New Zealand's 19th-century wars' timeline

Timeline

About 1807: First use of muskets in battle in New Zealand, by Nga Puhi

1809: Crew of Boyd killed by Ngati Uru at Whangaroa

1818–25: Nga Puhi raids across North Island

1821–6: Ngati Toa and other iwi migrate from Waikato to Wellington area

1829–37: Ngati Toa and allies fight Ngai Tahu in South Island

1835: Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama invade Chatham Islands

1840: Treaty of Waitangi; first large-scale British settlement

1843: Twenty-six die (mostly Pakeha) as land dispute between Ngati Toa and Nelson settlers turns violent

1845–6: Inconclusive Northern War between some Nga Puhi and government

1846: Fighting near Wellington as Ngati Toa resist expansion of settlement

1847: Fighting around Wanganui as up-river tribes attack settlement

1858: Coronation of Maori King symbolises opposition to further land sales

1860–1: First Taranaki War ends in stalemate between government and local iwi

1863–4: Waikato War – Kingites expelled from lower/mid-Waikato and Tauranga

1863: Suppression of Rebellion Act enables confiscation of land of 'rebel' Maori

1864–8: Many small conflicts, most between Pai Marire followers and other Maori

1865, 1866: Campaigns in south Taranaki by imperial troops achieve little

1868–9: Titokowaru's War threatens settler control of Wanganui area

1868–72: Te Kooti raids central North Island and is, in turn, pursued by kupapa

1881: Maori autonomy in south Taranaki ends with occupation of Parihaka

1884: Survey of King Country; Pakeha no longer excluded

1890s: Urewera Maori resist land surveys

1898: Hokianga Maori assert rights in Dog Tax Rebellion

1916: Arrest of Rua Kenana at Maungapohatu ends Maori autonomy in Urewera