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See the key events between 1850 and 1899 relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.

Like his father, King Tawhiao opposed the war in Taranaki. The government, however, remained unconvinced. In July 1860 Governor Gore Browne sought to isolate the Kingitanga and its supporters when he invited about 200 chiefs to a conference at Kohimarama near Auckland.
The invasion of the Waikato united the various factions within the Kingitanga, and during the war Kingitanga forces had some victories despite being overwhelmed in terms of manpower and resources.
The Pai Marire religion divided Maori. Some supported it, but others mistrusted its political intent. Events on the Whanganui River in 1864 showed the conflict about the faith among Maori.
The Waikato-Tainui people and the Crown signed a Deed of Settlement in 1995. It included a formal apology for Crown actions in the wars of the 1860s that had brought devastation to the iwi.
Rangiriri Historic Cemetery contains the graves of imperial soldiers; most of them are unnamed, but they are commemorated by central monuments. It also has an unmarked communal grave of Maori who were slain.
Gunfighter pa with potato plantations, about 1845
St. Paul's church at Rangiaowhia was built for Ngati Apakura before the Waikato War. It was a refuge for local people when fighting took place nearby on 21 February 1864.
New Plymouth was an armed camp in 1860
The Alexandra Redoubt was one of a chain of forts built between Auckland and the Waikato river in the early 1860s
Pai Marire supporters believed that rituals would protect them against bullets. The painter, Herbert Meade, is one of the seated, bound figures.
Titokowaru's Tauranga-ika was a masterpiece of modern pa construction
Missionary Carl Völkner, 1858
Te Whiti was a Taranaki leader and prophet. A resistance movement based at Parihaka was led by him and Tohu Kakahi. Te Whiti was arrested following the infamous raid on Parihaka by Armed Constabulary in 1881.
Warrior in the New Zealand Wars and founder of the Ringatu church
Biography of this Ngati Kahungunu chief
Biography of a famous Ngati Maniapoto warrior, leader and supporter of the King Movement
Map showing major conflict areas during the New Zealand Wars
'Savage Dance, Pai Marire - Volkner's Death Mar. 21st 1865'. This appeared in the Illustrated London News in July 1865.
Kereopa Te Rau, 1871
Parihaka was New Zealand's largest Maori community by 1881. Its prophets attracted followers from around the country