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  • The 1853 New Constitution: Maori Chiefs Refuse a Governor's Power

    The 1853 New Constitution: Maori Chiefs Refuse a Governor's Power
    2026/06/08
    In 1853, the British government granted New Zealand a new constitution, creating provincial governments and a General Assembly. But Māori leaders, including chiefs from Waikato and Ngāpuhi, refused to accept the authority of the new system. This episode explores the Northern Rebellion of 1853–54, where chiefs like Te Wherowhero and Te Heuheu rejected Governor George Grey's offer of land sales and courts. We examine the Kohimārama conference, the establishment of the Kīngitanga as a direct response to the constitution, and the little-known story of the Māori-run 'Runanga' councils that operated outside British law. The episode reveals how Māori asserted sovereignty long before the New Zealand Wars, using diplomatic letters, passive resistance, and the creation of alternative governance structures. A crucial chapter in the struggle for mana motuhake. #NewZealandHistory #MaoriSovereignty #Constitution1853 #GeorgeGrey #TeWherowhero #TeHeuheu #Kohimārama #Kīngitanga #Runanga #ManaMotuhake #Waikato #Ngāpuhi #Taupō #BritishEmpire #ColonialPolitics #MāoriResistance #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
  • Te Kooti's Ringatu Faith: A Maori Church Born in War

    Te Kooti's Ringatu Faith: A Maori Church Born in War
    2026/06/08
    After Te Kooti's dramatic escape from the Chatham Islands and his guerrilla campaign through the Urewera, he founded a new religious movement: Ringatū. Lucas and Luna explore how Ringatū blended Old Testament prophecy with Maori spirituality, offering hope to dispossessed communities. They discuss the religion's core practices, its suppression by colonial authorities, and its survival into the 20th century. Along the way, they touch on Te Kooti's exile in the Chathams, his visions, the symbolic use of the upraised hand, and the church's eventual recognition in New Zealand. This episode also examines the role of Ringatū in the Tūhoe community and its relationship with other Maori prophet movements like Pai Mārire. #Ringatū #TeKooti #MaoriHistory #NewZealandHistory #Tūhoe #Urewera #19thCentury #ReligiousHistory #ProphetMovements #ColonialNewZealand #ChathamIslands #PaiMārire #MaoriSpirituality #OldTestament #Whakarau #Aotearoa #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The 1892 Dog Tax War: Hone Toia and the Northern Standoff

    The 1892 Dog Tax War: Hone Toia and the Northern Standoff
    2026/06/07
    In 1892, a small but revealing conflict erupted in New Zealand's Far North. The Dog Tax War saw Hone Toia, a Māori leader from Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Kahu, lead a protest against a new colonial dog tax that unfairly burdened Māori communities. When authorities tried to arrest tax resisters, Toia and his followers took up arms, marching on the town of Mangonui. This episode explores the economic pressures on Māori after land confiscations, the role of the dog in Māori life, and how the standoff ended without bloodshed. We also examine the aftermath: the government's retreat, the trial of Toia, and the broader significance of this 'war' as a symbol of Māori resistance to colonial taxation without representation. Join Lucas and Luna as they uncover this nearly forgotten chapter of New Zealand history. #DogTaxWar #HoneToia #TeAupouri #NgatiKahu #Mangonui #FarNorth #MaoriHistory #ColonialNewZealand #Taxation #Resistance #1892 #NewZealandWars #Maori #Colonialism #History #FexingoHistory #Oceania #Protest Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    4 分
  • The 1895 Urewera District Reserves Act: Tūhoe's Last Stand for Autonomy

    The 1895 Urewera District Reserves Act: Tūhoe's Last Stand for Autonomy
    2026/06/07
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known but pivotal chapter of New Zealand colonial history: the 1895 Urewera District Reserves Act. After decades of conflict—including Te Kooti's war and the Crown's relentless push for land—Tūhoe iwi negotiated a unique deal that recognised their sovereignty over the Urewera. We trace the events leading up to the Act, the key figures like Rua Kēnana and Te Kooti, and how the Crown later reneged on its promises, leading to the 1917 police raid on Maungapōhatu. This is a story of resistance, negotiation, and broken treaties that echoes into the present day. #Tūhoe #Urewera #TeKooti #RuaKēnana #Maungapōhatu #1895UreweraAct #ManaMotuhake #MaoriSovereignty #NewZealandHistory #Colonialism #TreatyOfWaitangi #NativeLandCourt #NgāiTūhoe #Whakatane #Gisborne #19thCentury #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    5 分
  • Hauhau and Pai Marire: Maori Prophet Movements of the 1860s

    Hauhau and Pai Marire: Maori Prophet Movements of the 1860s
    2026/06/06
    In the 1860s, as the New Zealand Wars raged, a new spiritual movement swept through Maori communities. Pai Marire, meaning 'good and peaceful', was founded by the prophet Te Ua Haumene, a Taranaki Maori who experienced visions after the Taranaki War. Combining Christian and Maori elements, it offered hope and resistance. Lucas and Luna explore how Te Ua developed his faith, the famous niu poles used in rituals, and how the movement spread from Taranaki to the East Coast, where it merged with anti-government sentiment. They discuss the controversial Battle of Sentry Hill and the movement's eventual decline after Te Ua's capture. This episode also touches on the legacy of Hauhau as both a religious and political force, and its connection to later prophets like Te Kooti and Rua Kenana. #PaiMarire #TeUaHaumene #Hauhau #NewZealandWars #MaoriHistory #ProphetMovement #Taranaki #NiuPole #SentryHill #EastCoast #MaoriReligion #1860s #ManaMotuhake #OralHistory #ColonialNewZealand #NewZealandHistory #Oceania #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The Maori Kingitanga Flag: Symbol of a Nation

    The Maori Kingitanga Flag: Symbol of a Nation
    2026/06/06
    In 1858, as the Maori King movement gathered momentum, a flag was needed to unite the tribes under King Potatau Te Wherowhero. This episode explores the creation, symbolism, and legacy of the Kingitanga flag—known as Te Paki o te Matua or the 'flag of the father'—which features a red cross, a white star, and a red field. We trace its origins to a prophetic dream, its use in battle during the Waikato War, and its continued importance as a symbol of Maori sovereignty today. Along the way, we meet the flag's designer, the Ngati Toa chief Te Rangihaeata, and discuss the role of the flag in maintaining mana motuhake (self-determination) through 150 years of colonization and revival. #Kingitanga #MaoriFlag #TePakioteMatua #PotatauTeWherowhero #Tawhiao #TeRangihaeata #WaikatoWar #ManaMotuhake #MāoriSovereignty #Aotearoa #NewZealandHistory #MaoriKingMovement #Symbolism #Flags #IndigenousResistance #19thCentury #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • The Swamp Pa: How Maori Engineers Redefined Fortress Warfare

    The Swamp Pa: How Maori Engineers Redefined Fortress Warfare
    2026/06/05
    In 1860s New Zealand, British soldiers armed with artillery and Enfield rifles faced an enemy they could not outmanoeuvre: the swamp pa. Episode 79 of The History of New Zealand takes you into the mud and timber of Lake Orakai, where Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, and Tūhoe engineers built a fortress that turned a British invasion into a tactical nightmare. We follow General Duncan Cameron's 800-strong column as it marched south from Auckland, only to be held for three days by fewer than 200 defenders at Paterangi. Then we examine the Kīngitanga's masterstroke—the swamp pa at Orakau—where Rewi Maniapoto's people fought to the last rather than surrender, their final stand crystallising into the war cry 'Ka whawhai tonu mātou, ake, ake, ake' ('We will fight on forever and ever'). Along the way, we unpack the engineering: hidden trenches, timber palisades, flax-rope bindings, and the deliberate use of boggy ground to mire heavy British guns. This is not just a battle story—it's a lesson in asymmetrical warfare and the fusion of Māori tradition with brutal modernity. #Orakau #SwampPa #MāoriEngineering #WaikatoWar #Kīngitanga #RewiManiapoto #Paterangi #DuncanCameron #AsymmetricalWarfare #NgātiManiapoto #Tūhoe #KaWhawhaiTonu #Rangiriri #FortressWarfare #NewZealandWars #MilitaryHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    5 分
  • The Musket Wars: How Firearms Transformed Maori Warfare

    The Musket Wars: How Firearms Transformed Maori Warfare
    2026/06/05
    Before the Treaty of Waitangi and the colonial wars, a devastating conflict reshaped Aotearoa. The Musket Wars (c. 1807–1842) saw Maori iwi armed with European muskets turn ancient rivalries into campaigns of conquest and displacement. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how coastal tribes like Ngāpuhi, under leaders like Hongi Hika, gained early access to firearms through trade with Sydney merchants, then unleashed waves of muskets on traditional enemies, killing tens of thousands and forcing mass migrations. They discuss the siege of Mātakitaki pā, the role of mana in escalating violence, the shifting balance of power between iwi, and how these wars left a fractured landscape that made later British colonization possible. The conversation also touches on the paradox of Maori adaptiveness — how quickly they integrated gunpowder technology — and the long shadow cast on inter-tribal relations that persisted into the colonial era. A fresh look at a bloody pre-colonial chapter that redefined Maori society. #MusketWars #HongiHika #Ngāpuhi #MaoriWarfare #Aotearoa #PreColonialNewZealand #Muskets #Mātakitaki #Pā #MaoriHistory #Firearms #TribalWarfare #19thCentury #Oceania #IndigenousHistory #History #FexingoHistory #NewZealandHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分