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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)

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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.