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Eight killed in attack on Boulcott Farm
Disagreements over the purchase of land by the New Zealand Company led to a series of skirmishes between local Māori and government forces in the Wellington area in 1845-6.The prominent Ngāti Toa chief...
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Nixon memorial, Ōtāhuhu
The Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu, 13 km south-east of the central city, straddles the narrow strip of land between the head of Manukau Harbour and the estuary of the Tāmaki River. Ōtāhuhu was established...
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George Whitmore
Born in Malta in 1829 and educated in Scotland, George Stoddard Whitmore followed his family’s long tradition of military service when he was commissioned ensign, at age 18, in a South African colonial...
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Moturoa NZ Wars memorial
This memorial to the battle of Moturoa stands a short distance south of the pā site. It was unveiled on 7 November 1993, the 125th anniversary of the battle.The memorial records the names of 22...
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War in Wellington map
This map shows the location of key sites from the 1846 War in Wellington, one of the opening campaigns of the New Zealand Wars.
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Maraenuku pā
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 : Makaenuku Pa; natives preparing to leave the Hutt. (1845)Maraenuku pā was in the vicinity of the electricity substation on Connolly Street, Lower Hutt. No trace of it...
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Taupō pā, Plimmerton
Te Rauparaha's Taupō pā as painted by George Angas in 1844. The pā was behind the beach between where the present-day Plimmerton fire station and the pavilion are located.As Governor George Grey...
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Paremata barracks
Historic Fort Paremata, 1846, drawn in 1951 by Arthur Messenger.The remains of the barracks today.Near the Mana Cruising Club in Ngatitoa Domain are the remains of the Paremata barracks, a turreted...
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Rewi's last stand?
The last battle of the Waikato War began when the spearhead of a 1200-strong British force charged an apparently weak Māori position at Ōrākau, south-east of Te Awamutu. The defenders held their fire...
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Keepa Te Rangihiwinui memorial
The memorial to Taitoko Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) stands in Moutoa Gardens (Pākaitore), Whanganui. Nearby are the Moutoa monument and the Whanganui Māori war memorial.Te Keepa was a rangatira...
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Albert Barracks Wall
Albert Barracks Wall (1846)War scare relicGovernor William Hobson may have moved the capital from the Bay of Islands in 1841, but his successors still had to keep an eye on the troubled north. These 85...
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History of New Zealand, 1769-1914
Māori & Pākehā population, 1838-1901 In the period between the first European landings and the First World War, New Zealand was transformed from an exclusively Māori world into one in which Pākehā...
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Pukerangiora Pā Historic Reserve
Pukerangiora Pā Historic Reserve (1821-22)A palimpsest etched in bloodAlthough we think of the First World War as our most costly in terms of human life, the Germans and the Turks spilled less New...
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Puketakauere
Puketakauere (1860)Te Ātiawa tweaks BritanniaThe First Taranaki War began in March 1860, sparked by rivalry within Te Ātiawa and Governor Thomas Gore Browne’s unwise purchase of ‘the Waitara Block’...
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Rangiriri
Rangiriri (1863)Decisive battle of the New Zealand WarsThe Waikato War of 1863-64 was the most intensive of ‘Queen Victoria’s little wars’ in New Zealand. By now the government forces were better...
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Howick NZ Wars memorial
On 1 November 1930 a substantial wooden lychgate was dedicated at the Selwyn Road entrance to All Saints Anglican Church, Howick. This was built to serve as a memorial to men of the imperial and...
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Drury NZ Wars soldiers memorial
On 6 June 2012 a memorial headstone to nine soldiers who had died of ‘non-battlefield causes’ (accident or disease) between 1862 and 1864 was unveiled in the churchyard of St John’s Anglican Church,...
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Tītī Hill NZ wars memorial
On 23 October 1965 a concrete memorial cairn commemorating the battle of Tītīi Hill was unveiled alongside the Waiuku to Pukekohe road, near Mauku. The event was organised by members of the Franklin...
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Gustavus von Tempsky
A formal portrait of Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky wearing the uniform of the Armed Constabulary, circa 1868. Although he spent only six years in this country, Tempsky was one of the most colourful...
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Gustavus von Tempsky
Although he spent only six years in this country, Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky was one of 19th-century New Zealand’s most colourful characters. His independence of thought and action, his talent for...
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