Wairau Affray
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The Wairau Affray of 17 June 1843, also called the Wairau Massacre and the Wairau Incident, was the first serious clash of arms between British settlers and Māori in New Zealand after the signing of t
Wairau Memorial in Tuamarina cemetery
"Blenkinsop's Cannon" outside the Marlborough District Council offices in Blenheim
Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha
The location of the affray near Tuamarina, c. 1900
Arthur Wakefield
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Arthur Wakefield was an English Navy officer who served with the Royal Navy before joining his brother, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in founding the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson in New Zealand
Wairau Affray
…the company's agents in New Zealand were having difficulty in identifying available land to form the settlement, let alone buying it from local Māori. Captain Arthur Wakefield had been dispatched by the New Zealand Company to lead the first group of settlers to Nelson. He was the younger brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield…
View of Nelson Haven, 1841. Artist: Thomas Allom after Charles Heaphy
Wairau Affray Memorial, Tuamarina Cemetery
View up Mount Arthur