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New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end.

Historical image related to New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end. from June 21, 1864

New Zealand Wars

1845–1872 armed conflicts in New Zealand

The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Though the wars were initially localised conflicts triggered by tensions over disputed land purchases,…
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Māori King movement

Shared monarchy of numerous Māori iwi of New Zealand

The Māori King movement, called the Kīngitanga in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarchy of the United Kingdom as a way of…
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Tauranga campaign

Part of the New Zealand Wars (1864)

The Tauranga campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty in early 1864, and part of the New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land ownership and sovereignty. The campaign was a sequel to the invasion of Waikato, which aimed to crush the…
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