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The Indian Of The New Zealand Wars

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The land wars also known as the New Zealand wars was a series of armed conflicts which took place in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872. This occurred between the British/colonial government and the indigenous Maori. During Captain Cook’s earlier visit, he recommended New Zealand as an ideal area for Europeans to settle, in particular, the Bay of Islands. The British government at the time payed no attention to Captain Cooks recommendations. In 1810 the American and European whalers as well as traders began visiting the Bay of Islands which created a settlement called Kororareka. Russell, which was the first capital of the country, quickly became the fifth largest settlement in New Zealand filled with brothels and grog shops. The Ngapuhi tribe which was from the North region of Auckland, were able to trade with the Local Europeans. Furthermore, because of this the Maori came into contact with much needed and devastating inter-tribal war weapons such as the Musket. Due to this trade amongst the Maori and Europeans, the Ngapuhi tribe were the first tribe to obtain such weapons. In the 1840s there was a written agreement between the British crown -the monarch, and more than 500 Maori chiefs. The treaty is made up of 3 articles and was written in 2 versions- Maori and English.In the first article written in English, it says that Maori leaders gave the Queen all rights and powers of ‘sovereignty’ over their land. However in the Maori version the Maori only gave the Queen ‘te

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