Invasion of the Waikato

The invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Island of New Zealand between the military forces of the colonial government and a federation of Māori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement. The Waikato is a territorial region with a northern boundary somewhat south of the present-day city of Auckland. The campaign lasted for nine months, from July 1863 to April 1864. The invasion was aimed at crushing Kingite power and also at driving Waikato Māori from their territory in readiness for occupation and settlement by European colonists. The campaign was fought by a peak of about 14,000 Imperial and colonial troops and about 4,000 Māori warriors drawn from more than half the major North Island tribal groups.

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1863 — 1864  Wikimedia, Wikidata
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1863 — 1864 Invasion of the Waikato

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1791 Battle of Hingakaka

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Rangiriri trenches

Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt by Charles Heaphy (Alexander Turnbull Library C-025-011)

St John's Redoubt, Papatoetoe 1863 (48752880037) (cropped)

Ngati maniapoto survivors of the war

Camp H.M. 43rd Regt. Keri Keri (Papakura) (48752692848) (cropped)

Alexandra Redoubt, 1863

Alexandra Redoubt, 1863 (cropped)

Rangiriri

The camp, Otahuhu, and Mount Richmond 9 July 1861

Military encampment at Mount Richmond (1861)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1791	Battle of Hingakaka	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Invasion of the Waikato	invasion, military campaign	Wikidata
site	fort		Alexandra Redoubt	redoubt	Wikidata
commons	image		Rangiriri trenches		Commons
commons	image		Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt by Charles Heaphy (Alexander Turnbull Library C-025-011)		Commons
commons	image		St John's Redoubt, Papatoetoe 1863 (48752880037) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Ngati maniapoto survivors of the war		Commons
commons	image		Camp H.M. 43rd Regt. Keri Keri (Papakura) (48752692848) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Alexandra Redoubt, 1863		Commons
commons	image		Alexandra Redoubt, 1863 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Rangiriri		Commons
commons	image		The camp, Otahuhu, and Mount Richmond 9 July 1861		Commons
commons	image		Military encampment at Mount Richmond (1861)		Commons