Events In History
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16 May 1846Eight killed in attack on Boulcott FarmSix soldiers were killed and two more Europeans were mortally wounded when Ngāti Haua-te-rangi leader Te Mamaku attacked the British post at Boulcott's Farm in Hutt Valley. Read more...
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War in Wellington
In 1846 fighting broke out in the Wellington region as the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rangihaeata backed local Maori opposed to European settlement in the Hutt Valley. The campaign claimed few lives and Ngāti Toa resistance in the region was effectively ended as a result.
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Page 2 – The Port Nicholson purchase
In September 1839 William Wakefield, the principal agent for the New Zealand Company, met Te Ātiawa chiefs Te Puni and Te Wharepōuri at Pito-one (Petone), on the northern shore
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Page 3 – Return to the Hutt Valley
It was soon apparent that Wellington lacked sufficient quantities of flat fertile land to realise this vision. Attention turned back to the lower Hutt Valley as the best
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Page 4 – A line in the bush
William Spain and the Ngāti Tama chief Te Kāeaea sought to mark a boundary between European and Māori land in the Hutt Valley.
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Page 5 – An escalation of violence
In autumn 1846 fighting broke out in the Hutt Valley, most notably at Boulcott's Farm.
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Page 6 – Last battles
In mid-1846, Governor George Grey decided to neutralise the Ngāti Toa threat in the Wellington region by arresting Te Rauparaha.
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Main image: Maraenuku pā
Samuel Brees painting of the now destroyed Maraenuku pā in Lower Hutt
