入侵懷卡托
入侵懷卡托，又稱懷卡托戰爭，是新西蘭土地戰爭中規模最大的一場戰役。衝突雙方分別是新西蘭殖民地軍隊以及毛利人部落聯盟。 [1] 衝突地點位於懷卡托。 衝突始於1863年7月，並於1864年4月結束。此次衝突是新西蘭殖民地軍隊挑起的 [2] ，他們的目的是要將毛利人趕出懷卡托。 [3][4][5]最終毛利人撤退到北島內陸地區。
參考文獻
- ^ Belich, James. The New Zealand Wars. Auckland: Penguin. 1986: 119–125. ISBN 0-14-027504-5.Belich, James (1986).
- ^ Michael King. The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books. 2003: 214. ISBN 0-14-301867-1.
- ^ Dalton, B.J. War and Politics in New Zealand 1855–1870. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 1967: 176–179.
The campaign itself was warfare of a kind never seen before in New Zealand, designed and conducted to drive the Waikato from their territory and to occupy it in readiness for settlement by Europeans. Although it was indended to 'inflict punishment' upon the Waikato wherever they would stand to fight, fighting was subordinated to the prime object of clearing and holding a great tract of land.
- ^ King, Michael. Te Puea: A Life. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. 19772013 [13 January 2021]. ISBN 9781742539683.
The 'fertile and most beautiful fields' [...] and the river itself [...] provided the incentive and the means for an invasion of the Waikato. Auckland was swelling with new settlers; government ministers and land purchase officers were determined to acquire the fruitful acreage south of the city; the fact that it was controlled by a movement pledged not to sell land damned the Kingites in the eyes of most Europeans [...].
- ^ O'Malley, Vincent. The great war for New Zealand : Waikato 1800-2000. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. 2016: 398. ISBN 9781927277577.
It is now settled and will be thoroughly understood by the natives, that if they choose to make war upon us, we shall take their land, fill it up with military settlers, & perpetually advance our frontier ... The governor has quite made up his mind to turn out all the hostile natives on the Auckland frontier allotting their land on conditions similar to those which are in the gazette for Taranaki.