The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)
List of Engagements and Casualties (1845–64)
List of Engagements and Casualties (1845–64)
In the following chronological list of the principal engagements and skirmishes during the period ending with the Kingite wars, 1864, the Maori losses are in many cases only approximate. The natives whenever possible carried off their dead and wounded, and it was difficult to obtain exact information as to their losses. The Maori figures in numerous instances are probably an underestimate; the number of wounded is unknown.
Date. | Engagement. | British. | Maori. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Killed. | Wounded. | Killed. | Wounded. | ||
1845 | |||||
Mar. 11 | Kororareka | 15 | 21 | 34 | 68 |
May 8 | Puketutu (Omapere) | 14 | 40 | 30 | 50 |
June 30 | Ohaeawai | 41 | 73 | 10 | |
July 1 | |||||
1846 | |||||
Jan. 11 | Rua-pekapeka | 12 | 30 | 20 | 30 |
May 16 | Boulcott's Farm (Hutt) | 8 | 3 | 10 | |
Aug. 6 | Horokiri | 3 | 8 | ||
1847 | |||||
May 19 | Wanganui | 2 | |||
July 19 | Wanganui | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 |
1860 | |||||
Mar. 17 | Te Kohia (L pa), Waitara | 2 | 2 | ||
Mar. 28 | Waireka | 2 | 12 | 50 | |
June 27 | Puke-ta-kauere | 30 | 34 | ||
Sept. 7 | Huirangi | 1 | 2 | ||
Oct. 12 | Kaihihi River positions | ||||
Nov. 6 | Mahoetahi | 4 | 17 | 50 | 60 |
Dec. 30 | Mata-rikoriko | 3 | 20 | 6 | |
1861 | |||||
Jan. 23 | No. 3 Redoubt, Huirangi | 5 | 11 | 50 | 40 |
Feb. 10 | No. 7 Redoubt, Huirangi | 2 | 28 | ||
Mar. 3 | Brooklands (New Plymouth) | 1 | 1 | ||
Mar. 5 | Sap at Te Arei | 1 | 4 | ||
Mar. 17 | Sap at Te Arei | 1 | |||
1863 | |||||
May 4 | Wairau, Taranaki | 9 | |||
June 4 | Katikara, Taranaki | 3 | 40 | page 466 | |
1863 | |||||
July 17 | Koheroa, Waikato | 1 | 12 | 30 | |
Martin's Farm, Great South Road | 5 | 11 | |||
July 22 | Kirikiri (Papakura) | 2 | 4 | ||
July 24 | Wairoa Road | 1 | |||
Aug. 25 | Williamson's Clearing (Pukewhau) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Sept. 2 | Pokeno | ||||
Sept. 7 | Camerontown (Lower Waikato) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
Sept. 8 | Kakaramea (Razorback) | 1 | |||
Hill's Clearing, Mauku | 5 | ||||
Sept. 14 | Pukekohe East | 3 | 8 | 40 | |
Burtt's Farm, Paerata | 2 | ||||
Sept. 15, 17, 18 | Wairoa South stockade and Otau | 8 | |||
Oct. 2 | Allen's Hill, Taranaki | 2 | 6 | ||
Oct. 23 | Titi Hill, Mauku | 8 | 4 | 20 | |
Oct. 30 | Meremere shelled | ||||
Nov. 20 | Rangiriri | 47 | 85 | 50 | |
Dec. 14 | Wairoa Ranges | 8 | |||
1864 | |||||
Feb. — | Waipa River (near Whatawhata) | 1 | |||
Feb. 11 | Waiari (Mangapiko) | 6 | 5 | 40 | 30 |
Feb. 21 | Rangiaowhia | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
Feb. 22 | Hairini | 3 | 15 | 25 | |
Mar. 11 | Kaitake | 1 | 6 | ||
Mar. 24 | Kaitake | 4 | |||
Mar. 31 | Orakau | 17 | 51 | 160 | 50 |
April 1 | |||||
April 2 | |||||
April — | Taurua (Rotoiti) | 3* | 4 | 20 | |
April 21 to 26 | Maketu | ||||
April 27 | Kaokaoroa | 1* | 50 | ||
April 29 | Gate Pa, Tauranga | 31 | 80 | 20 | |
June 21 | Te Ranga | 13 | 39 | 120 | 27 |
Totals | 313 | 653 | 924 | 383† |
* Arawa.
† Incomplete; total unknown.