[35] A new supply line was established from Auckland, using boats to Raglan and packhorses across the ranges to meet steamers on the Waipa River. He said they might have also been gaining time waiting for reinforcements who were almost on the scene. Further British reinforcements arrived, including a second company of Forest Rangers, taking the British strength to almost 1500. On the way they had outflanked formidable modern pā at Meremere and Pāterangi and captured an equally formidable but undermanned pā at Rangiriri. The British forces pursued the Kingites to Rangiaowhia, where they looted the village and later built a redoubt. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. At midday many attempted to break out of the pā through the cordon at the east, but were driven back twice, suffering the loss of one of their chiefs. On 22 July a group of about 40 Māori fatally shot a settler cutting timber at Pukekiwiriki near Papakura and were pursued into the forest by the Auckland militia. The commissariat sourced much of its food from England and Australia and sent it along with other supplies up to 160 km into the interior via a combination of steamers, barges and pack horses. By dawn the second day—with fog so thick the combatants could not see one another—the Ōrākau garrison realised they had exhausted their water supplies and most of their ammunition. British casualties totalled one dead and 12 wounded. [56][57] Queen Elizabeth II affirmed the apology of the Crown by signing the Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 in the presences of the head of the Kingitanga, Māori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
Reinforcements continued to arrive and within days he had 500 troops. The last shots were fired by the Armed Constabulary at Mangaone, south of Waikaremoana, on 14 February 1872. [41] Rewi escaped through the swamp, unharmed, escorted by a 12-man bodyguard. E.Bohan.2005. He said the Commissariat Transport Corps—established in mid-1861, almost two years before the invasion began—was the "vital kernel" because of its efforts in building the southern road and providing a separate military supply train. territory after the Waikato war of the 1860s. Others of you have since expressed approval of these murders ... You are now assembling in armed bands; you are constantly threatening to come down the river to ravage the Settlement of Auckland and to murder peaceable settlers. On 31 October a river flotilla including Avon, the gunboats Curacoa and Pioneer and armoured barges steamed past Meremere—drawing fire from rifle pits and batteries of ships guns, some of them firing pieces of iron chain and pound weights—and landed 600 men at Takapau, 15 km upriver, ready to attack the heart of the defensive line from the rear.
that boundary, war would ensue. Although there are several versions of Rewi's reply, he is reputed to have declared through his messenger, "Ka whawhai tonu ahau ki a koe, ake, ake" ("I shall fight you forever, and ever, and ever")[40] When a shot was fired at Mair as he withdrew, grazing his shoulder, the British forces responded with a heavier hail of grenades, artillery and gunfire. [22] The Meremere Line allowed bands of between 20 and 200 Māori warriors to freely cross the Waikato River and harass troops and kill settlers towards Auckland. Cameron ran ahead of his force after they took early fire from Māori outposts and the Māori fighters fled. The Waikato is a territorial region with a northern boundary somewhat south of the city of Auckland. [12] Browne concluded that members of the Kingite movement would have to be compelled to submit to British rule. Construction of a military road into Waikato had begun in January 1862.
The Ōrākau garrison repulsed two more attempts by the Waikato militia to rush the north-west outworks, but at 4:00 pm the chiefs, realising the end was near, decided to break out. They advanced to the town of Rangiaowhia, where they encountered about 100 men as well as many women and children. Three weeks later, on 20 November, Cameron, commanding a battle force of more than 1400 men, launched an attack on Rangiriri, further up the Waikato River.
[30], Cameron attracted both praise for his "skilful measures" in the capture of Rangiriri and severe criticism over the high number of British losses. King Tāwhiao and his people were forced to retreat into the heartland of Ngāti Maniapoto. Back at Ōrākau, meanwhile, soldiers stormed the pā as the garrison fled, bayoneting and shooting many of the wounded, including women and children.
Rewi deferred a decision until he could consult with Tamihana, the kingmaker, and set out with a small group to Tamihana's stronghold near present-day Cambridge on the upper Waikato.
The Kingite Movement was the reaction of the Waikato tribes to the suffocation of The Crowns attempts to rule Maori in this area during the 1850s. Sporadic shooting continued through the night, with the besieged occupants of Ōrākau chanting and singing.[37]. Concerned by the renewed aggression, some Kingites began resurrecting their plan to raid Auckland and its frontier settlements.
Placing women and children in the middle of the group and their best warriors in front, the Māori broke through the earthworks at the south-east corner of the pā and ran downhill without opposition 200 metres towards a ridge to the south, behind which the some men of the 40th were sheltering.
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Without waiting for Leslie's division, which was delayed by adverse conditions on the river, he began his frontal attack, storming the Māori positions across a 600m gap under heavy fire and immediately suffering casualties. Two hundred of Cameron's troops, with the Forest Rangers, became involved in a running battle with the attackers and killed an estimated 41 Māori, losing six of their own men.
[24], In mid-August the British established an alternative supply line to the Great South Road, using a combination of steamers from Onehunga to the Waikato Heads and canoes paddled up the Waikato by friendly Māori to Queen's Redoubt at Pokeno.
New Zealand's internal wars About 35 of the Māori force were killed, along with six women and children.
Troops pushed south into the Waikato region, engaging King