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	New Zealand land wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The outcome of this war was the major confiscation of Māori land, which quickly provoked the Second Taranaki War.
		In the Flagstaff War the Māori allies were wholly independent of British command: was at war with Hone Heke.
		What became known as the Second Taranaki War was basically the reaction of the Māori to the wholesale confiscation of their land by the colonial government who originally used imperial troops for this, but the commander, General Duncan Cameron, resigned in protest.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Maori_Wars (2850 words)

	Talk:New Zealand land wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There was an undoubted enthusiasm for war and battle within the culture, a glorification of combat which was not unique to maori and which the British of the time also shared.
		The First Maori War I have redirected to stand as an article in its own right as perhaps should the accounts of the other NZ wars if and when their articles appear appear.
		In the latter wars the majority of the fighting was done by Maori fighting on behalf of themselves and the NZ Government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:New_Zealand_land_wars (1330 words)

	MSN Encarta - Maori
		The Maori held many beliefs in common with other Polynesians, including concepts such as tapu (taboo), mana (prestige or honor of a social group or individual), mauri (life force), utu (revenge), and makutu (sorcery).
		The Maori population declined rapidly as a result of the wars and European diseases, such as influenza, measles, and whooping cough, to which they had little resistance.
		Maori claims to lands unjustly taken from them in the 19th century are still being debated.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761561028 (1441 words)

	Maori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Maori Wars were precipitated by the increasing demand for land by European immigrants in New Zealand.
		Maori life was disrupted and their numbers declined steadily from about 100,000 near the beginning of the century to 40,000 in 1901.
		Maoris are specially represented in the New Zealand parliament by four members for separate Maori electoral districts.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0004665.html (569 words)

	New Zealand Maori Wars Sunflower lodge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Relations between Maori and pakeha began to deteriorate immediately, as the capital was moved from Kororareka to Auckland and duties were imposed in the Bay of Islands.
		Maori and pakeha aspirations seemed completely at odds and there was a growing sense of betrayal, which helped to replace tribal animosities with a tenuous unity.
		Maori were divided: most of the supporters of the King movement, particularly the Waikatos, traced their whakapapa (genealogy) back to the Tainui canoe and some others chose this opportunity to settle old grievances by siding with the government against their traditional enemies.
	www.sunflowerlodge.co.nz /travellers_info7.htm (1382 words)

	EJANZH: Articles: Veracini: Revising Revisionist History
		These critiques have focused especially on his notion that the Maori war effort of the 1860s had been the first example of an effective military response to the tactical necessities brought about by modern warfare.
		Maori had the capacity to prepare defenses exhibiting a higher profile, although this was somewhat limited by resource and time constraints: one very plausible explanation would be that they decided to eschew this approach because of the need to minimise the effects of British artillery.
		But this only proves that given the specific circumstances of Maori technological development and the necessities brought about by modern warfare it was possible to autonomously develop this type of response (and that the modern pa was probably within the conceptual technological capabilities of Maori military planners).
	www.jcu.edu.au /aff/history/articles/veracini.html (3562 words)

	Maori Wars biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Maori Wars, now more commonly being referred to as The Land Wars and also as the New Zealand Wars, refers to a series of conflicts that happened in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872.
		The first skirmish of the Land Wars was the 1843 Wairau Massacre at the north end of the South Island.
		Waka Nene was at war with Hone Heke.
	maori-wars.biography.ms (2762 words)

	The New Zealand Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Maori resisted the surveyors, and a hut was burned to the ground.
		According to James Belich, at this time, Maori always 'backed themselves against any armed posse of settlers.' However, the British Army was another matter, presenting Maori with a complex raft of new challenges; and this came soon enough, in the far north, in 1845, with the outbreak of the Northern War.
		Maori must not be permitted to ursurp the authority of the Crown, he said.
	newzealandwars.co.nz /campaigns.html (1979 words)

	Maori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Maori cultureMāori culture and language is taught in most New Zealand schools, and pre-school kohanga reo or language nests teach tamariki or young children exclusively in Māori.
		Maori TelevisionMāori Television, a government-funded TV station committed to broadcasting primarily in Maori languagete reo, began broadcasting on March 28, 2004.
		Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia is prompting fury within her own caucus and the party's membership over her continued talks with National.
	www.infothis.com /find/Maori (1709 words)

	War and peace by Philip Steer \| New Zealand Listener
		Maori are central to the mystique his protagonist ascribes to New Zealand: "The valour of the Maori people, their chivalry, their eloquence, their dignity, their delight in war and skill in fortification, impressed him deeply.
		Although Maori in these novels are not depicted on the brink of extinction, they instead conform to stereotypes of savage leaders and child-like followers that seem to endorse their assimilation.
		Maori and Pakeha were most clearly contrasted, however, in depicting their attitudes to the land, an issue that was consistently used to explore the nature of the Pakeha presence.
	www.listener.co.nz /printable,2127.sm (1531 words)

