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Author : Christopher Pugsley
Release : 1996
Genre : Gate Pa (N.Z.), Battle of, 1864
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Book Synopsis Walking the Waikato Wars by : Christopher Pugsley
Download or read book Walking the Waikato Wars written by Christopher Pugsley. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vincent O'Malley
Release : 2021-11-15
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 76X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by : Vincent O'Malley
Download or read book Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa written by Vincent O'Malley. This book was released on 2021-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to our story, this history. Wherever in the world the bones of your ancestors lie, wherever their ashes may have been dispersed, here you will find traces of them, and of yourself....It is, of course, a story of colonisation and resistance – and a history that has never stopped repeating. Arama Rata The New Zealand Wars of the mid-nineteenth century profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. This book takes us to the heart of these conflicts with a series of first-hand accounts from Māori and Pākehā who either fought in or witnessed the wars that ravaged New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. From Heni Te Kiri Karamu's narrative of her remarkable exploits as a wahine toa, through to accounts from the field by British soldiers and powerful reports by observers on both sides, we learn about the wars at a human level. The often fragmentary, sometimes hastily written accounts that make up Voices from the New Zealand Wars vividly evoke the extreme emotions – fear, horror, pity and courage – experienced during the most turbulent time in our country's history. Each account is expertly introduced and contextualised, so that the historical record speaks to us vividly through many voices.
Author : Cliff Simons
Release : 2019-10-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 071/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Soldiers, Scouts and Spies by : Cliff Simons
Download or read book Soldiers, Scouts and Spies written by Cliff Simons. This book was released on 2019-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and detailed study of the major campaigns on the New Zealand Wars.As interest in the New Zealand Wars grows, Soldiers, Scouts andSpies offers a unique insight into the major campaigns fought between 1845 and 1864 by Britishtroops, their militia and Maori allies, and Maori iwi and coalitions.It was a time of rapid technological change. Maori were quick to adopt westernweaponry and evolve their tactics — and even political structures — as theylooked for ways to confront the might of the Imperial war machine. And Britain,despite being a military and economic super power, was challenged by a capableenemy in a difficult environment.This detailed examination of the Wars from a military perspective focuses onthe period of relatively conventional warfare before the increasingly &‘irregular'fighting of the late 1860s. It explains how and where the battles were fought, andtheir outcomes. Importantly, it also analyses the intelligence-gathering skills andprocesses of both British and Maori forces as each sought to understand andovercome their enemy.
Author : Ian Barton
Release : 2021
Genre : Maori (New Zealand people)
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Book Rating : 886/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of Queen's Redoubt & the Invasion of the Waikato by : Ian Barton
Download or read book A History of Queen's Redoubt & the Invasion of the Waikato written by Ian Barton. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori's northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the 'Road to War'), establishing a military supply train capable of providing for the needs of 6,000 soldiers, erecting a telegraph service between Auckland and Pokeno, forming a navy of armoured gunboats on the Waikato River, and constructing the second largest military fort built by the British Army in New Zealand: The Queen's Redoubt. At the height of the invasion, some 14,000 British and colonial troops contested the Waikato against Maori forces which never exceeded 3000. The Waikato was occupied from July 1863 to April 1864, followed by massive land confiscations. This book tells the story of the Redoubt, and the buildup of military power along the Waikato border, which led directly to the most significant campaign of the New Zealand Wars, the invasion of the Waikato"--Back cover.
Author : Vincent O'Malley
Release : 2016-10-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 54X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Great War for New Zealand by : Vincent O'Malley
Download or read book The Great War for New Zealand written by Vincent O'Malley. This book was released on 2016-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning nearly two centuries from first contact through to settlement and apology, this major work focuses on the human impact of the war in the Waikato, its origins and aftermath.
