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The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS AND CASUALTIES (1864-1872)
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LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS AND CASUALTIES (1864-1872)
In the following chronological list of the principal engagements, sieges, and skirmishes in the campaign against the Hauhau Maoris from the early part of 1864 to 1872, the casualty figures in most cases are taken from official returns, checked by reference to survivors of the wars. Over 120 engagements are given here; of some there is no official record, and despatches did not always give the Maori casualties correctly. It was often difficult to estimate the natives' losses owing to their practice of carrying off the dead. It is impossible to state the Maori wounded with any degree of accuracy, hence the figures in that column are given in only a few cases. Numerous petty skirmishes are omitted from this list. (For engagements and casualties from 1845 to 1864 see Appendices to Volume I.)
| Date | Engagement | British and Colonial Forces and Friendly Maoris | Hostile Maoris | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | Killed | Wounded | ||
| 1864 | |||||
| April 6 | Te Ahuahu, Taranaki | 7 | 12 | ||
| April 30 | Sentry Hill, Taranaki | 1 | 50 | About 60 | |
| May 14 | Moutoa Island, Wanganui | 16 | 30 | 50 | 40 |
| Sept. 8 | Manutahi, Taranaki | ||||
| 1865 | |||||
| Jan. 24 | Nukumaru, West Coast | 16 | 32 | 23 | |
| Jan. 25 | Nukumaru, West Coast | ||||
| Feb. - | Ohoutahi, Wanganui | ||||
| Mar. 15 | Te Ngaio (Kakaramea) | 1 | 3 | 80 | |
| Mar. 31 | Waihi River, Taranaki | ||||
| June 1 | Whatino, Taranaki | 1 | 3 | ||
| June 10 | Mangaone, East Coast | 6 | |||
| June 13 | Villages inland of Warea, Taranaki | ||||
| June - | Te Tapiri (Urewera) | 6 | 20 | ||
| July - | Te Horo, East Coast | 5 | |||
| July 18 | Te Hatepe, East Coast | ||||
| July 21 | Weraroa, Waitotara | ||||
| July 28 | Warea, Taranaki | 2 | |||
| July 19-30 | Pipiriki, Wanganui River | 4 | 20 | ||
| Aug. 2 and 3 | Warea district, Taranaki | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Aug. 3 | Pa-kairomiromi, East Coast | 8 | 25 | ||
| Aug. - | Te Mawhai, East Coast | 2 | 13 | ||
| Aug. - | Pukepapa, East Coast | 14 | |||
| Aug. 18 | Tahutahu-po, East Coast | 1 | 12 | ||
| Sept. 8 | Opotiki, East Coast | 1 | |||
| Sept. 9 | Opotiki, East Coast | 6 | |||
| Oct. 3 | Pukemaire, East Coast | 2 | 9 | ||
| Oct. 4 | Te Tarata and Kiorekimo, Opotiki | 3 | 9 | 35 | 40page 551 |
| 1865 | |||||
| Oct. - | Hungahunga-toroa, East Cape | 20 | |||
| Oct. - | Te Teko (siege of), Rangitaiki River | ||||
| Oct. 20 | Koingo, Waimana | 3 | |||
| — | Te Kuwini, Waimana | ||||
| Nov. - | Waerenga-a-Hika (seven days' siege), Poverty Bay | 11 | 20 | 100 | |
| Dec. - | Omaru-hakeke, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1866 | |||||
| Jan. 4 | Okotuku, West Coast | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| Jan. 7 | Te Putahi, West Coast | 2 | 12 | 15 | |
| Jan. 13 | Te Kopane, Upper Wairoa, Hawke's Bay | 14 | 60 | ||
| Jan. 14 | Otapawa, Taranaki | 11 | 20 | 30 | |
| Jan. 15 | Ketemarae, Taranaki | 10 | |||
| Jan. 15 | Mawhitiwhiti, Taranaki | 7 | |||
| Jan. 17 | Near Ketemarae, Taranaki | 3 | |||
| Jan. 20 | Ahipaipa, etc., Taranaki | 1 | 5 | ||
| Feb. 1 | Waikoko, Taranaki | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Feb. - | Various skirmishes in Waioeka Gorge, Opotiki | ||||
| Mar. - | Kairakau, Opotiki | 4 | |||
| April - | Otara Gorge, Opotiki | 2 | |||
| Aug. 2 | Pokaikai, Taranaki | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sept. 2 | Ketemarae, Taranaki | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Sept. 23 | Near Hawera, Taranaki | 1 | |||
| Sept. - | Near Waihi, Taranaki | 1 | |||
| Oct. 2 | Pungarehu, Taranaki | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
| Oct. 12 | Omarunui, Hawke's Bay | 2 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
