by Danny Keenan | Aug 23, 2021 | Wars Library
Octavius Hadfield, The Second Year of One of England’s Little Wars, London, 1861 (the North Taranaki War 1860-61). F.E. Maning, Old New Zealand. A Tale of the Good Old Times by a Pakeha Maori, Auckland, 1863. John Eldon Gorst, The Maori King, new edition edited...
by Danny Keenan | Aug 23, 2021 | Causes
Native Peoples The first settlers to New Zealand were Māori people, thought to have originally migrated here from Eastern Polynesia. When Māori first arrived is uncertain. Archaeologist Janet Davidson suggests around 800AD. This is now the generally accepted date of...
by Danny Keenan | Jul 15, 2021 | Politics of the 19th Century
The Māori Franchise In 1867, Māori were finally awarded the vote, 27 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It had taken that long for the Crown to grant Māori the right to participate in New Zealand’s political process. By the Māori...
by Danny Keenan | Mar 22, 2021 | Changing Landscapes
Ruapekapeka Pa The battle of Ruapekapeka was fought between northern Māori and the British Army during January, 1846, with the British assaulting the Pā on 11 January 1846. The Pā however was largely empty, with Māori having already retreated out the back of...
by Danny Keenan | Nov 19, 2020 | Histories of Māori
The paepae is the place on the marae where elders stand, to deliver their speeches and, as it so happens, their versions of history. Speeches are an oral process of course. How do kaumātua bring to mind such histories, on such occasions? During the 1990s, the...
