The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [half-title page]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • [imprint page]
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • [appendices]
  • [list of illustrations]
• • Chapter 1: The Old Race and the New
  • Chapter 2: The Beach at Kororareka
  • Chapter 3: Heke and the Flagstaff
  • Chapter 4: The Fall of Kororareka
  • Chapter 5: The First British March Inland
  • Chapter 6: The Fighting at Omapere
  • Chapter 7: The Attack on Ohaeawai
  • Chapter 8: The Storming-Party at Ohaeawai
  • Chapter 9: The Capture of Rua-Pekapeka
  • Chapter 10: Wellington Settlement and Hutt War
  • Chapter 11: The Fight at Boulcott's Farm
  • Chapter 12: Operations at Porirua
  • Chapter 13: Paua-Taha-Nui and Horokiri
  • Chapter 14: The War at Wanganui
  • Chapter 15: Taranaki and the Land League
  • Chapter 16: The Maori King
  • Chapter 17: The Waitara Purchase
  • Chapter 18: The First Taranaki War
  • Chapter 19: The Battle of Waireka
  • Chapter 20: Puke-Ta-Kauere and Other Operations
  • Chapter. 21: The Engagement at Mahoetahi
  • Chapter 22: Operations at Kairau and Huirangi
  • Chapter 23: The Fight at No. 3 Redoubt
  • Chapter 24: Pratt's Long Sap
  • Chapter 25: The Second Taranaki Campaign
    • [section]
    • The Ambush at Wairau
    • The Storming of Katikara
    • Kaitake Pa
  • Chapter 26: The Waikato War and its Causes
  • Chapter 27: Military Forces and Frontier Defences
  • Chapter 28: The First Engagements
  • Chapter 29: The Forest Rangers
    • [section]
    • Paparata and a Scouting Adventure
  • Chapter 30: The Defence of Pukekohe East Church Stockade
    • [section]
    • The Attack on Burtt's Farm, Paerata
  • Chapter 31: Operations at the Wairoa
  • Chapter 32: Mauku and Patumahoe
    • [section]
    • The Engagement at Titi Hill, Mauku
  • Chapter 33: The River War Fleet
  • Chapter 34: The Trenches at Meremere
    • [section]
    • The Miranda Expedition
    • Operations of the Naval Volunteers
  • Chapter 35: The Battle of Rangiriri
  • Chapter 36: The Advance on the Waipa
    • [section]
    • The Engagement at Waiari
  • Chapter 37: The Invasion of Rangiaowhia
    • [section]
    • The Battle of Hairini
    • Other Operations
  • Chapter 38: The Siege of Orakau
  • Chapter 39: The Siege of Orakau—continued — The Last Day
  • Chapter 40: The End of the Waikato War
  • Chapter 41: Arawa Defeat of East Coast Tribes
    • [section]
    • Maketu and Kaokaoroa
  • Chapter 42: Gate Pa and Te Ranga
    • [section]
    • The Trenches at Te Ranga
• • Supplementary Notes to Chapters — Volume I
    • (Chapter 1) — Early Military Operations in New Zealand
    • (Chapter 4) — The Fall of Kororareka
    • (Chapter 9) — The Capture of Rua-Pekapeka
    • (Chapter 10) — The New Zealand Company's Purchases, Wellington
    • The Karori Settlement, Wellington
    • (Chapter 12) — Fort Paremata, Porirua
    • (Chapter 14) — The Name “Wanganui”
    • (Chapter 16) — The Maori King Movement
    • The Choosing of the Maori King
    • (Chapter 17) — The Waitara Purchase
    • (Chapter 26) — The Government's Appeal to the Ngati-Whatua Tribe (1860)
    • (Chapter 27) — The Wellington District and Defences (1863)
    • (Chapter 28) — The Ngati-Paoa Invasion of Auckland
    • The Royal New Zealand Fencibles
    • (Chapter 29) — The Forest Rangers and the Bowie-Knife
    • (Chapter 30) — The Defence of Pukekohe Church Stockade
    • (Chapter 31) — Escape of the Koheriki from the Wairoa Ranges
    • Operations on the Wairoa
    • (Chapter 32) — The Titi Hill Fight, Mauku, 1863
    • (Chapter 37) — The Forest Rangers and a Scouting Expedition
  • Forest Fighting — The Skirmish at the Big Clearing, Patumahoe
  • The Wreck of H.M.S. “Orpheus”
  • Militia Duty in the Waikato War
    • Redoubt-Building and Escort Work
    • Second Expedition
  • List of Engagements and Casualties (1845–64)
  • Correction
  • Index

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Title: The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I: 1845–1864

Author: James Cowan, F.R.G.S.

Publication details: R. E. Owen, 1955, Wellington

Part of: New Zealand Wars (1845–1872)

Keywords: New Zealand Wars History

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