Hutt Valley campaign
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The Hutt Valley campaign was an armed conflict in the lower North Island of New Zealand between indigenous Māori and British settlers and military forces in 1846. The campaign was among the earliest o
Ngāti Toa Maori chief Te Rangihaeata, 1840. Artist: Charles Heaphy
George Grey, 1854. Artist: George Richmond
Boulcott's Stockade and military graves, Hutt Valley, 1846. Artist: Lt George Hyde Page, 58th Regiment
Ngati Haua-te-Rangi chief Hemi Topine Te Mamaku. Artist: Gottfried Lindauer
New Zealand Wars
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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.
Memorial in the Auckland War Memorial Museum for all who died in the New Zealand Wars. "Kia mate toa" means to "die bravely", and is the motto of the Otago and Southland Regiment of the New Zealand Army. The flags are the Union Jack and the flag of the Māori defenders of Gate Pā.
Hōne Heke cuts down the flagstaff on Flagstaff Hill at Kororāreka.
Governor (and later Premier) Sir George Grey in the 1860s.
The gunboat Pioneer at Meremere during the Invasion of the Waikato.