Story: Musket wars - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Overview. After Europeans brought muskets (long-barrelled, muzzle-loading guns) to New Zealand, these weapons were used in a series of battles between Māori tribes, mostly between 1818 and 1840. As many as 20,000 people may have died, directly or indirectly.
Musket Wars - Wikipedia
The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) among Māori between 1806 and 1845, [1] after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertribal arms race in order to gain territory or seek revenge for past defeats. [2]
Te Rauparaha - Wikipedia
Te Rauparaha (c.1768 – 27 November 1849) [1] [2] was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi. One of the most powerful military leaders of the Musket Wars, Te Rauparaha fought a war of conquest that greatly expanded Ngāti Toa southwards, receiving the epithet "the Napoleon of the South". He remains one of the most ...
The Musket Wars - New Zealand History
Muskets (ngutu pārera) changed the face of intertribal warfare, decimating some tribes and drastically altering the rohe (territorial boundaries) of others. By the 1830s campaigns had become too costly. With European diseases also taking a heavy toll, warfare gave way to economic rivalry.
Battle of Moremonui - Wikipedia
The battle of Moremonui (Māori: Te Haenga o te One, lit. 'The Marking of the Sand', or Te Kai-a-te-Karoro, lit. ' The Seagulls' Feast ' [2]) was fought between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi, two Māori iwi (tribes), in northern New Zealand in either 1807 or 1808.
Page 1. Musket wars overview - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New …
The musket wars were a series of Māori tribal battles involving muskets (long-barrelled muzzle-loaded guns, brought to New Zealand by Europeans). Most took place between 1818 and 1840, although one of the first such encounters was around 1807–8 at Moremonui, Northland, between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi .
Musket wars - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The musket wars were a series of Māori tribal battles involving muskets (long-barrelled muzzle-loaded guns, brought to New Zealand by Europeans). Most took place between 1818 and 1840, although one of the first such encounters was around 1807–8 at Moremonui, Northland, between Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi .
Musket Wars - New Zealand History
Unlike the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s, the Musket Wars were New Zealand-wide. They began because of rivalry between the northern iwi Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua, but all the tribes were soon trading to obtain muskets. Some of the heaviest fighting took place in the South Island between Ngāti Toa and Ngāi Tahu.
The Musket Wars 1818 - 1830s - DigitalNZ
Prior to the New Zealand Wars | Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa, the Musket Wars were a series of inter-tribal Māori conflicts dominated by utu and muskets. It occurred over three decades in the early 19th Century.
Season 2 Ep 8: The Musket Wars - RNZ
These days they are most commonly known as The Musket Wars. In this episode we discuss: The Battle of Mātakitaki. The story of Hongi Hika, and how the musket wars began, then spread around Aotearoa. How concepts of utu and mana influenced the wars. How Māori were able to make peace after conflicts.