The Great War for New Zealand : Waikato 1800-2000

Spanning Nearly Two Centuries From Early Contact Between Tangata Whenua And The European Newcomers Through To Settlement Of The Waikato-tainui Claim And An Apology From The New Zealand Government, The Great War For New Zealand Tells The Story Of A Landmark Conflict, It's Origins And Aftermath. At The Centre Of The Book Are The Tainui People And Their History--inside Jacket Flap. 1 -- Introduction: Owning Our History -- 2 -- Remembering (and Forgetting) The Waikato War -- Part One -- Before The War -- 3 -- Early Waikato, 1800 -- 1852 -- 4 -- Settler Government And Māori Responses -- 5 -- The Kingitanga -- 6 -- War At Taranaki -- 7 -- Isolating Waikato -- 8 -- Governor Grey Returns -- 9 -- The Taranaki War Resumes -- 10 -- The Decision To Invade -- Part Two -- Te Pakanga Ki Waikato -- War In Waikato -- 11 -- The Contending Forces -- 12 -- The Invasion Begins -- 13 -- The Battle For Rangiriri -- 14 -- Peace Spurned (and Ngāruawāhia Occupied) -- 15 -- The War Spreads -- 16 -- Rangiaowhia And Hairini -- 17 -- Orākau And Beyond -- Part Three -- The Aftermath -- 18 -- An Uneasy Peace -- 19 -- The Impacts Of War -- 20 -- Confiscation Proposals -- 21 -- Legislating For Confiscation -- 22 -- Raupatu On The Ground -- 23 -- The Military Settlements -- 24 -- The Compensation Court -- 25 -- Lands For 'landless Rebels' -- Part Four -- The Long Search For Justice -- 26 -- Protests, Petitions And Appeals -- 27 -- Legal Challenges And Deputations -- 28 -- Political Negotiations -- 29 -- Towards A Settlement -- . Vincent O'malley. Includes Bibliographical References. "A monumental new account of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. It was war in the Waikato in 1863-64 that shaped the nation in all kinds of ways: setting back Māori and Pākehā relations by several generations and allowing the government to begin to assert the kind of real control over the country that had eluded it since 1840. Spanning nearly two centuries from first contact through to settlement and apology, Vincent O'Malley focuses on the human impact of the war, its origins and aftermath. Based on many years of research and illustrated throughout, The Great War for New Zealand is a groundbreaking book written in the conviction that a nation needs to own its history"--Publisher information Spanning Nearly Two Centuries From First Contact Through To Settlement And Apology, ​this Major Work Focuses On The Human Impact Of The War In The Waikato, Its Origins And Aftermath.