East Cape War
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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 for
Pai Mārire prophet Patara Raukatauri, who spread the religion in the east coast.
Major Thomas McDonnell
Crown forces killed or wounded at Waerenga-a-Hika
Hawke's Bay Superintendent Donald McLean
Kereopa Te Rau
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Kereopa Te Rau was a leader of Pai Mārire, a Māori religion. He played a key role in the Volkner Incident and was subsequently hanged for his part in it.
East Cape War
…leaders, and a series of small expeditions of volunteer settlers from Hawke's Bay. In early 1865 Pai Mārire leader Te Ua Haumēne sent two prophets, Kereopa Te Rau and Patara Raukatauri, to convert East Coast tribes. Kereopa, an ageing veteran of the Waikato wars, carried with him the head of Captain P. W. J…
Kereopa te rau