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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| 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. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
| 700 | 1,000, plus 80 taken prisoner[1] | ||||||

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]