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.
Tauranga campaign
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The Tauranga campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty in early 1864, and part of the New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land ownership and sovereignty.
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…Whitaker supporting an aggressive approach, while Governor Grey advocated a defensive stance to prevent wider rebellion. The conflict culminated in the Battle of Gate Pā in April, where Māori defenders, under the leadership of Rawiri Puhirake, successfully repelled a British assault, inflicting significant casualties…
Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron, Commander-in-Chief of British forces in New Zealand, 1863–1865.
The attack on the pā (from a British book)
Gate Pā after its evacuation on 30 April, based on a sketch by Lieutenant Horatio Gordon Robley.