The New Zealand Wars

What was the main reason Europeans came to NZ in the 18th century?

• To look at the scenery

• To run trading stores

• To hunt wild animals

• To buy land and farm.

In 1846 the New Zealand wars started in

• Wiakato

• Auckland

• Hutt Valley

• Taranaki

In the late 1850's there were

• More Europeans than Maori in NZ

• An equal number of Maori and European

• Less Europeans than Maori

• Not many people living in NZ

Around 1860, Maori decide that they would:

• Elect an overall leader

• Go to war with the British

• Disregard the Treaty of Waitangi

• Have their own King to represent them with Europeans

After the fighting in the Hutt Valley, more fighting over land started in:

• Taranaki

• Whanganui

• Hawkes Bay

• Rotorua

Governor Grey decide to attack Wiakato Maori because they refused to sell their land

• True

• False

During this attack British attacked a village that Maori has set up as a safe place for Woman and Children.

• True

• False

What did Maori use to defend themselves?

• They fought in the dark

• The fought in the forest so could easily retreat.

• They used fortified Pa's with trenches and tall walls

• The fought battles.

What did the Europeans do when the defeated Maori?

• The confiscated/ took Maori land

• The occupied the land.

• They retreated

• They made friend with Maori

Most British forces came from overseas in the first part of the New Zealand wars?

• True

• False