Maori objection - conscientious objection in the First World War
Resistance to conscription - Maori and the First World War
For whose 'King and Country'?
In his recruitment waiata, 'Te ope tuatahi', Ngata made it clear that the replacement recruits that he and his colleagues had raised had come from Te Arawa and the East Coast tribes of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu. These were all tribes noted for their loyalty to the Crown. Their tribal elders were influenced by ideals of patriotic service and the obligations of citizenship inherent in their ancestors' signed commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi. Naming them was an expression of honour and also an implied criticism of those not mentioned.
The Waikato-Tainui claim - the Treaty in practice
Legacy of war: settling the Waikato-Tainui claim
Hone Heke felling British flagstaff at Kororāreka
Robert FitzRoy, c 1860
Maori King Tawhio's residence, Whatiwhatihoe
Tawhiao's residence at Whatiwhatihoe, under Mt Pirongia.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: C.010004
Permission of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Eva Rickard
biography of protestor Eva Rickard
Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Herangi (Princess Te Puea)
Biography of Te Puea Herangi, grand-daughter of the second Maori King. Te Puea was a prominent advocate for Tainui in the first half of the twentieth century.
Potatau Te Wherowhero
In the 1850s, a movement was set up to appoint a Maori king who would
unite the tribes, protect land from further sales and make laws for
Maori to follow. Te Wherowhero became King in 1858.
Tukaroto Potatau Matutaera Tawhiao (King Tawhiao)
Tawhiao's father Potatau was the first Maori King, and on his death in 1860
Tawhiao inherited the kingship and the spiritual leadership of his
people. He was king for the next 34 years, including the
most turbulent period in New Zealand's race relations history.
