The Wairau Affray of 17 June 1843, also called the Wairau Massacre and the Wairau Incident, was the first serious clash of arms between British settlers...

New Zealand Wairau River, Marlborough, New Zealand Wairau Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand Wairau Valley, Auckland, New Zealand Wairau Affray, an 1843 conflict...

settlements was close to the mouth of the Wairau. The Wairau Valley was the scene of the 1843 Wairau Affray, the first violent clash between Māori residents...

the incident and declared the settlers were at fault. The Wairau Affray—described as the Wairau Massacre in early texts—was the only armed conflict of the...

Ngāti Toa chief, nephew of Te Rauparaha. He had a leading part in the Wairau Affray and the Hutt Valley Campaign. A member of the Māori iwi or nation Ngāti...

across Cook Strait to Wairau and Nelson. An early signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Rauparaha was later central to the Wairau Affray in the Marlborough...

of Tainui and its history The Raids of Te Rauparaha Nelson's early settlement Wairau Affray The Wairau incident A Short History of Nelson New Zealand...

constables and led them off to carry out the arrest. The result was the Wairau Affray, in which Arthur Wakefield and 21 other of the party were killed by...

of excessive force in a British House of Commons report in 1835. The Wairau Affray was an early engagement between Ngāti Toa and British settlers in Nelson...

Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata objected. The dispute escalated into the Wairau Affray at Tuamarina on 23 June 1843, in which 22 settlers and four Māori were...