	Australians fighting New Zealanders. The Maori Wars
		But the Maori warriors were fierce and skilful warriors who were fighting on their own land.
		The Maoris themselves, however, were still a long way from being defeated and continued white encroachment on their lands made a second conflict inevitable.
		The war was brought to an end in 1862 when Sir George Grey was recalled to calm the situation.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/other/maori_wars.htm (2039 words)

	The northern maori wars
		By the early 1840’s tensions between native Maori and the ever increasing number of white ‘invaders’ to the northern part of New Zealand were reaching boiling point.
		The Maori were far from happy to see their lands being taken over and their dominion being replaced by the British flag.
		Maori losses were believed to be more than double the 52 British killed and wounded.
	ks.essortment.com /maorihonehkek_rnkd.htm (933 words)

	Ritual Weapons -- The Maori 17c.-1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At that time the Maori's sophisticated art of war was built around a core of standard weapons: In addition to spears, a unique set of hand clubs and a large fighting staff were used for hand-to-hand combat.
		From 1818 to 1833, Maori tribes with firearms waged wars against each other in what came to be known as the Musket Wars.
		The first or Flagstaff War (1845-1847) was a more conventional conflict with British armies engaging Maori in the field or besieging pa. Later wars saw the Maori adopt guerilla tactics, but by 1866 major organized resistance had ended and all Maori land and administration was incorporated into the British colonial system.
	weaponspage.homestead.com /maori.html (411 words)

	The Treaty as the Basis of Protest
		As the Maori have seen their lifestyle threatened by an ever encroaching Pakeha culture and watched as their socio-economic status has slid into despair, they have also witnessed an apathy on the part of the state to honor the Treaty which pledges to uphold their proud legacy.
		So, on the one hand, the Maori are striving to ameliorate their situation within the greater New Zealand society, and on the other hand, they are distancing themselves from all that which carries the taint of Pakeha creation.
		For the Maori, as for all indigenous groups, land is the foundation from which their societies are built and their identities created, and to be alienated from ancient tribal lands as most Maori are is in clear defiance of every article in the Treaty.
	www.postcolonialweb.org /nz/maorijlg8.html (865 words)

	The soc.culture.new-zealand faq : THE PEOPLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Maori is now an official language of NZ, although outside the Maori community it is rare to hear it spoken except on ceremonial occasions.
		Maori culture was transmitted orally, through the telling of stories, song (waiata) and the reciting of whakapapa (genealogies).
		Therefore Pakeha [Maori term for European settlers and their descendants] expropriation of the same land on the basis of their superior civilisation was in accordance with the principle of the survival of the fittest.
	www.enzed.com /faq/b2.html (3476 words)

	G21 ASIA - "Whither the Maori?"
		Associate Minister Turia was very specific in her remarks, citing the example of Maori in Taranaki (situated on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island) to support her use of the holocaust label.
		Interestingly, this is where the land wars of the 1860's began and a little historical detour at this point is necessary to illuminate the nature of New Zealand's post-colonial plight.
		After the war there was an outburst of anti-Maori feeling that influenced generations to come, even though the Royal Commission appointed in 1927 to investigate the confiscations found that Maori were not to blame for either of the two wars.
	www.g21.net /asia27.htm (1240 words)

	Rules for the New Zealand Colonial Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Maori defending fortifications including bomb shelters are impervious to artillery fire.
		The number of men involved in the NZ Wars was much smaller than those suggested by the DBA figure scale.
		The usual Maori objective was to inflict financial, political, and military losses on the Europeans, while conserving their own resources; they were not trying to drive the Europeans out.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/nz/rules_dba.htm (868 words)

	Maori Battlesites
		Meremere was a large Maori pa overlooking the Waikato River which General Cameron and his flotilla had to pass on the way to the Maori King's capitol at Ngaruawahia.
		During the Waikato War it housed 1000-2000 Kingite warriors, with three antique cannon firing cannisters of nails, lengths of chain or anything else that was handy.
		The Maori King Tawhiao knew the British force would have to pass through a bottlneck on their line of march between the Waikato River and Lake Waikare, and set up a defensive line of earthworks between them at Rangiriri garrisoned by 400-500 Maori with himself and Wiremu Tameha in personal command.
	home.earthlink.net /~cyberkiwi/soldiers/battles2.html (1305 words)

	The Rules With No Name: A Maori Wars Quartet 1
		This build up was severely hampered by a well directed war behind the lines, conducted from hidden Maori positions in the bush to the south of the British.
		The local Maori have a small, and not very formidable pa in one corner of the table overlooking the river.
		This proved to be a ruse, and they were met with a well timed volley from the raiders, losing most of their leaders and fleeing back towards the redoubt.
	www.mts.net /~gisby/cameron.htm (657 words)

