The Strangest war: the story of the Maori Wars, 1860-1872

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The Strangest war: the story of the Maori Wars, 1860-1872

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"Sir Frederic Rogers, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office in the 1860's, described the long struggle in New Zealand between the Maori natives and the British troops, with their colonial volunteers as "the strangest war that ever was carried on". Though the underlying cause of the Maori wars was the white colonists' desire to acquire land that legally belonged to the Maoris, they were in no sense imperialist wars; for most of the time, indeed, the home government was desperately s...

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Date created

1923

Creator

Holt, Edgar, 1900-1975

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https://ehive.com/collections/3000/objects/1090123

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Te Kooti / New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872 / Maori (New Zealand people) -- History / New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876 / New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876 / Korero nehe / Pakanga / Kupapa / New Zealand Wars / 1860 1872 / Maori (New Zealand people) History / New Zealand History 1840 1876 / New Zealand History 1853 1876

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