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
Rangiaowhia
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Rangiaowhia was, for over 20 years, a thriving village on a ridge between two streams in the Waikato region in New Zealand, about 4 km east of Te Awamutu. From 1841 it was the site of a very productiv
St Paul's Church (Anglican) at Rangiaowhia
St Paul's church, with Maungatautari in the distance
The fight at rangiaowhia