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Tītokowaru

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239:. It had numerous underground bunkers and tunnels, which could withstand heavy bombardment. There were three types of firing positions: trenches, loopholed palisades and European-style bastions from which fire could be directed along the frontages of the diamond. On the north-west corner was a tall lookout tower. At 5 am, on 2 February 1869, the advance party moved to within a few hundred meters of the stronghold and artillery opened fire. Māori returned rifle fire from within. Under cover of darkness, the colonial force closed the fort to within shouting distance. Both sides shouted and sang to encourage themselves until at 3 am the fighting reached a peak, gradually dying away until daybreak. At dawn, the army noticed the pā had gone very quiet. Three men approached the pa with great caution and found it deserted. 31: 253: 227:
garrison, a small Māori encampment, which had been found to be abandoned. Later after careful surveying, it was also discovered that, contrary to appearances, Turuturumokai was not as inconquerable as thought by British troops. The Māori decision to leave Turuturumokai was a strategic move.
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His later understanding of the needed union of two peoples (Māori and settler) was incomparable. He advocated peace and diplomacy between the British and Māoridom. He practised his own message, demonstrating great tolerance that was noted by many settlers and authority figures of his time.
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After the period of warfare he again became an advocate for peace and made diplomatic efforts between Māori, colonial settlers and the government. He was arrested and jailed after a peaceful occupation of land near Manaia in 1886 and he died two years later in 1888.
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In 1886, he was part of a peaceful occupation of land near Manaia. Tītokowaru and nine others were taken to Wellington and, after being held in jail for two and a half months, were tried and sentenced to jail. He died on 18 August 1888 at his home in Ōkaiawai.
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James Belich. 'Tītokowaru, Riwha - Titokowaru, Riwha', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated April, 2011. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t101/titokowaru-riwha (accessed 2 August
215:. The colonial response was to send a large contingent to destroy Tītokowaru's stronghold. On 7 September 1868 the colonial forces were defeated with heavy casualties. The stronghold was then abandoned. Amongst the dead was the famous 140:. A lot of what was accomplished by his father had been wrongly attributed to the son; being events of intertribal warring during his time of preadolescence. There is some mystery about his early life, but he is known to have become a 261: 101:
rangatira, military commander, general and religious leader. He is considered to be one of the most capable and influential military strategists in New Zealand history. As the founder of the renegade
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and proceeded to build another fortress pā. This diamond-shaped fortress is considered the strongest ever constructed in New Zealand according to
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Hailed as a war leader, prophet and peacemaker, Tītokowaru's story lapsed into obscurity before being popularised by New Zealand historian
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Riwha was a subtribal leader, having succeeded his father Tītokowaru the Elder (died 22 February 1848) of the
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in 1842 having been baptised and given the name of Hohepa Otene (named after the missionary). He joined the "
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Tītokowaru then advanced southward and defeated a second colonial force at Moturoa. He then stopped at
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However, continuing disputes with settlers proved intolerable and in 1868 Tītokowaru went to war.
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In June 1868 Tītokowaru's forces destroyed a colonist blockhouse at Turuturumokai, inland of
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in 1860 and 1861. He would later model himself off Te Ua Haumēne, the founder of
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faith, he cast himself as the successor to the contemporary Taranaki prophet
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throughout Taranaki, though they were unable to force a decisive result.
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19th-century Māori leader; opponent of British colonisation of New Zealand
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In 1867, the year was declared by Tītokowaru to be a year of peace, "
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would have a greater focus on traditional religion than Pai Mārire.
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in his works on the New Zealand Wars. He is also the subject of a
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Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Te Ngutu O te Manu, Whanganui – Taranaki 2001, 2002
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Index

Tītokowaru as illustrated in 1869
Ōkaiawa
Te Takiwā-a-Ngāti Ruanui
Hāwera County
Colony of New Zealand
Taranaki
Māori
Ringatū
Te Ua Haumēne
Tītokowaru's War
Ngāti Ruanui
Ngāruahine
iwi
Taranaki
Methodist
King Movement
First Taranaki War
Pai Mārire
Ringatū
punitive campaign
Hawera
Patea
Whanganui
Pipiriki
Whanganui River
Tītokowaru's War
Hāwera
Prussian
Gustavus von Tempsky
Pākehā

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