Waitara

In New Zealand in the 1850's the European poplulation

• exceeded the Māori population

• decreased from the 1840's

• equalled the Māori population

The name of the Governor at the time of the Waitara purchase was

• FitzRoy

• Grey

• Gore Browne

Chief Te Teira offered to sell the following amount of land at Waitara

• 200 acres

• 600 acres

• 900 acres

Wiremu Kingi disrupted the land sale and took the following action

• declared war

• interuppted the government surveyors

• killed Te Teira

By 1860 the South Island poulation was

• mostly Māori

• equal numbers of Māori and Pākehā

• mostly Pākehā

The date of the outbreak of the first first Taranaki war is

• 20th February 1860

• 15th March 1860

• 17th March 1860

What is the name of the Colonel who painted this watercolour of the army camp at Waitara.

• Silver

• White

• Gold