New Zealand wars

Answer to these different questions about the wars fought in New Zealand between the British Crown and the Māori warriors from 1846 to 1872.

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Hint	Answer
Name of the precedent series of wars between neighboring iwi following the introduction of guns from 1806 and 1845	Musket Wars
Year of the Treaty of Waitangi	1840
First major conflict with the British, against Northland Māori fighters under Hōne Heke, from 1845 to 1846	Flagstaff War
Name of Māori fortifications	Pā
Name given to the Europeans by the Māori	Pākehā
Name of the pro-government Māori soldiers	Kūpapa
Name of the royal Māori movement	Kīngitanga
Tribe leader nicknamed the Kingmaker	Wiremu Tamihana
First Māori monarch	Te Wherowhero
British monarch during the wars	Victoria
Valley in the South Island with the first fight	Wairau

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Region in southwestern North Island where 2 wars took place (1860-1861) and (1863-1866)	Taranaki
Leader of the region who continued the fight Between 1868 and 1869: Riwha...	Tītokowaru
Prussian adventurer, mercenary and artist who Died during this war in an ambush	Gustav von Tempsky
Region subject to the biggest invasion of the war from 1863 to 1864	Waikato
Governor of New Zealand from 1855 to 1860	Thomas Gore Browne
His successor from 1861 to 1868, instrumental in the wars and the colonisation process	George Grey
Campaign in the Bay of Plenty in 1864	Tauranga
Māori religion assimilating biblical and indigenous beliefs, also known as Hauhau	Pai Mārire
Religious leader of this religion and former slave	Te Ua Haumēne
War fought in the northeastern coast of North Island after the ritual killing of a missionary	East Cape[, East Coast]
Founder of the Ringatū Māori church, social bandit, innocent spy and instigator of his own war from 1868 to 1872	Te Kooti

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