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| Battle of Omarunui | |||||||
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| Part of East Cape War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Pai Mārire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| George Whitmore |
Te Rangihiroa Panapa | ||||||
The Battle of Omarunui was an engagement that took place on 12 October 1866 in the East Cape of New Zealand's North Island during the East Cape War.
Background[edit]
From 1843 to 1872, there were a series of conflicts in New Zealand between some local Māori people on one side, and British imperial and colonial forces and their Māori allies on the other. These clashes are collectively termed the New Zealand Wars. While some of the wars of this period were as a result of land confiscations or clashes with the Māori King Movement, many of the later conflicts were due to the rise of prophetic Māori leaders and religious movements which threatened the autonomy of the government.[1] These movements also subverted tribalism so often were met with hostility by the leaders of many iwi (tribes) as well.[2]
Prelude[edit]
Battle[edit]
Aftermath[edit]
In 1916, as the 50th anniversary of the battle approached, a group of veterans sought to commemorate the engagement. A memorial to the engagement was built on land donated by a local. This was unveiled by John Davies Ormond, the Member of Parliament for the area at the time of the engagement, on 12 October 1916. It was vandalised in the 1990s, leaving only the base portion in place.[3]
Notes[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ McGibbon 2000, pp. 370–371.
- ^ McGibbon 2000, p. 379.
- ^ "Ōmarunui NZ Wars memorial". NZ History. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
References[edit]
- Belich, James (1998) [1986]. The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict. Auckland: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-027504-9.
- Cowan, James (1956) [1923]. The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, 1864–72. Wellington: R.E. Owen. OCLC 715908103.
- Crosby, Ron (2015). Kūpapa: The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown. Auckland: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-357311-1.
- Keenan, Danny (2021) [2009]. Wars Without End: New Zealand's Land Wars – A Māori Perspective. Auckland: Penguin Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-14-377493-8.
- McGibbon, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558376-2.
- O'Malley, Vincent (2019). The New Zealand Wars: Nga Pakanga O Aotearoa. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. ISBN 978-1-988545-99-8.