Personal details
Full Name:
- Rewi Manga Maniapoto
Lifetime:
- ?–29 Jun 1894
Rewi Maniapoto
A famous Ngāti Maniapoto warrior, leader and supporter of the King Movement who's exploits in the Waikato War have been immortalised in book and film.
Read more...Events In History
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15 April 1885First sod dug for North Island main trunkPoliticians and Māori leaders ceremonially turned the ‘first sod’ of the central section of the main trunk line – a project that would take 23 years to complete. Read more...
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31 March 1864Rewi's last stand?The last battle of the Waikato War began when the spearhead of a 1200-strong British force charged an apparently weak Māori position at Ōrākau, south-east of Te Awamutu. Read more...
Articles
Māori King movement - 1860-94
King Tāwhiao's reign was dominated by the Waikato War and its fallout.
- Page 3 - Response to warThe invasion of the Waikato united the various factions within the Kīngitanga, and during the war Kīngitanga forces had some victories despite being overwhelmed in terms of
The 1920s
The 1920s was the decade that modern New Zealand came of age. Despite political and economic uncertainty, the country shrugged off the gloom of war to embrace the Jazz Age - an era of speed, power and glamour. Explore an overview of the decade and a year-by-year breakdown of key events.
- Page 8 - 1925 - key eventsA selection of key New Zealand events from
War in Waikato
After fighting broke out again in Taranaki in early 1863, Governor George Grey turned his attention to the region he saw as the root of his problems with Māori: Waikato. This was the heartland of the anti-landselling King Movement (Kīngitanga). Grey vowed to ‘dig around’ the Kīngitanga until it fell.
- Page 6 - The Battle of ŌrākauJames Belich argues that the British victory at Ōrākau was also their ‘cruellest disappointment of the entire war.’ Chris Pugsley, on the other hand, sees Ōrākau as the
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Main image: Ōrākau pā
Sketch of Ōrākau pā in 1864
