New Zealand Wars

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New Zealand Wars

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The New Zealand Wars (ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) were a series of battles and smaller conflicts that took place between the 1840s and the 1870s mainly in the North Island of New Zealand. Despite the Treaty of Waitangi being signed in 1840, there was increasing pressure on Māori to sell their land to the growing numbers of European settlers. Many disputes were over land that had been taken over by settlers or the colonial government, or bought for very little by settlement organisations like the ...

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Date created

01-06-2023

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https://anyquestions.govt.nz/many-answers/new-zealand-wars

Related subjects

wars / Māori / New Zealand / war in Taranaki / war in Tauranga / Gate Pā / Wellington / Edward Gibbon-Wakefield / New Zealand Company / Te Ātiawa / Ngāti Toa / continuity and change / place and environment / social sciences / Land wars / Māori wars / Te Kooti / Taranaki wars / war in Waikato / Wellington wars / Titokowaru's war / Rua Kenana / War in the North / Wairau incident / ngā pakanga o Aotearoa

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