New Zealand Land Wars

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the M¿ori Wars, were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. The wars were fought over a number of issues, the most prominent concerning M¿ori land being sold to the settler (white) population. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, guaranteed that individual M¿ori iwi (tribes) should have undisturbed possession of their lands, forests, fisheries and other taonga (treasures) in return for becoming British subjects. The majority of M¿ori were keen to sign to consolidate the peace that had reigned for 5 years since the end of the long inter-tribal musket wars. All pre treaty colonial land-sale deals had been completed directly between the 2 parties, with M¿ori benefiting from a source of European knowledge and missionaries receiving land for houses, schools, churches and farms.

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