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New Zealand's 19th-century wars
War shaped 19th-century New Zealand. The intertribal Musket Wars took many Maori lives. British and colonial forces later fought to open up the North Island for settlement. more...
South African 'Boer' War
The South African War took New Zealand troops to a foreign battlefield for the first time. It was a flashpoint for longstanding imperial tensions in southern Africa. more...
