Invasion of the Waikato
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The invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Island of New Zealand between the military forces o
Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Orakau, 1 April 1914. All but Hekiera shared in the defence of Orakau pa, and fought through to the Puniu River in the retreat.
Chart from the medical and surgical journal of A. B. Messer, assistant surgeon aboard HMS Curacoa
Proclamation requiring Māori to take an Oath of Allegiance, 9 July 1863
Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron, commander-in-chief of British forces in New Zealand, 1863–65
Rewi Maniapoto
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Rewi Manga Maniapoto was a Ngāti Maniapoto chief who led Kīngitanga forces during the New Zealand government Invasion of Waikato during the New Zealand Wars.
Invasion of the Waikato
…war. Events in early 1863 brought tensions to a head. In March Kingites obstructed the construction of a police station at Te Kohekohe, near Meremere. Rewi Maniapoto, accompanied by Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke, led 80 armed Ngāti Maniapoto warriors in a raid on the 80 hectare property at Te Awamutu occupied by magistrate…
Rewi Manga Maniapoto in 1879