History

NZ Wars: Stories of Wairau

by RNZ

Share this ranking Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.

Chart positions today · United States

Not on the United States charts we track today.

The Rest Is History

Also in History

NZ Wars Collection

From RNZ

Culture Wars Podcast

Episode 2

February 2, 2023 · 45 min

Tensions over land at Wairau, and injustices and insults against Ngāti Toa leaders reach their boiling point. Arthur Wakefield, the leader of the Nelson settlement decides to seize the land by force. But the former British Navy Captain has…
Episode 1

February 2, 2023 · 46 min

On June 17th 1843, a posse of European settlers head to the Wairau Valley planning to arrest renowned chief Te Rauparaha and his nephew, Te Rangihaeata. A gun battle breaks out and 26 people are killed, including several Pakeha prisoners…
Introducing: NZ Wars: Stories of Wairau

January 23, 2023 · 1 min

The NZ Wars series begins with the first shots fired between Māori and Pākehā... in the Wairau Valley in June 1843. The violence erupted one summer's morning in 1843 on the Wairau Plains, at the top of the South Island. A posse of 49 or…