Editing New Zealand Wars (section)

== Legacy ==
Under the New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863, the colonial government began confiscating land from both "loyal" and "rebel" Māori tribes and lands that were returned to Māori were often not returned to their original owners, which would lead to many Māori in a state of poverty for generations. Māori chief Te Whiti o Rongomai established a settlement in the Taranaki region named Parihaka to resist the confiscations of their lands before he and his supporters were arrested by British officers. In 1898, Chief Hōne Riiwi Tōia of the Ngāpuhi tribe led a protest movement against a "dog tax" policy and led a brief confrontation with a group of British soldiers before the confrontation was put to an end by a Māori politician named Hone Heke Ngapua.