For the last 15 years Janene Allison has told the stories of the New Zealand Land Wars to secondary school students. She discovered the passion at Te Kūiti High School where she was an English ...

NZ Wars is a podcast which tracks the history of New Zealand's land wars. Rhi asks the show's host, Shannon Haunui-Thompson, about how the country is beginning to more thoroughly commemorate that ...

1845-72 - The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule. 1893 - New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.

Detailed design work is set to begin on Te Ara Wai, a New Zealand land wars museum planned for Te Awamutu. Waipā District Council secured $5.24 million from the government’s Better Off Fund in ...

The Land Wars, otherwise known as the New Zealand Wars, were a series of armed conflicts between the New Zealand Government and central North Island iwi.

Under the Ministry of Education, Māori history or land wars are not compulsory in schools and kura. In 2016, the National Government refused to include the New Zealand Wars in the national ...

A national day for commemoration of the New Zealand Wars has struggled for attention and public engagement. So did Anzac Day once, and its survival can provide useful lessons.

150 years ago tomorrow (20 November) the battle of Rangiriri in the Waikato was one of the decisive battles of the Waikato War (1863–1864) and formed a key part of the New Zealand Wars. The ...

Plans to develop a New Zealand Land Wars museum and cultural centre in Tauranga are now a step closer to reality with the decision made to reclassify part of the reserve where it will stand.

Despite 2023 having been the sixth year a national day of commemoration for the New Zealand Wars was observed, it’s debatable how many New Zealanders really knew much about it. Historians and ...

New Zealand’s colonial wars were the third most costly conflict in the nation’s history. The Anzac Day Amendment Bill is an opportunity to make remembrance truly inclusive.

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