Six original engravings on three pages published in the Illustrated London News dated early 1864 and entitled;

"The War in New Zealand" - full page dated February 27, 1864 - see below

        - Rangariri from the Waikato

        - Maori Prisoners from Rangariri waiting to be placed on board HMS Pioneer

        - Stronghold of the Maoris at Rangariri

"Church Missionary Station on the Waikato River, New Zealand" - half page dated January 30, 1864

"Scene on the Waikato near its Junction with the Waipa River" - half page dated January 30, 1864

"The Queen's Redoubt, on the Waikato, the Head-Quarters of Lieutenant -General Cameron" - January 30, 1864

Full of interest for the historian. Good condition . Dated top right. Page size 16 x 11 inches - related and unrelated text 

These are genuine antique engravings and not reproductions 

Note: International mailing in a tube is expensive ($21). The quoted rate assumes the pages are lightly folded and mailed in an envelope

Invasion of the Waikato

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Invasion of the Waikato
Part of the New Zealand Wars

Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Orakau, 1 April 1914. All but Hekiera shared in the defence of Orakau pa, and fought through to the Puniu River in the retreat.
Date12 July 1863 – April 1864
Location
Waikato, New Zealand
ResultBritish victory
Belligerents
 United KingdomColony of New Zealand Kīngitanga
 North Island allies
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Duncan Cameron Rewi Maniapoto
 Wiremu Tamihana
 Tāwhiao
Units involved

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Navy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Army

 Colonial fleet

 Volunteer and
 militia

  • Waikato Militia
  • Forest Rangers
Māori allies

 Waikato

Strength
14,000 British and colonial troops, several hundred British-allied Māori troops~4,000 troops, including 170 from Ngāi Tūhoe allies
Casualties and losses
7001,000, plus 80 taken prisoner[1]
Chart from the medical and surgical journal of A. B. Messer, assistant surgeon aboard HMS Curacoa

The invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Islandof New Zealand between the military forces of the colonial government and a federation of Māori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement.[2] The Waikato is a territorial region with a northern boundary somewhat south of the present-day city of Auckland. The campaign lasted for nine months, from July 1863 to April 1864. The invasion was aimed at crushing Kingite power (which European settlers saw as a threat to colonial authority)[3] and also at driving Waikato Māori from their territory in readiness for occupation and settlement by European colonists.[4][5][6] The campaign was fought by a peak of about 14,000 Imperialand colonial troops and about 4,000 Māori warriors drawn from more than half the major North Island tribal groups.[7]