Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War

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The invasion of Parihaka, in , was certainly one of these. There was an incident in the s that became known as the Dog Tax War.

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Another was the arrest of Rua Kenana in It is even possible that events at Bastion Point, in the s, should be considered as part of the same scenario. However neither population was stable. Meanwhile, immigrant ships were arriving from Britain on an almost weekly basis. There were other inequalities. The imperial troops were supplied and paid for by Britain and not by the fledging colony. As such, they were limited to periods of only two or three months of campaigning each year before they had to return to their home base. They developed a system of rotating shifts for the longer conflicts, but were never able to deploy their entire force.

The Invasion of the Waikato was, by far, the largest conflict. The colonial side mustered some 18, men, with a peak deployment of possibly 14, None of the wars were simple two-sided conflicts. To some degree there were four sides to each war.

Indeed, the only really serious engagement of the war, the Battle of Waimate Pa, where the two forces met and fought with determination, did not involve the British at all. They too can be divided into two groups. One was the British imperial forces — the combined forces of the British Empire, including Australians going overseas to war for the first time. The other consisted of the various militia formed from the settlers, answerable to the New Zealand government, not to London. These units eventually evolved into the New Zealand Army. The first war was fought by imperial forces, probably assisted informally by a few settlers.

The Taranaki War involved organized units of settler militia. The British government was increasingly reluctant to become involved in New Zealand wars.

To get its support for the invasion of the Waikato, Governor George Grey had to present a false picture of the seriousness of the situation to the Colonial Office in London. Perhaps the most well-known was Kimball Bent, who acted as Titokowaru's armorer and later became a noted tohunga priest. There was also a significant anti-war movement among the British settlers. Led by the Anglican Church Missionary Society and a number of prominent humanitarians, this group opposed government aggression and the confiscation of land.

Most active during the First Taranaki War, the group divided over the government's invasion of the Waikato and response to the Kingitanga. Selwyn, in particular, suffered from his association with the invasion and had to leave the country in disgrace. The British Army were professional soldiers who had experienced fighting in various parts of the Empire, many from India and Afghanistan , although front line units were never sent in contrast to, say, South Africa or other parts of the Empire. They were led by officers who were themselves trained by men who fought at Waterloo.

Both sides found their opponent's way of waging war totally incomprehensible. The British set out to fight a European-style war, one that had worked for them almost everywhere else in the world. When they find an enemy strong point or town, they attack it. Suggest you take a trip there. One person found this helpful. As a 3rd generation Kiwi from Yorkshire stock, this book really gave me a sense of the 's. The relationship between the early settlers and Maori is explained in a sensible way that differs from some of the revisionist history fed to us.

Many Maori fought with the settlers against those Maori who wanted to murder and rid NZ of the colonialists. Always interesting, reads like a thriller! This book is written in a more flowery manner than we see today People address each other in a more formal and genteel manner.

That said it is filled with adventure and interesting historical events in times past on the seas and in the land of the long white cloud. This had a good story but so much of it was about the conflict, war, and such that it probably would be of more interest to male readers. I enjoyed the characters and the main plot other than that, however. I had no idea what the Maori people were like and since we are going to New Zealand in October I wanted to learn some of the history.

This was an interesting and well written story of early New Zealand. It was quite old-fashioned, but still moved along nicely. See all 24 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.

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