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  • Te Pahi: The Diplomat Who Died in the Musket Wars — Fexingo History

    Te Pahi: The Diplomat Who Died in the Musket Wars — Fexingo History
    Apr 28 2026
    Before Hongi Hika, before the Musket Wars engulfed New Zealand, there was Te Pahi, a Ngāpuhi chief who sailed to Australia in 1805 to meet Governor Philip Gidley King. He saw the new technology — muskets, agriculture, trade — and brought back ideas that could have transformed Māori-European relations. Instead, he died in a bloody reprisal raid, his reputation tarred by a misunderstanding over the Boyd massacre. This episode explores Te Pahi's journey, his diplomacy, the fateful visit to Parramatta, and how his legacy was overshadowed by the very conflict he tried to navigate. We also examine the little-known 1806 visit of another chief, Ruatara, who later helped Henry Williams translate the Treaty of Waitangi. Through these early encounters, we see the fragility of cross-cultural understanding and the tragic pivot from diplomacy to war. Join Lucas and Luna as they uncover a lost story of Māori agency and the dawn of the musket age.

    #TePahi #NgPuhi #MusketWars #Aotearoa #NewZealandHistory #MOriHistory #ColonialNewZealand #BoydMassacre #Ruatara #Parramatta #GovernorKing #EarlyEncounters #Diplomacy #History #FexingoHistory #Oceania #IndigenousHistory #18thCentury #Maori #TreatyOfWaitangi

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    6 min
  • Taranaki War: Maori Defence of the Whenua — Fexingo History

    Taranaki War: Maori Defence of the Whenua — Fexingo History
    Apr 28 2026
    In 1860, the Taranaki War erupted as Maori of the Taranaki region fought to defend their land against Crown encroachment. This episode focuses on the Battle of Waireka and the Siege of Puketakauere, where Maori warriors, armed with traditional weapons and captured rifles, repelled British forces. We explore the leadership of Te Āti Awa chief Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke, who refused to sell land at Waitara, igniting conflict. The episode also examines the role of the Māori King movement in supporting Taranaki resistance, and the controversial confiscations that followed—a policy that devastated Maori communities and fuelled further wars. Through the lens of this specific conflict, we see how colonial land hunger, mana, and sovereignty collided, with lasting impacts on Aotearoa New Zealand.

    #TaranakiWar #WiremuKingi #TeTiAwa #BattleOfWaireka #Puketakauere #Waitara #LandConfiscation #MOriKingMovement #ColonialNewZealand #NewZealandWars #ManaWhenua #Kupapa #P #History #FexingoHistory #Oceania #Aotearoa #Resistance #NewZealandHistory #Maori

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    7 min
  • The Women of Parihaka: Te Whiti's Vision and Mana Wahine — Fexingo History

    The Women of Parihaka: Te Whiti's Vision and Mana Wahine — Fexingo History
    Apr 27 2026
    This episode of The History of New Zealand shifts focus to the vital but often overlooked role of women in the Māori passive resistance movement at Parihaka. While Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi are well-known leaders, their wives and female followers — including Ruta Waitara and Hēni Te Kiri Karamū — were essential to the community's survival and its spiritual practices. We explore how mana wahine (female authority) operated within Parihaka, the symbolic use of weaving and song as forms of protest, and the specific actions of women during the Crown's invasion in 1881. Drawing on oral histories and recent scholarship, Lucas and Luna reveal the gendered dimensions of one of New Zealand's most powerful stories of nonviolent resistance. The episode also touches on the later neglect of these women's stories in official histories and their revival by contemporary Māori feminists. A nuanced look at leadership, faith, and gender in 19th-century Aotearoa.

    #ManaWahine #Parihaka #TeWhiti #TohuKakahi #MOriWomen #PassiveResistance #NewZealandHistory #MOriHistory #1881Invasion #RutaWaitara #HNiTeKiriKaram #Whakapapa #Weaving #Waiata #Taranaki #Aotearoa #History #FexingoHistory #Maori #TreatyOfWaitangi

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    7 min
  • Te Urewera: The Forest That Became Its Own Legal Person — Fexingo History

    Te Urewera: The Forest That Became Its Own Legal Person — Fexingo History
    Apr 27 2026
    In 2014, Te Urewera — the rugged forested heartland of the Tūhoe people — became the first natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal personhood. This episode explores how Tūhoe, long marginalised by the Crown, fought for decades to reclaim their homeland, culminating in a treaty settlement that turned a national park into a legal entity with its own rights and identity. We follow the story from Tūhoe's early resistance, including the 1916 siege at Maungapōhatu and the arrest of prophet Rua Kēnana, through to the landmark Te Urewera Act. Lucas and Luna discuss the concept of legal personhood for nature, its parallels with Māori worldview (whakapapa linking all things), and how this case has influenced environmental law globally. They examine the uneasy alliance between indigenous sovereignty and Western legal frameworks, and what it means for the future of conservation and Maori-Crown relations.

