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- Title
- The New Zealand Wars - Episode 2, Kings and Empires
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This episode from James Belich’s award-winning history on the New Zealand Wars follows formidable Māori leaders such as Te Rauparaha, Te Rangihaeata and Te Mamaku as they resist land-hungry settlers. Conflict erupts in the Wairau Valley after Pākehā begin surveying land for occupation, against the wishes of Māori. Amid rising tensions, Kiingitanga emerges as what Belich calls "one of the most important developments in the whole of Māori political history". And in South Taranaki, the British t...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1998
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-new-zealand-wars-kings-and-empires-episode-two-1998
- Related subjects
- wiremu kingi / waitara / taranaki / king movement / conflict / māori / history / te ati awa / nz on air / new zealand on air / wiremu kīngi te rangitāki / south taranaki / īhāia te kirikūmara / te teira manuka / taranaki wars / te kohia pā / the wairau affray / bill stafford / te heketua / pounamu / patu / manners mall / willis street / cuba street / hutt valley / ngāti rangitahi / te mamaku / andrew gillespie / boulcott farm / porirua / paremata / hms drive / pāuatahanui / horokiri valley / battle hill / wellington war / plimmerton / hf mckillop / te atiawa / war / nz war / pakanga / pakanga whenua / matarāua / whanganui / john gilfillan / hoani wiremu hīpango / rutland hill / treaty of waitangi / māori independence / land sales / waikato / kiingitanga / māori king movement / pōtatau te wherowhero / māori king / 1850s / ngāti mahuta / māori history / nz history / alternative history / colonel thomas gore browne / waitara river / new plymouth / hip fenton / te rauparaha / empire / te rangihaeata / imperialism / queen victoria / britain / māori pākehā relations / family conflict / governor robert fitzroy / governor george grey / colonialism / sovereignty / kāpiti island / ngāti toa / whalers / kapiti island / wellington / thistle inn / te whanganui-a-tara / british settlement / 1840s / nelson / wairau valley / william spain / rāwiri puaha / the wairau incident / tuamarina river / henry thompson / captain arthur wakefield / christianity / missionaries / musket wars / musket / te rongo / 1860s / charles emilius gold / waireka / kaipopo pā / captain peter cracroft / hms niger / royal navy / british army / victoria cross / william odgers / wiremu tāmihana tarapīpipi / wiremu tamihana / rewi maniapoto / ngāti maniapoto / ngāruawāhia / king tāwhiao / william marjouram / puketakauere / onukukaitara pā / pā / hapurona pukerimu / jane maria atkinson / martial law / thomas simson pratt / thomas mould / general robert carey / sapping / trench warfare / james richmond
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