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Micah NZ wars

  • Treaty of waitangi singed

    The treaty of waitangi is singed (at the time the māori population is around 80,000, the pākehā population is around 2000.)
  • Pokai ORDERS flagpole be chopped

    Hone heke pokai orders the flagpole at kororāreka be cut down
  • Pokai CHOPS British flagpole

    Pokai Cutz down flagpole at kororāreka for a SECOND and THIRD time!
  • Double trouble throw-down

    Pokai and kawiti team up to annhialate British at kororāreka
  • The campaign is born with a vengeance

    The battle of Puketutu is fought (inconclusive)
  • Pokai surrenders…FOR NOW!!

    Pro-British Ngapuhi bring Pokai to his defeat in which he NEVER FORGOT
  • Māori gain their revenge

    Māori get revenge in bringing British and Pro-British to defeat
  • British triumph over māori

    The British win the battle of ruapekapeka, and the northern war ends.
  • The first election

    The first election for a NZ parliament in held
  • British population rises in NZ

    The Māori population is around 56,000, the Pākehā around 59,000
  • Teira sells the waitara block to government

  • Kīngi stops survey

    Wīremu kīngi prevents survey of the waitara block
  • … “and there’s yet another battle of”…

    The Battle of Te Kohia is fought (inconclusive)
  • British triumph… AGAIN!!

    The British win the battle of waireka
  • Māori triumph (whoooooooooohooooooooo!!!)

    Māori win the Battle of Puketakaurere
  • A truce is declared

    A truce is declared, and the taranaki war ends.
  • Work starts on the road to waikato

  • Māori raid Pākehā

    Māori are forced to withdraw from the pā at meremere
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    Those British “#@$-+=&5)£”

    The British win the battle of rangiriri
  • A British Invasion

    The British occupy the Māori kings village
  • Those British BUTT-NUGGETS!!!

    The British attack and burn the village of rangiaowhia
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    The british win again (UUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!)

    The British win the battle of Ōrākau (near Te Awamutu).
  • Māori win for once

    Māori win the battle of gate pā (they should make this a regular thing)
  • British win AAAGGGAAAIIINNN

    The British win the battle of Te Ranga
  • Native land court is established

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    Army withdraws

    The British army withdraws from New Zealand
  • Army replacments

    An armed constabulary is formed to replace the British army
  • Māori seats are established

    Māori seats are established in parliament
  • Tītokowaru’s war

    Tītokowaru’s war begins when his men kill three military settlers at ketemarae
  • Te kooti and the three hundred followers

    Te kooti and almost three hundred followers land on the east coast
  • The battle of Te Ngutu-o-te-manu

    Tītokowaru wins the battle of Te Ngutu-o-te-manu.
  • The battle of Moturoa

    Tītokowaru wins the battle of Moturoa
  • The Matawhero raid

    Te kooti leads the Matawhero raid
  • The attack on Te kooti

    Colonial troops attack Te kooti at Ngātpa pā.
  • Te kooti escapes

    Te kooti escapes from Ngātapa many of his followers are killed
  • Tītokowaru Leaves

    Tītokowaru leaves Taurangaika pā and retreats to inland taranaki this is the end of Tītokowaru‘s war
  • British population rises AGAIN!!!!!

    The Māori population is around 50,000 British is around 300,000
  • The New Zealand wars end