Battle of the Wairoa

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath increased_British_control_in_the_region
gptkbp:casualties Māori: 30
British:_10
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:Māori_forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Hōne_Heke
gptkb:Colonel_Thomas_McDonnell
gptkbp:cultural_impact Māori resistance narratives
British_colonial_narratives
gptkbp:culturalSignificance memorials
film
literature
museums
artworks
gptkbp:date 1865
gptkbp:duration one day
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of Te Ranga
gptkbp:historical_analysis anthropologists
military historians
sociologists
gptkbp:historicalContext conflict over land and sovereignty
gptkbp:historicalSignificance eyewitness accounts
military reports
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Wairoa
gptkbp:impact shaped future land policies
gptkbp:legacy commemoration in local history
influence_on_Māori_activism
gptkbp:localHistory Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Kahungunu
gptkbp:location Wairoa_River,_New_Zealand
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Māori_chiefs
gptkbp:outcome displacement_of_Māori_communities
gptkbp:participants local iwi
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Ōrākau
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:New_Zealand_Wars
gptkbp:result British_victory
gptkbp:significance part_of_the_New_Zealand_Wars
gptkbp:strategicGoals control_of_the_Wairoa_River
gptkbp:tactics ambush
combined arms approach
gptkbp:technology rifles
cannons
fortifications
logistics and supply chains
naval support