    #TeUrewera #THoe #LegalPersonhood #RuaKNana #MaungapHatu #MOri #TreatySettlement #Whakapapa #NewZealand #Conservation #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalLaw #Crown #WaitangiTribunal #NationalPark #Aotearoa #History #FexingoHistory #NewZealandHistory #Maori

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    7 min
  • The Dog Tax War: Maori Resistance in the Far North — Fexingo History

    The Dog Tax War: Maori Resistance in the Far North — Fexingo History
    Apr 26 2026
    In 1898, a small band of Māori in New Zealand's remote Hokianga region took up arms against the Crown. Not over land, but over a tax on dogs. The Dog Tax War — or Te Pakanga o ngā Kurī — was a brief, almost comical conflict that nonetheless exposed deep grievances. Lucas and Luna explore how a seemingly trivial levy became a flashpoint for Maori sovereignty, the role of the prophet Rua Kenana's influence in the north, and the brutal aftermath for the ringleaders. They delve into the politics of the Maori Councils Act 1900, the impact of the Native Land Court, and the story of Hōne Heke Ngāpua, the politician who defused the crisis. A forgotten chapter in New Zealand's colonial history that reveals the quiet desperation of a people pushed to the edge.

    #DogTaxWar #Hokianga #MaoriResistance #RuaKenana #HoneHekeNgapua #TePakangaONgaKuri #NewZealandHistory #ColonialNewZealand #TeTiriti #MaoriCouncils #NativeLandCourt #MaoriSovereignty #1898 #Northland #Kaitaia #FexingoHistory #History #Oceania #Maori #TreatyOfWaitangi

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    6 min
  • Tūhoe and the Crown: The Urewera Blockades — Fexingo History

    Tūhoe and the Crown: The Urewera Blockades — Fexingo History
    Apr 26 2026
    In the dense forests of the Urewera Mountains, the Tūhoe people resisted colonization long after other iwi had been militarily defeated. This episode explores the Crown's campaign to open the 'District of the Urewera' to settlement through the Urewera District Native Reserve Act 1896, and the violent aftermath when Tūhoe refused to yield their ancestral lands. We follow the story of Rua Kēnana, the Māori prophet who established a separatist community at Maungapōhātua, and the armed police raid of 1916 that saw him arrested amid gunfire. We also discuss the 1894 'Urewera Commission' that sought to adjudicate land ownership, the 1916 Crown apology, and the long wait for justice until the 2014 Tūhoe settlement. This is a tale of legal manipulation, spiritual resistance, and the enduring mana of Tūhoe.

    #THoe #Urewera #RuaKNana #MaungapHTua #LandConfiscation #ColonialNewZealand #MOriResistance #CrownApology #NewZealandHistory #WaitangiTribunal #Blockades #ProphetMovements #MOriLand #19thCentury #20thCentury #OceaniaHistory #History #FexingoHistory #Maori #TreatyOfWaitangi

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    5 min
  • Parihaka: The Prophet and the Ploughshares — Fexingo History

    Parihaka: The Prophet and the Ploughshares — Fexingo History
    Apr 25 2026
    In the 1880s, the Māori settlement of Parihaka became a symbol of nonviolent resistance against colonial land confiscations. Led by the prophets Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, the community employed passive tactics like ploughing confiscated land and removing survey pegs. On November 5, 1881, over 1,500 armed troops invaded Parihaka, arresting leaders and exiling them to the South Island. This episode explores the philosophy of Parihaka, the invasion, and the legacy of its peaceful protest, including the story of Rua Kēnana and the later events at Maungapōhatu. We also touch on the Crown's apology in the 21st century, official acknowledgments of wrongful acts, and the ongoing journey of reconciliation.

    #Parihaka #TeWhiti #TohuKakahi #MOriResistance #Nonviolence #LandConfiscation #NewZealandHistory #Colonialism #MaungapHatu #RuaKenana #PloughingProtests #1881Invasion #WaitangiTribunal #Reconciliation #MOriProphets #History #FexingoHistory #Oceania #Maori #TreatyOfWaitangi

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    6 min
  • The Māori King Movement: Uniting Tribes Against Colonisation — Fexingo History

    The Māori King Movement: Uniting Tribes Against Colonisation — Fexingo History
    Apr 25 2026
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the origins and impact of the Māori King Movement (Kīngitanga) in 1850s New Zealand. They discuss how Waikato tribes, led by figures like Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and his son Tāwhiao, sought to unite iwi under a single sovereign to resist land sales and assert Māori authority. The conversation covers the election of Pōtatau as the first Māori King, the establishment of a parliament and laws at Ngāruawāhia, and the escalating tensions with the British Crown that led to the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863. Lucas explains the role of the Kīngitanga flag, the influence of Governor George Grey, and the eventual exile of Tāwhiao and his people. The episode highlights the movement's enduring legacy as a symbol of Māori unity and resistance.

    #MOriKingMovement #KNgitanga #PTatauTeWherowhero #TWhiao #Waikato #InvasionOfTheWaikato #NewZealandHistory #MOriHistory #ColonialResistance #GeorgeGrey #NgRuawHia #MOriSovereignty #LandWars #19thCentury #IndigenousResistance #TreatyOfWaitangi #History #FexingoHistory #Maori #PolynesianSettlers

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    5 min