip away from Tauranga Ika : see – Timeline / Central-South Taranaki.
8 East Coast Wars
10 June 1865 Skirmish against Hau Hau at Mangaone
8 September – 4 October 1866 Hau Hau conflicts throughout Hawkes Bay
1 February – 1 September April 1867 Skirmishing in Waioeka Gorge, Tauranga and Opotiki.
20 July – 8 August 1868 Surprise attack at Paparatu
9 November 1868 Te Kooti attacks Matawhero
1 January – 5 January 1869 Siege of Ngatapa
1 March – 12 April 1869 Fighting at Ohiwa, Te Poronu, Rauporoa and Mohaka
6 May – 14 May 1869 Te Kooti pursued through Urewera’s
7 June 1869 Constabulary ambushed at Opepe
3 October 1869 Battle of Te Porere – ‘Te Kooti’s Last Stand’
14 February 1872 The final encounter fought at Mangaone : see – Timeline / East Coast Wars