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Te Rauparaha Q&A

Te Rauparaha Q&A . Why did Te Rauparaha kill of those people? .

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Te Rauparaha Q&A

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  1. Te Rauparaha Q&A

  2. Why did Te Rauparaha kill of those people? Te Rauparaha killed all of those people to take over their land and to extend his tribal boundaries. He also killed them for revenge but the reason for the revenge was unknown. At around 1825 he started to use muskets as weapons instead of the traditional taiaha and patu. In 1819 Te Rauparaha joined forces with a Ngā Puhi chief Tāmati-Wāka-Nene. Over the next few year fights among the tribes ensued and the Ngā Puhi people were being forced out of their land at Kawhia. Led by Te Rauparaha they began a fighting retreat southwards, called Te-Heke-Tahu-Tahu-ahi, which ended up with them controlling most of the Southern North Island and Kapiti Island. Any attempts by Southern Māori tribes to recover Kapiti Island in 1824 were defeated.

  3. Why did Te Rauparaha try to take most of the Ngāi Tahu land? In 1827 Te Rauparaha began the conquest of the South Island, and by the early 1830’s he controlled most of the Northern part of the South Island. In 1831 he took the major Ngāi Tahu pā at Kaiapoi after a three month siege and shortly after took Onawe pā in Akaroa Harbour, but these and other battles in the south were in the nature of revenge raids rather than the control of territory.

  4. What Relationship did Te Rauparaha have with the European Settlers? Te Rauparaha sold the Europeans some of the land he had conquered in Golden Bay and Nelson. He signed the Treaty of Waitangi on the 14th May 1840 believing that the Treaty would grant him and his allies the possession of the land gained by conquest in the previous 18 years. The British refused to sell anymore of his land. This caused tension between Te Rauparaha and the British which led to the Brits trying to arrest Te Rauparaha. But when the came to arrest him 22 of the Brits were killed when they fired on Te Rauparaha’s people with fear. In May 1846 fighting broke out in the Hutt Valley between the settlers and Te Rauparaha’s nephew Te Rangihaeata even though he declared himself neutral. Te Rauparaha was arrested at a Taupo pā, now called Plimmerton, and was exiled to Auckland without trial. He was allowed to return to his people at Ōtaki in 1848. He died there the following year on 27th November 1849.

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