“For Kīngitanga supporters who had been urged to fight in a ‘civilised’ manner, the assault on Rangiaowhia was an almost incomprehensible act of treachery.” — New Zealand Wars historian Vincent O’Malley.
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What should we call the series of conflicts that raged between the Crown and groups of Māori from 1845 to 1872?
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“This was bigger than just land ownership. It went to the heart of how Māori and Pākehā would live together.”
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The New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 “was part of a package of measures passed by the all-Pākehā parliament to crush Māori independence.”
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He Whakaputanga — The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, 1835 — has often been regarded...
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This is an edited extract from The Great War for New Zealand by Vincent O’Malley, published this...
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This is an edited extract from The Great War for New Zealand by Vincent O’Malley, published this...
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