Significant1863
Battle of Rangiriri
Rangiriri · Waikato · New Zealand
Estimated casualties
80 – 100estimated dead
HEADLINE88 — the single figure used on the map
About 41 Māori killed (including six chiefs); British dead numbered 37 (two officers and 35 men), with ten of 93 wounded later dying. 183 Māori were taken prisoner. Combined deaths roughly 80–90.
SOURCENZ History / Te Ara battle tallies
Fought on 20 November 1863 during the Invasion of the Waikato, this assault on a Māori King Movement fortified line cost both sides more men than any other single engagement of the New Zealand Wars to that point. British troops took the position after Māori within surrendered, yielding 183 prisoners.
Belligerents2
- Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement)
- British Empire and colonial forces
Conflict graph
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Rangiriri
- NZ History (Manatū Taonga): Rangiriri
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Battle of Rangiriri (1863). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-rangiriri · Sources & methodology