Timeline of Events
The New Zealand Wars
Taranaki War timeline
First conflict commencing 1859, building up until the Invasion of Parihaka by Government troops, 1881.
Source: http://history-nz.org/taranaki.html
Taranaki War timeline
First conflict commencing 1859, building up until the Invasion of Parihaka by Government troops, 1881.
- 1859 - Te Atiawa tribe offers to sell land at Waitara. Surveying commences in 1860, but is interrupted by Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake, a Te Atiawa chief who objects to the land sale. After fighting between settlers and British troops, a ceasefire is agreed upon in 1861.
- 1860- Bombardment by troops of the Te Atiawa pa, at Te Kohia on 17th March. Te Atiawa tribe suffers little loss, but abandon the pa.
- 1860- 27th June. Battles between British troops and Te Atiawa with their allies at two pa : of Puketakauere and Omukukaitari. Heavy losses inflicted on British troops.
- 1860- 11th-12th October. British artillery bombardment of Orongomaihangi pa (Kahihi River, south of New Plymouth). The following morning, the pa is discovered abandoned.
- 1860- 6th November. First victory for British troops. Ngati Haua and Waikato tribes defeated.
- 1861- General Pratt, leading over 2000 soldiers, advances via a trench, along the Waitara River, in a series of attacks against Māori pa.
- 1865- General Cameron leads over 2000 soldiers north from Wanganui. Forts are set up near river mouths in order to facilitate the reception of supplies arriving by sea.
- 1865- Practically the totality of the Taranaki land area is confiscated.
- 1865/66- British set up positions west of Waitotara.
- 1866- General Chute, successor of General Cameron, takes the pas of Okotuku and Putahi. Settlers begin occupying confiscated land between the rivers of Waitotara and Waingongororo.
- 1868- In protestation, Ngati Raunui and Nga Ruahinerangi construct a pa at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu. 1868Titokowaru leads a successful offensive against British and colonial positions at Waitotara.
- 1869 -Titokowaru's inside support collapses. He retreats into the upper Waitara Valley, were he is protected by the Ngati Maru.
- 1869- British positions at Waitotara recovered.
- 1878- Settlers and surveyors penetrate land across the Waingongororo River. Te Whiti and Tohu lead pacifist resistance by civil disobedience, at their large settlement of Parihaka.
- 1881- 2000 Government troops break up the Parihaka settlement. Both Te Whiti and Tohu are deported to the South Island.
Source: http://history-nz.org/taranaki.html