The Treaty of Waitangi was signed: 1840, the Maori in New Zealand and the British royal family signed the Treaty of Waitangi. New Zealand became a British colony, a large number of British immigrants poured in, and gradually began to conflict with the locals. From 65438 to 0860, the first war broke out between the Maori in New Zealand and the British colonial government, which was called "Taranaki War" in history.

One day in February this year, a group of elderly Maori women saw the British colonial government sending people to the village to survey the land. They believed that the British had no right to manage Maori land and held a rally to protest against the British investigation. The British colonial government immediately declared martial law and sent troops to capture the demonstration Maori village, and the war between the two sides started.

Not to be outdone, the Maori, led by Chief William Ginger, fought back against the British. Ginger was the first to announce that they would never sell their land to the British. Ginger attacked the settlement outside the city built by the British. They took full advantage of their familiarity with the jungle, launched guerrilla raids, and once they were countered by the other side, they moved their positions to fight.

Although the British have much better guns and equipment than the Maori, there is nothing they can do about it at present. The British can only build a lot of fortifications to resist Ginger's harassment. The Maori who took part in the war were followers of Willem Ginger, and they all belonged to the Adiwa tribe.

The Maori of this tribe, because the New Zealand company founded by Britain bought a large area of Maori land, many people were homeless, so their opposition to British land sales was fierce. But not all Maori are opposed to selling land. There are also Maori people who agree to sell land.

A Maori tribal leader named Botatao said that he did not support Ginger against the British. He thinks Maori can sell their land to Britain in exchange for the materials they want. British Governor Brown also promised that he would get the consent of Maori owners before buying land.

But in general, Brown will persuade Maori to sell idle land. Once, Brown had a meeting with Maori chiefs to discuss the sale of land. A Maori named Tela of the Jinji tribe came forward and said that he would sell his land. But this land belongs to Jiang's jurisdiction, and Jiang immediately disagreed.

In order to express her firm opposition, Ginger left the meeting place with more than 200 other people that day and returned to her tribe. The contradiction between Jiang and the British arises from this. In Brown's view, even chiefs have no right to stop Maori from selling their land, and Tara has the right to sell his land.

But according to New Zealand tradition, Maori land belongs to tribes. Maori have no right to sell land without the consent of chiefs and other ethnic groups. However, with the increasing number of immigrants from New Zealand, the British people's demand for land is becoming more and more urgent. Brown decided to take a tough stance and go to Ginger's village to measure the land.

Brown did this because the Queen of England regarded the Maori in New Zealand as "part of a special subject", in other words, Maori should be managed by the British. But the status of Maori and British people is extremely unequal. Ginger resolutely fought back against the British, because the Maori were treated unfairly and they lacked a political say in the colonial government. Most of the previous demands were ignored by the British.

Both the British and the Maori had their own reasons for fighting, which made the war last until May of the following year. During this period, the British colonial government sent more troops and occupied more Maori villages. However, when the Maori under Jin rule temporarily retreated, they always captured fighter planes and actively fought back against the British army, which suffered heavy losses.

After more than a year of stalemate, Ginger knew that she could not overthrow the British colonial government, and the British could not completely eliminate the Maori who were good at guerrilla warfare. The two sides finally chose a truce and the Taranaki War ended.

result

Waikato War: 1863, the Taranaki War did not solve the contradiction between the Maori tribes in Britain and New Zealand, and a large-scale armed conflict broke out between the Maori people in New Zealand and the British colonial government.

conclusion

The Taranaki War was the first war between the British colonial government and New Zealand Maori. It shows that the conflict of interest between the British and Maori is gradually intensifying. The war did not solve the substantive problems, which laid a hidden danger for the later wars.