musket wars

Musket Wars

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  Thousands of Māori died in the intertribal Musket Wars of the 1810s, 1820s and 1830s. Muskets changed the face of intertribal warfare, decimating some tribes and drastically altering the territorial boundaries of others.

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• Page 2 – Overview

  Between 1818 and the early 1830s an estimated 20,000 Māori were killed in what have been described as the Musket Wars. Thousands more were enslaved or became refugees.

• Page 3 – Beginnings

  The Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika is usually seen as responsible for beginning the Musket Wars.

• Page 4 – The arms race

  Diplomacy, arranged marriages, gifts, asset-stripping (taua muru) and escape were all used to avoid fighting. When these methods failed, the common response was to seek an

• Page 5 – Aftermath

  How the wars ended and the impact they had on iwi

• Page 6 – Further information

  This web feature was written by Steve Watters and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.LinksMusket wars (Te Ara)Ngāpuhi (Te Ara)Books and articlesAtholl Anderson, Judith

New Zealand's 19th-century wars

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  War changed the face of New Zealand in the 19th century. Many thousands of Māori died in the intertribal Musket Wars between the 1810s and the 1830s. There were more deaths during the New Zealand Wars of the 1840s to 1870s between some Māori and the Crown, which for many tribes had dire consequences.

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• Page 2 – Pre-1860 conflicts

  During the Musket Wars of the 1810s-1830s thousands of Māori fled from their traditional lands, opening large areas to potential Pākehā (European) settlement. In 1840,

• Page 3 – Taranaki and Waikato wars

  An overview of the conflict between Māori and European settlers in Taranaki and Waikato during the New Zealand Wars.

• Page 9 – Further information

  Recommended links and books relating to New Zealand's 19th-century wars

Missionaries

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  The Christian missionaries of the pre-1840s have been described as the 'agents of virtue in a world of vice', although they were not immune to moral blemish themselves.

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• Page 3 - Men of vice or virtue?Thomas Kendall established the first mission school, but he was later suspended after admitting an adulterous affair with a Maori