Editing New Zealand Wars (section)

{{Act of Villainy|name=New Zealand Wars|Image=NZW.jpg|perpetrator=British Empire<br>Māori tribes|date=1843-1872|location=New Zealand|motive=To clear Māori people from their lands for white/Pākehā settlers (succeeded)|crimes=[[War crimes]]<br>Invasion<br>Forced assimilation<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]}}
{{Quote|Any discussion of contemporary Māori poverty that fails to acknowledge the long history of invasion, dispossession and confiscation is missing a vital part of the story.|Vincent O'Malley; ''The New Zealand Wars/ Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa''.}}

The '''New Zealand Wars''', also known as the '''Māori Wars''' or '''Land Wars''', were a series of wars fought between British (Pākehā) settlers and the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. These conflicts occurred from 1843 to 1872. These constant seizures of lands also violated the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840.