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Did the British beat the Māori?
The colonial government summoned thousands of British troops to mount major campaigns to overpower the Kīngitanga (Māori King) movement and also acquire farming and residential land for British settlers….New Zealand Wars.
| Date | 1843–1872 |
|---|---|
| Location | New Zealand |
| Result | Loss of Māori land, retreat of Kingitanga to King Country |
How did the land wars affect Māori?
The wars impacted upon Māori in five important ways. 1 Māori Land Loss When the wars were over, or even before the fighting had ended, the government embarked upon its vigorous programme of Māori land acquisition. 2 Māori Population Decline Māori population numbers went into a steep decline from 1840.
How many Māori died in New Zealand Wars?
Figures are uncertain, but about 560 British and colonial troops, 250 kūpapa and 2,000 Māori fighting against the Crown may have died in the wars. Māori who had fought the Crown lost large areas of land – a total of about 1 million hectares initally, before some land was returned.
What was Māori nationalism and the New Zealand Wars?
The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. The wars were fought over a number of issues, most prominently Māori land being sold to the settler (white) population.
Why did Māori fight each other?
Story: Riri – traditional Māori warfare. Māori warfare traditionally involved hand-to-hand combat, with weapons designed to kill. Reasons for war could be practical, such as for land or resources, but could also be to increase mana or as revenge for insults.
Why did the Crown confiscate Māori land?
NZ Wars. The New Zealand Wars were ongoing between the 1840s and 1860s. They began in response to breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and land disputes. The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 allowed the Crown to confiscate the land of any iwi who were ‘engaged in rebellion’ against the government.
How did Māori lose their land?
The land was lost through a combination of private and Government purchases, outright confiscation, and Native Land Court practices that made it difficult for Māori to maintain their land under traditional ownership structures. There were some purchases of Māori land made before the Treaty was signed.
Why did the Māori fight the colonists in New Zealand?
The major cause of conflict between the colonists and the Maori came about because of the colonists’ settling and purchasing the Maori land. The treaty that was signed had ceded all sovereignty to the Crown; however, the treaty’s Maori and English texts differed in that regard, mostly due to error in translation.
What happened in the NZ wars?
Tens of thousands of Māori may have died in the intertribal Musket Wars fought between the 1810s and the 1830s. Between the 1840s and the 1870s British and colonial forces fought to open up the interior of the North Island for settlement in conflicts that became known collectively as the New Zealand Wars.