Significant1860 – 1861 · 1 year

First Taranaki War

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Taranaki · Waitara · New Plymouth · New Zealand

Estimated casualties

200 – 250estimated dead

Roughly 200 killed in total; precise Māori losses uncertain.

SOURCETe Ara / standard NZ Wars accounts

An armed conflict over disputed land sales at Waitara in the Taranaki district fought between Māori and the colonial government from March 1860 to March 1861. It marked a major escalation of the New Zealand Wars and ended in an inconclusive truce.

Belligerents2

Te Āti Awa and allied Māori
British Empire and colonial forces

Conflict graph

PART OFNew Zealand Land Wars

Sources

Wikipedia: First Taranaki War
Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: New Zealand Wars
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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