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How did the East Cape war start?
The east coast hostilities came at the close of the Waikato wars and before the outbreak of Te Kooti’s War, both fought nearby, but sprang from causes more closely related to the Second Taranaki War—namely, Māori resentment of punitive government land confiscation coupled with the rise of the so-called Hauhau movement.
What war was New Zealand in?
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| Conflict | Opposing Combatant |
|---|---|
| Vietnam War (1965–1973) | North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao China Soviet Union North Korea |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | Iraq |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda IMU HI-Gulbuddin HI-Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba JeM ETIM TTP IEW TNSM IJU |
How many land wars were there in New Zealand?
This Land Wars Timeline is divided up into each of the New Zealand Wars campaign periods, of which there were, generally speaking, eight.
Who was involved in Te Kooti’s war?
| Te Kooti’s War | |
|---|---|
| Date July 1868 – May 1872 Location East Coast, central North Island, New Zealand | |
| Belligerents | |
| Colony of New Zealand Ngāti Porou Māori Ngāti Kahungunu Māori | Māori Ringatū adherents Māori Pai Mārire adherents Ngāi Tūhoe Māori Ngati Hineuru Māori Rongowhakaata Māori |
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How many people died in the East Cape war?
Long-term impact. 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.
Where was the East Coast war?
North Island of New Zealand
The East Cape War, sometimes also called the East Coast War, refers to a series of conflicts that were fought in the North Island of New Zealand from about 13 April 1865 to June 1868.
How many Māori died in NZ wars?
What started the Northern War NZ?
The Northern War was the first serious challenge to the Crown in the years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The war began with the sacking of Kororāreka (Russell), then New Zealand’s fifth largest town. Fighting followed at Puketutu in May.
Where did the East Cape War take place?
East Cape War. The East Cape War, sometimes also called the East Coast War, was a series of conflicts fought in the North Island of New Zealand from April 1865 to October 1866 between colonial and Māori military forces.
When did the British come to the Cape?
British troops, occupying the Cape during the Napoleonic Wars, appeared on the eastern frontier in 1811, in the fourth war, and drove the Xhosa from the Zuurveld. Settler expansion to the Cape’s eastern frontier was blocked by the 1770s when trekboers came up against numerous Xhosa farmers in the area…
When did the Cape Frontier Wars start and end?
Cape Frontier Wars. Written By: Cape Frontier Wars, (1779–1879), 100 years of intermittent warfare between the Cape colonists and the Xhosa agricultural and pastoral peoples of the Eastern Cape, in South Africa.
When did the New Zealand Wars start and end?
The New Zealand Wars were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872 between the Colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other.