New Zealand’s internal wars

NZHistory’s extensive section on the New Zealand Wars.

The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period: volume I (1845–64)

The first volume of James Cowan’s history of the wars, originally published in 1922.

The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period: volume II: the Hauhau wars (1864–72)

The second volume of James Cowan’s history of the wars, originally published in 1923.

Te Ruapekapeka

This multi-media site created by the Department of Conservation and Te Ruapekapeka Trust is an excellent introduction to both the Northern war and the Te Ruapekapeka site.

Belich, James. The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict. Auckland: Penguin, 1986.

Green, David. Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars: a visitor’s guide. Auckland: Penguin, 2010.

O'Malley, Vincent. The Great War for New Zealand: Waikato 1800–2000. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2016.

O'Malley, Vincent. The New Zealand Wars | Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2019.

O'Malley, Vincent. Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2021.

Ryan, Tim, and Bill Parham. The colonial New Zealand wars. Wellington: Grantham House, 2002.

Sinclair, Keith. The origins of the Maori Wars. Auckland: Auckland University Press, Oxford University Press, 1974.

Wright, Matthew. Two peoples, one land: the New Zealand Wars. Auckland: Reed, 2006.