The Invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Island...

Island, with the biggest single campaign being the invasion of the Waikato in 1863–1864, before hostilities concluded with the pursuits of Riwha Tītokowaru...

defined the northern Kingite border. This work had commenced during the early stages of preparing for the proposed invasion of Waikato. After the cessation...

Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato. There are other Tainui iwi whose tribal areas lay outside the traditional Tainui boundaries – Ngāi Tai in the Auckland area, Ngāti...

After the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863, the port of Waiuku suffered due to the lack of Māori produce being transported. By the end of the 19th century...

Waikato (/ˈwaɪkɑːtɔː/) is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South...

immediate family, was captured by the Crown and imprisoned at Ōtāhuhu, and later Rākino Island, during the invasion of the Waikato in 1863. Takaanini later died...

Tāwhiao was baptised into the Pai Mārire faith, taking his regnal name, before leading the response to the invasion of the Waikato. Defying Governor George...

re-establish their links to the river after the New Zealand Wars (see Invasion of the Waikato) and the subsequent confiscations of the 1860s, and are continuing...

during the New Zealand government Invasion of Waikato during the New Zealand Wars. Rewi, or Manga as he was known to his kin, was the child of Paraheke...

significantly during the construction of the Great South Road, and was a military outpost during the Invasion of the Waikato. During the latter 19th century...

George Grey ordered the construction of the Great South Road further into the Waikato, due to fears of potential invasion of Waikato Tainui. On 9 July 1863...

allies, Grey began an aggressive crackdown on Tainui and launched the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863, with 14,000 Imperial and colonial troops attacking 4...

the site of a major Māori defence structure during the time of the Invasion of the Waikato, the major campaign of the New Zealand Wars. The Battle of...

Rivers. The Hakarimata Range is separated from the Taupiri Range by the Taupiri Gorge, through which the Waikato River flows. After the invasion of the Waikato...

series of actions as the invasion force moved south along the path of the Waikato River and then the Waipā, Cameron's forces was aiming for the valuable...

strong links to Tainui, leaving for the south, before the Government instigated the Invasion of the Waikato. On the North Shore, a curfew was placed on...

the Waikato region, about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Te Awamutu. From 1841 it was the site of a very productive Māori mission station until the Invasion of...

viewed by the colonial government as a challenge to the supremacy of the British monarchy, leading in turn to the 1863 invasion of Waikato, which was...

2021. The 'fertile and most beautiful fields' [...] and the river itself [...] provided the incentive and the means for an invasion of the Waikato. Auckland...

leading to the invasion of the Waikato. In its 1996 report to the Government on Taranaki land claims, the Waitangi Tribunal observed that the war was begun...

area subjected to the 1860s Invasion of the Waikato Waikato River, longest river in New Zealand Waikato (iwi), a Māori tribe Waikato (rangatira) (c. 1790...

thrived in the 1840s and 1850s after the establishment of a Wesleyan Mission and extensive wheat farms, until the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863. Māngere...

deployment. In late 1863, the New Zealand government requested troops to assist in the invasion of the Waikato province against the Māori. Promised settlement...

British supply routes during the Invasion of the Waikato. Erected in July 1863, it was garrisoned until October the following year at which time it was...

large parts of the West Coast. He later moved north to Auckland to take up employment as a surveyor. During the invasion of the Waikato, his militia unit...

1857 and from 1861 to 1864. During the invasion of the Waikato in 1863 he was a senior captain of the Auckland Naval Volunteers. William C Daldy, a historical...

returned to Auckland. During the invasion, the British also launched a campaign in Tauranga to disrupt the flow of arms to Waikato. To resist further British...

Zealand flag prior to 1965. During the Invasion of the Waikato (July 1863 – April 1864) period of the New Zealand Wars the British forces realised they needed...

culminating in the Invasion of the Waikato in the mid-1860s, during which colonial forces were used with great effect. From the 1870s, the numbers of Imperial...