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The New Zealand Wars / Matthew Wright.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: NZ seriesPublication details: Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia Media, 2021. Edition: [New edition]Description: 98 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780947506933
  • 0947506934
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.022 23
LOC classification:
  • DU421 .W956 2021
Contents:
Introduction -- Who fought the wars? -- Why the wars started -- War in the North, 1845-46 -- The Wellington war, 1846-48 -- How the Taranaki wars started -- The first Taranaki war, 1860-61 -- War in the Waikato, 1863-64 -- The Battle of Ōrākau -- The Battle of Gate Pā -- The rise of Pai Mārire, 1864-66 -- War on the East Coast, 1865-66 -- Tītokowaru's war, 1868-69 -- Te Kooti's escape, 1868 -- Massacres: Matawhero and Ngātapa -- Whakatāne, Mohaka and Te Urewera -- The Taupō campaign, 1869 -- The end of Te Kooti's war -- Peace with the King Country -- Historians and the New Zealand Wars -- Selected further reading -- Index.
Summary: Fought over both land and sovereignty, the New Zealand Wars involved British, settlers and allied Maori fighting other Maori from 1845 to 1875, and by the late 1860s had really become a civil war. The New Zealand Wars makes clear what happened, locates the battles firmly on our landscape, and explains the causes and consequences with plentiful illustrations.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Pop-Up Library Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 993.022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00733576
Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 993.022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00818036

Introduction -- Who fought the wars? -- Why the wars started -- War in the North, 1845-46 -- The Wellington war, 1846-48 -- How the Taranaki wars started -- The first Taranaki war, 1860-61 -- War in the Waikato, 1863-64 -- The Battle of Ōrākau -- The Battle of Gate Pā -- The rise of Pai Mārire, 1864-66 -- War on the East Coast, 1865-66 -- Tītokowaru's war, 1868-69 -- Te Kooti's escape, 1868 -- Massacres: Matawhero and Ngātapa -- Whakatāne, Mohaka and Te Urewera -- The Taupō campaign, 1869 -- The end of Te Kooti's war -- Peace with the King Country -- Historians and the New Zealand Wars -- Selected further reading -- Index.

Fought over both land and sovereignty, the New Zealand Wars involved British, settlers and allied Maori fighting other Maori from 1845 to 1875, and by the late 1860s had really become a civil war. The New Zealand Wars makes clear what happened, locates the battles firmly on our landscape, and explains the causes and consequences with plentiful illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references.

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