Te Rangihaeata was a Maori chief who participated in and perhaps instigated the Wairau Massacre and the Hutt Valley Campaign. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... In New Zealand history, the Wairau Affray on June 17, 1843, also known as the Wairau Massacre in most older texts, was the first serious clash of arms between the Maori natives and the British settlers after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. ... The Hutt Valley Campaign of 1846 during the Maori Wars could almost be seen as a sequel to the Wairau Massacre. ...

A member of the Ngati Toa iwi, he was born at Kawhia around 1780. His father, Te Rakaherea, was a war leader of his people and died at the Battle of Hingakaka fighting the Waikato and Ngati Maniopoto Tribes. His mother was the elder sister of Te Rauparaha and an important ariki in her own right. Te Rangihaeata grew up in Te Rauparaha's shadow and became his trusted ally. Te Rauparaha was the strategist and negotiator while Te Rangihatea tended to be the blunt instrument, and they were a good team. The Ngāti Toa iwi is a prominent Maori tribe in central New Zealand. ... Iwi (pronounced ee-wee) are the largest everyday social units in Māori society. ... Kawhia Harbour is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealands North Island. ... Maori Chief and War Leader of the Ngati Toa tribe, Te Rauparaha (1760s?-1849) took a leading part in the Musket Wars. ...

Heavily involved in the Musket Wars Te Ranghateata soon rose to prominence in Maori society. In 1819 while returning from a raid in the Cook Strait area the Ngatitoa clashed with the Ngatiapa around Turakina, near Bulls. During the subsequent fighting Te Rangihaeata captured and then married the chief's daughter. This was the beginning of a long term association between the two tribes, fortunately, as the Ngatitoa were soon forced to return the area. Musket Wars refers to battles in the early 1800s when there was deadly inter-tribal conflict between various groups of Maori, primarily on the North Island in New Zealand. ... A view of Cook Strait from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington. ... Bulls is a small town near the South Taranaki Bight of the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Arriving back in their own tribal territories the war party found that the Waikato and Ngati Maniopoto Maori had decided the Ngatitoa were undesirable neighbours and were practicing ethnic cleansing. Although greatly outnumbered and outgunned Te Rangihaeata conducted a successful defence until Te Rauparaha was able to use his diplomatic skills to extricate the tribe. This was the beginning of their migration down to the Paraparaumu and Kapiti Coast area. They subsequently conquered most of that region and the upper parts of the South Island, occupying and claiming ownership of the land. Paraparaumu is a town located in the southwestern North Island of New Zealand. ... Categories: New Zealand-related stubs | Wellington-Kapiti ... South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...

This forcible change of ownership was to be a source of much confusion and conflict when the Pakeha settlers arrived and began buying land. There were often at least two sets of putative owners and the ones who felt they had been dispossessed were often more than willing to sell land they owned but could not occupy. Pakeha is a New Zealand English word for European New Zealanders, that is, New Zealanders of predominantly European descent. ...

Te Rangihaeata was not anti Pakeha. He encouraged the whalers and the traders and was prepared to tolerate the missionaries. He valued them for the technology they introduced and the trade goods they were offering. But he quickly recognised that permanent settlers were a different matter, posing a serious threat to the Maori and their traditional ways. Despite that he tried to avoid conflict.

When in 1843 Arthur Wakefield and the Nelson settlers were claiming the Wairau Plain, chiefs Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata, visited Nelson and made their position very clear. Te Ranghaeata promised that he would kill any settlers who tried to take his land from him. Despite this they were prepared to follow the Pakeha legal procedures and await the decision of the Land Commissioner, William Spain. It was the Nelson settlers who jumped the gun and sent surveyors to the disputed land. Te Rangihaeata had his men firmly but non violently remove them, being scrupulously careful to return to them all their surveying equipment and personal possessions. Captain Arthur Wakefield (1799–1843) was the second brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, founder of the New Zealand Company. ... Nelson is the name of several towns, cities, counties, regions around the world: Nelson, New Zealand Nelson, Lancashire, England Nelson, British Columbia Nelson, Georgia Nelson, Illinois Nelson, Missouri Nelson, Minnesota Nelson, Nebraska Nelson, New Hampshire Nelson, New York Nelson, Wisconsin Nelson County, Kentucky Nelson County, North Dakota Nelson County, Virginia...

The Nelson settlers sent out a party to arrest the two chiefs. The accidental discharge of a musket precipitated a brief battle and about a dozen of the setttlers were shot down. The rest either fled or surrendered to the Maori. Among those captured were Arthur Wakefield and Henry Thompson, the two leaders of the arresting party. Several Maori had also been killed including one of Te Ranghaeata's wives who was also Te Rauparaha's daughter. The captured settlers were promptly executed in accordance with Maori law and custom. However it was Te Rangihaeata who insisted on it.

This incident became known as the Wairau Massacre. The subsequent Government enquiry exonerated the Maori and decided that the settlers had acted illegally.

A similar situation arose about three years later in the Hutt Valley near Wellington. The settlers were pushing forward aggressively and occupying land that had disputed ownership. Several years of active immigration and the arrival of British Imperial Troops had put the settlers in a much stronger position and much less inclined to tolerate either Maori claims or legal challenges to their occupation of the land. The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. ... Panorama of Wellington from Mount Victoria at night Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys second largest urban area. ...

Once again Te Rangihaeata became involved in the resistance, destroying the farms and the possessions of the settlers on disputed land, but not injuring anyone. However the settlers did not recognise the warning and very soon open warfare broke out, the Hutt Valley Campaign The Hutt Valley Campaign of 1846 during the Maori Wars could almost be seen as a sequel to the Wairau Massacre. ...

Had the Maori Tribes been united, the subsequent history of New Zealand could have been different. Te Rangihaeata fought the British to a stalemate until the British were able to mobilise the Te Atawa and other Maori Tribes to oppose him. Additionally the abduction and dubious arrest of Te Rauparaha did a lot to discourage the Ngatitoa. They built a strong pa near Porirua and successfully withstood a British attack. They then retreated to swamps beyond what is now Foxton, out of reach of the government, and the war was over. Foxton is the name of several places in the world: Foxton, North Island, New Zealand Foxton, Cambridgeshire, England Foxton, County Durham, England Foxton, Leicestershire, England Foxton Beach, North Island, New Zealand Foxton Locks, on the Grand Union Canal, in Leicestershire, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which...

Te Ranghaeata remained there until his death from measles in 1855. There are conflicting stories about this period, that he fiercely resisted any Pakeha penetration into the area and, alternatively, that he made his peace with Governor Grey. Whatever the truth is, he is remembered as a conservative patriot who resisted the displacement of his people and culture. Statue of Sir George Grey in Albert Park, Auckland Sir George Edward Grey KCB (April 14, 1812 - September 19, 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), Premier of New Zealand and a writer. ...