Musket Wars
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The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand among Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertrib
Maori Wardance Kahuroa
Heke Kawiti 1846
Hong hika war canoe
Moriori people
Te Rangihaeata
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Te Rangihaeata was a Ngāti Toa chief and a nephew of Te Rauparaha. He played a leading part in the Wairau Affray and the Hutt Valley Campaign.
Te Rangihaeata, watercolour by R. Hall, c. 1840s
A korero; Te Rangihaeata addressing the Governor-in-Chief (Sir George Grey) at Waikanae, 1851