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Mātakitaki Pā
The site of a very costly lesson for Waikato during the Musket Wars.
Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown
Waikato–Tainui was the first iwi to reach an historial Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown for injustices going back to the 1860s. The Deed of Settlement included cash and land valued at a total of $170 million.
Rangiriri pā - roadside stories
Video about the 1863 Battle of Rangiriri in Waikato
Hamilton's rugby wars - roadside stories
Hear about Waikato's 1956 win against the South African Springboks and the protest that stopped the same two teams playing in 1981
Waikato memorials
Click on pins to find links to memorial pages. Zoom in to find exact locations using Satellite, Map or Street views. Memorials are also listed below the map or you can see them in an image gallery. See memorials from all other regions here, or follow links on right.
Waikato team, 1956
Waikato's triumph in the opening match of the 1956 Sth African tour set the scene for an eagerly awaited rematch with New Zealand's greatest rugby foe
Manawatu supporters, 1952
Manawatu supporters outside Hotel Waterloo (Hamilton Hotel) in Hamilton in 1952
Waikato rugby
History and highlights of rugby in the Waikato region
Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao
Carte de visite portrait of Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao, the second Maori King, taken, probably in the 1880s.
James Cowan
Biography of prolific historian and journalist best known for the two-volume The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period
Potatau Te Wherowhero
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Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha was a Ngati Toa chief and warrior. Sometimes called the 'Napoleon of the Southern Hemisphere', he ruled the lower end of the North Island from his base at Kapiti Island for the best part of 20 years
Tawhiao
Tawhiao's father Potatau was the first Maori King, and on his death in 1860 Tawhiao inherited the kingship and the spiritual leadership of his people. He was king for the next 34 years, including the most turbulent period in New Zealand's race relations history.
Te Puea Herangi
This photograph of Tainui–Waikato leader Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Herangi was taken about 1938.
Maori objection - conscientious objection in the First World War
Maori served in the First World War in the Native Contingent. At home, there was some strong Maori opposition to conscription.
Resistance to conscription - Maori and the First World War
In his recruitment waiata, 'Te ope tuatahi', Ngata made it clear that the replacement recruits that he and his colleagues had raised all came from the East Coast tribes of Mahaki, Hauiti, Ngati Porou, Te Arawa and Kahungunu.
Māori force defeated at Koheroa
The British invasion force led by Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron had its first significant encounter with Waikato Māori at Koheroa, near Mercer.
British forces invade Waikato
Lieutenant-General Cameron's force crossed the Mangatawhiri stream. This was the first act of war in the Waikato campaign, which had been planned in part to gain land for European settlement.
Painting of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and two other chiefs
In this 1847 painting by George Angas, Pōtatau is wrapped in a blanket and seated beside a log. On the right are Te Waru, principal chief of Ngāti Apakura, and Te Pakaru, principal chief of Ngāti Ti Maniapoto.
Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao
Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao, about 1880 Tawhiao, of the Tainui hapu (sub-tribe) Ngati Mahuta, was born at the end of the Musket Wars between Tainui and Ngapuhi. He was a Christian, was well versed in the ancient rites of the Tainui tribe, and had the status of a prophet.

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