| Oct. 12 | Petane, Hawke's Bay | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| Oct. 18 | Popoia, Taranaki | 1 | |||
| Oct. 22 | Popoia, Taranaki | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nov. 5 | Tirotiro-moana, Taranaki | 1 | |||
| 1867 | |||||
| Jan. 18 | Te Irihanga, Tauranga | 1 | |||
| Jan. - | Whakamarama, Tauranga | 1 | |||
| Feb. 4 | Te Akeake, Tauranga | ||||
| Feb. 4 | Taumata, Tauranga | ||||
| Feb. 15 | Te Irihanga and Whakamarama, Tauranga | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Mar. 3 | Te Kaki, Tauranga | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mar. 17 | Te Koutu, Rotorua | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| — | Puraku, Rotorua | 11 | |||
| May 21 | Waioeka, Opotiki | 2 | |||
| — | Te Pokopoko, Waimana | 1 | 7 | ||
| Sept. 1 | Waioeka | page 552 | |||
| 1868 | |||||
| Feb. 10 | Waimana Gorge | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Mar. - | Hokianga Island, Ohiwa Harbour | 1 | |||
| Mar. 11 | Te Ponga, Waimana Valley | 1 | 1 | ||
| June 9 | Te Rauna, Taranaki | 3 | |||
| June 20 | Waihi, Taranaki | 2 | 2 | ||
| July 12 | Turuturu-mokai, Taranaki | 10 | 6 | 3 | |
| July 20 | Paparatu, East Coast | 2 | 7 | ||
| July 24 | Te Koneke, East Coast | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Aug. 8 | Ruakituri, East Coast | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Aug. 21 | Te Ngutu-o-te-manu, Taranaki | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| Sept. 7 | Te Ngutu-o-te-manu, Taranaki | 24 | 27 | 28 | |
| Nov. 7 | Moturoa | 19 | 20 | 1 | |
| Nov. 10 | Poverty Bay | 70 | |||
| Nov. 20 | Patutahi | 2 | |||
| Nov. (10 days) | Makaretu | 8 | 20 | 18 | |
| Dec. 3 | Makaretu | 1 | 2 | 60 | |
| Dec. 5 | Ngatapa | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1869 | |||||
| Jan. 1-5 | Ngatapa (siege of) | 11 | 11 | 136 | |
| Feb. 2 | Tauranga-ika, West Coast | ||||
| Feb. 3 | Karaka, West Coast | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Feb. 14 | Pukearuhe redoubt, West Coast | 9 | |||
| Feb. 18 | Papatupu, West Coast | 7 | 1 | ||
| Mar. - | Ohiwa, Bay of Plenty | 1 | |||
| Mar. - | Te Poronu, Whakatane | 5 | 7 | ||
| Mar. - | Rauporoa, Whakatane | 4 | 10 | ||
| Mar. - | Whakatane, various skirmishes | ||||
| Mar. - | Tauaroa, Rangitaiki | 1 | |||
| Mar. 13 | Otautu, West Coast | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| Mar. - | Whakamara bush pursuit | 11 | |||
| April 10-12 | Mohaka, Hawke's Bay | 60 | 10 | ||
| May 6 | Te Harema, Urewera Country | 5 | |||
| May 6 | Whataponga, Urewera Country | 1 | 9 | ||
| May 7 | Manawa-hiwi, Urewera Country | 1 | 2 | ||
| May 7 | Te Paripari, Urewera Country | 1 | |||
| May 7 | Hukanui, Urewera Country | 1 | |||
| May 7 | Tahora, Urewera Country | ||||
| May 8 | Orangikawa (Tatahoata), Urewera Country | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| May 9-14 | Orona and Te Wai-iti, Urewera Country | 1 | 5 | ||
| June 7 | Opepe, Taupo | 9 | 1 | ||
| Sept. 9 | Tauranga-Taupo | 3 | |||
| Sept. 25 | Pononga, South Taupo | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Oct. 3 | Te Porere, South Taupo | 4 | 4 | 37 | 1page 553 |
| 1870 | |||||
| Jan. 24 | Tapapa | 1 | |||
| Jan. 25 | Tapapa | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| — | Paengaroa | 4 | |||
| Feb. 7 | Waikorowhiti, Rotorua | 1 | 7 | 20 | |
| — | Omarumutu, Bay of Plenty | 2 | |||
| Mar. 13 | Toreatai, Urewera Country | 1 | |||
| Mar. 23 | Maraetahi, Waioeka Gorge | 20 | |||
| — | Tolago Bay skirmishes | 1 | |||
| — | Ohiwa | 1 | |||
| May 21 | Waikaremoana | 1 | |||
| May - | Waikaremoana | 1 | |||
| 1871 | |||||
| Aug. 15 | Waipaoa, Urewera Country | 4 | |||
| Sept. 1 | Te Hapua, Urewera Country | 11 | |||
| Oct. - | Okahu River, Urewera Country | 1 | |||
| 1872 | |||||
| Feb. 14 | Mangaone (south of Waikaremoana) | ||||
| Totals | 423 | 361 | 1,330 | 192 | |
| British and Colonial Forces | Friendly Maoris | Hostile Maoris | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | Killed | Killed | Wounded | |
| 560 | 1,050 | 250 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |