Tītokowaru’s campaign
- When
- 1868–1869
- Where
- South Taranaki · Taranaki
- Reach
- Several regions
Riwha Tītokowaru won a run of victories with a tiny force and had the colonial government close to losing the southern North Island, then his support evaporated.
At Te Ngutu o te Manu and Moturoa he beat larger, better-armed colonial forces, and settlers fled as far as Whanganui. Then in February 1869 his people abandoned the fortified pā at Tauranga Ika without fighting, for reasons never satisfactorily explained. Tītokowaru withdrew inland and was never captured. His campaign was the closest the colony came to military defeat.
Regions affected
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