	Maori Battlesites
		The first is is an extremely large and awe-inspiring set of Maori earthworks built in the 17th century by the Ngati Tupea, and restored in the 1930s.
		Maori facial and body tattooing is a long and painful operation, after which the tattooed is incapacitated for a few days.
		When the war with Titokowaru broke out, the redoubt was reoccupied by the NZ Militia and Armed Constabulary.
	home.earthlink.net /~cyberkiwi/soldiers/battles.html (1011 words)

	Ritual Weapons -- The Maori 17c.-1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By the 17th century the Maori had developed several distinctive flat handclubs used for close-range fighting.
		From this were developed two flamboyant forms, and all three were retained throughout the entire period of the Maori Wars and were even photographed being carried in symbolic capacity by Maori chiefs wearing English dress after the Wars.
		Maori artifacts in the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, which the author visited in June 2004.
	weaponspage.homestead.com /patu.html (232 words)

	Battle of Gate Pa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These wars were fought between the native Maori and the British Government which at that time administered New Zealand as a colony.
		Also there were rumours that 1400-1500 Maori from the far eastern side of the North Island were going to pass through the Tauranga area to join the Waikato Maori.
		General Cameron had fought in the Crimean War (1854-56) against Russia and had led the 40th Regiment at the Battle of the Alma and the Highland Brigade at Balaclava and the siege of Sebastopol.
	www.lightinfantry.me.uk /dligatepa.htm (3480 words)

	Aotearoa - New Zealand
		According to Maori oral history, Aotearoa, or Land of the Long White Cloud, was discovered in the year 950 AD by the famous navigator Kupe.
		Because his confrontation with the Maori wasn't very successful, New Zealand was left to be claimed for the British Crown in 1769 by Captain James Cook.
		In an effort to solve this problem the different Maori chiefs ceded their sovereignty to the Queen of England under the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 in exchange for the Queen's protection.
	www.xs4all.nl /~widr/nz/nz_body.htm (999 words)

	New Zealander's Stole their Land!! - TheologyWeb Campus
		Just on the question of 'civil wars', some historians have recently suggested that the New Zealand Wars were in fact civil wars fought between Maori, with settlers and the Crown almost relegated to the role of mere bystanders.
		Unlike the US Civil War, though, the Maori were never given credit for their use of trench warfare, and British losses were ascribed to incompetent generals with no mention made of the tactics or ingenuity of the Maori.
		Most of the Maori wars were fought in the North Island, and resulted in considerable land losses when the British finally won.
	www.theologyweb.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1691 (1759 words)

	Untitled
		The Victorian’s called them the Maori wars, but later they were known as the Land Wars or New Zealand wars.
		Fought between the Maori and the British, who saw New Zealand as their colony, they continued for many years, and meant there was a steady stream of soldiers into the country.
		The best-known battle was fought on 29 April 1864, the Battle of Gate Pa. It was a decisive victory for the Maori, and is also known as a tale of kindness shown to enemies.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/4961/70465 (1030 words)

	New Zealand Maori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Maori are the native inhabitants of New Zealand and are of Polynesian origin numbering over 500,000 today.
		Evidence suggests that the Maori originally immigrated to New Zealand probably around 1200 AD from the Cook Islands, Society Islands, and Marquesas Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
		After the New Zealand Wars, some Maori lands were confiscated illegally and during this time the Maori population declined rapidly as a result of the wars and European diseases.
	www.virtualoceania.net /newzealand/photos/maori (260 words)

	Peter Wood on Maori & LEGO on National Review Online
		The Maori had never been peaceful folk and some of them caught on quickly to the possible opportunities latent in European technology.
		But LEGO's venture really is playful, and so is the shrewd Maori effort to turn Bionicle into a propaganda victory for the "rights of indigenous peoples." The Danish toymakers and the Maori activists are about equal in their clever reshuffling of the past to create fictions for the present.
		What the Maori really aimed for, they achieved: publicity for their 1993 Mataatua Declaration claiming broad legal protection for "the intellectual and cultural property rights of indigenous peoples." The Mataatua Declaration is rattling around the U.N. and other international bodies and bodes much mischief to come.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-wood112101.shtml (1192 words)

	The Rules With No Name: A Maori Wars Quartet 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Maoris included representatives of Tuhoe (the Children of the Mist) who had recently arrived in the theatre and were not keen to retreat without trying their arms against the British.
		Although the Maoris beat off 5 attacks their losses were mounting and supplies dwindling.
		The Maori then reached a clump of manuka bush, where they split into small parties and sought to make their escape through a mostly dried out raupo swamp.
	www.icenter.net /~gisby/orakau.htm (750 words)

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