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… whose home was on the Waipā River. As a young man he led a war party that drove Ngāti Koata south from Whāingaroa … fighting companion to two of the most famous warriors in Waikato, Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā, and Pōtatau Te Wherowhero … Although Te Awa-i-taia told Governor George Grey in 1863 that he objected to government policy on Wiremu Kīngi …
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… several important whare wānanga (schools of learning) in Waikato, including one at Whatawhata and another at Kuranui, … writing and manual skills. These schools closed during the 1863–64 war, following which schools for the children of military …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… It was a refuge for Māori when British troops invaded the Waikato in 1863. Since the 1950s the catchments of the Mangatāwhiri … 1920s and 1930s by relief workers. During the Second World War there was a conscientious objectors’ detention camp …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… As the war was being fought, the government planned to confiscate Waikato lands and establish defended townships to deter … – four regiments recruited in Otago and Australia in late 1863 with the promise of land grants. Struggling to survive …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… at Mōkau, was caught up in inter-tribal conflict in 1832. A war party from Aotea Harbour (north of Kāwhia Harbour) … Methodist missionaries established mission stations in Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto territories, at the request of … and in Waikato, which was invaded by government forces in 1863. Ngāti Maniapoto fought in both wars alongside Taranaki …
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Part of story: King Country region
… Bodell was a hotel-keeper there and, from 1856 to 1863, on the Victorian goldfields. He made good money but … him. He was tough and rough. In 1863 he volunteered for the Waikato militia, who were being recruited in Victoria. 'My … the Star of India in September 1863. After arriving at the war zone south of Auckland Bodell continued his drinking and …
Type: Biography
… This was a traditional area of Ngāti Te Ata. Sited on the Awaroa portage – between the Manukau Harbour and Waikato River – Waiuku was a stopping point for Waikato … at Mauku and Pukekohe East in September and October 1863. The success of pioneering Chinese and Indian growers …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… name comes from a 17th-century love story. Te Ngaere, a Waikato chief, and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, … by troops after the battle of Rangiriri in November 1863, and was settled by Pākehā in 1864. Renamed Queenstown … many soldiers were trained there during the Second World War. In 1993 the land was returned to Waikato-Tainui, who …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… was the second son of Elizabeth Nesham and her husband, Edward Chaddock Gorst (later Lowndes). He was educated at … then came to Auckland, and in October 1860 went to live in Waikato, where their first son, also named John Eldon, was … and lived at Morgan's mission station until 18 April 1863, when he and his family were driven out by supporters …
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… took place between 1845 and 1872 in Northland, Taranaki and Waikato were often triggered by issues related to land … the conflicts, a number of military maps were created. When war broke out in the north in 1845, the surveyor-general, … charted waterways. Charles Heaphy, on board the Pioneer in 1863, drew a chart of the Waikato River from Whangamarino to …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… second son of Robert Browne and his wife, Sarah Dorothea Steward. The family, of Anglo-Irish origin, had settled near … request to counter the emerging King movement in the Waikato district. After a visit to Waikato in April 1857, … derided the 'new facts' advanced by Governor George Grey in 1863. In the war which arose directly from the purchase, …
Type: Biography
… the Treaty of Waitangi in April 1840 at Tauranga. In the wars of 1863 and 1864 Ngātai supported the King movement. In August 1863, at the start of the Waikato war, he led a group of Ngāi Te Rangi and Pirirākau …
Type: Biography
… the son of John Brown, a soldier, and his wife, Margaret Stewart. Both his father and an uncle were naturalists of … home in 1862 and retired from the army. On 26 March 1863 Broun married Ann (Anne) Shepherd at Edinburgh; she was … offered a commission as captain in the 1st Regiment of the Waikato Militia. He served in South Auckland, Waikato and …
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… for tribes. In the 1840s and 1850s mills were built through Waikato, Taranaki, Whanganui, Rotorua and Wairarapa. In … to shipwrecks, the expense of repair and losses during the wars of the 1860s, few survived by the mid-1860s. Market … soils were exhausted. Trade came to a halt for many iwi in 1863 and 1864 due to the New Zealand wars, fought between …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… As a young man in the 1820s he participated in several war expeditions in the Taranaki and Waikato districts. In 1825, in support of Ngāti Korokī kin, … over Waitara. War broke out again in Taranaki in May 1863. In spite of the efforts of Tāmihana to keep the peace, …
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… Kahu climbed) by Tainui ancestress Kahupeka, who explored Waikato after the death of her husband. The mountain’s shape … with a 2013 population of 1,974. Before the Waikato war, Kihikihi was a Ngāti Maniapoto settlement. Kīngitanga … lands confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, it was a natural barrier between Pākehā settlers to …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Manga, later called Rewi Maniapoto, was born in Waikato early in the nineteenth century. According to his … In 1831 Te Ngohi was a member of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 's war party which captured Pukerangiora in Taranaki from Te … point of view among Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato. In March 1863, in response to what appeared to be provocative and …
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… James Wallis, Buddle accompanied local Māori to the great Waikato feast at Remuera. Buddle's organisational ability … He was president of the ninth conference, held at Hobart in 1863. He served on a series of circuits – Manukau (1854–60), … large tracts of uncultivated land retarded their progress towards civilisation, fostered covetousness and indolence, and …
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… tribes supported the movement, but it became centred on the Waikato region and people. The desire to retain land was a … i te Pō (2024–) Tāwhiao’s reign coincided with the Waikato war of 1863–64, after which he led his people into exile in the …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… bakery and confectionery shop in Queen Street, Onehunga. In 1863 Samuel Furley was first recorded as the licensee for … schemes. In May 1863, shortly before the outbreak of war in Waikato, it was believed that an invasion of Auckland …
Type: Biography