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… Preparing for war Waikato was the home of the Māori king. Pōtatau Te … to punish them – and to satiate European land hunger in the Waikato region. In 1861 Thomas Gore Browne was replaced as … the Waikato River in preparation for an invasion. On 9 July 1863, Grey issued a proclamation directing Waikato Māori …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… War and debt In July 1863, British and colonial forces invaded Waikato. The colony borrowed £3 million (equivalent to more … to pay for the war. In late 1864 and early 1865 land in Waikato, Taranaki and elsewhere was confiscated from its … War, debt and the provinces, 1863 to 1870 …
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Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… fighting pā at Rangiriri, on the eastern side of the Waikato River and fringed by swamp and Lake Waikare. The pā … a ridge. Some of the 500 defenders were concealed in forward rifle pits. On 20 November 1863, the British assembled a land force of 850 men with …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Waikato Heads Headlands at the mouth of the Waikato River, … a mission station and school there. During the Waikato war of 1863–64 a dockyard serviced British gunboats carrying … Waikato Heads to Meremere …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… The confiscation of Waikato land The great calamity that befell the Waikato … of millions of acres of tribal territory after the Waikato war of the 1860s. The government wanted to obtain the … colonial forces crossed the Mangatāwhiri Stream on 12 July 1863. The stream, just north of Meremere, was established by …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… for Māori In the aftermath of the first Taranaki war (1860–61) between the Crown and Māori, Governor Grey … with wardens and karere (messengers). The outbreak of the Waikato war in 1863 put an end to these plans. … Colony and provinces, 1853 to 1863 …
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Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… Valley in 1843, a dispute over land led to bloodshed. The war in the north (1845–46) began when Hōne Heke cut down a … chosen as the first Māori King in 1858. War in Taranaki and Waikato The flashpoint was Taranaki. The refusal of Wiremu … crushed after Governor George Grey took war into Waikato in 1863–64. Two chiefs, Te Kooti and Tītokowaru , campaigned in …
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Part of story: History
… The first Europeans to enter Waikato were welcomed by Māori because of the resources they … and trade. Land-hungry Auckland speculators looked towards Waikato with envious eyes. The King movement – Te … sale led to war in Taranaki in 1860–61, and again in early 1863, some of the Māori king’s followers from Waikato …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… in the nineteenth century. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta of Waikato. His parents were Hore and Kahurimu. He was the … pā against Ngāpuhi in 1822. He may have taken part in the wars fought in the 1820s and 1830s by Waikato against … Māori King's independence, which Grey would not grant. In 1863 the dispute over sovereignty moved towards war. Ngāpora …
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… were confiscated by the government after the New Zealand wars of the early 1860s. On 5 May 1863, Premier Alfred Domett sent a memorandum to Governor … Act 1863 and its amendments took place in South Auckland, Waikato, Tauranga, Ōpōtiki–Whakatāne, Taranaki, and the …
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Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… There are no accurate casualty figures for the New Zealand Wars. Historian James Cowan suggested that over 500 men of … areas of land. Under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 and later legislation, about 1 million hectares … later returned) was confiscated by the Crown in Taranaki, Waikato, South Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay. …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… Te Tuhi was born in Waikato. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta. His father was … , Te Wherowhero's successor, and served him as editor, warrior, secretary and adviser. In his youth Te Tuhi … Māori owners of the river, violated the treaty. Early in 1863 the King movement warned Te Wheoro , a government …
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… among the first CMS missionaries to enter the Thames and Waikato regions, travelling between makeshift CMS outposts … had little experience of European contact. From 1841 to 1863 Morgan had charge of the mission station at Ōtāwhao, at … work, reduce intertribal and the potential for inter-racial warfare, make it easier for the government to impose its …
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… promoted to commander in 1846 and captain in 1854. In April 1863 Wiseman was appointed fourth commodore of the Australia … 1863, Wiseman sailed the same day for Auckland. Meanwhile, war had broken out. By July 1863 the Waikato campaign had begun and a 200-man naval brigade had …
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… absence in Europe in 1859–60. Between 1850 and the war in Waikato in 1863–64 Garavel built up the central Catholic mission at …
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… called Rāhui Pōkeka, Huntly was a military post during the Waikato War and a Pākehā settlement afterwards. It was named after … resource was one reason for the invasion of the Waikato in 1863. During the war coal was mined from the banks of the …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… landholders for access to Maori 'waste land' in the Waikato and Thames regions. Soon after the outbreak of war in Taranaki Nixon approached the government offering to … flying columns against marauding war parties. In May 1863 the Colonial Defence Force Cavalry was formed, with two …
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… of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in Waikato. Her father was Pōtatau Te Wherowhero , the first … Te Paea showed her chiefly qualities as a teenaged girl. War between the Waikato and Hawke's Bay tribes had led to … However, Te Paea told the Reverend Arthur Purchas in 1863 that when her father had gone to Ngāruawāhia in 1858 to …
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… 1864 and 1865, more than 4,000 settlers arrived under the Waikato immigration scheme. A joint project of the Auckland … were brought to Auckland province. During the Waikato war of 1863–64, the central government proposed the introduction of …
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Part of story: History of immigration
… distances to Tāmaki, Hauraki and other places to trade. War In the early 1860s, the Tūhoe people became aware of impending war over land and mana in the Waikato, with imperial troops massing on the northern … of some Tūhoe in the battle for Ōrākau. Ōrākau In 1863 or early 1864, Ngāti Maniapoto war leader Rewi …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe