NZ Wars Collection

Ground-breaking and in-depth, the New Zealand Wars series takes you through each chapter of the New Zealand wars, region by region, from the 1840s to the 1880s.

Hosted by William Ray, Justine Murray, Mihingarangi Forbes, Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Tim Watkin

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The Battle of Ruapekapeka

Season 2 / Episode 1
As relations between Māori and Pākehā sour in the years after the Treaty of Waitangi, Hone Heke makes his famous attacks on the flagstaff at Kororāreka/Russell in 1845. This sparks the NZ Wars proper, with the fight for sovereignty, development of trench warfare and inconclusive battles that would mark the conflict as it spread across the motu.
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