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East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
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East Cape War
Conflicts between European settlers in New Zealand and the native Māori people (1865-66)
The East Cape War, sometimes also called the East Coast War, was a series of conflicts fought in the North Island of New Zealand from April 1865 to October 1866 between colonial and Māori military forces. At least five separate campaigns were fought in the area during a period…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Völkner incident
1865 killing of a missionary in colonial New Zealand by the Māori
The Völkner incident describes the execution of the German-born Protestant missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner in New Zealand in 1865 by an independent Māori judiciary, consisting of members of the Pai Mārire faith. It has come to be seen by historians as a major and consequential…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)