Soldiers, Scouts and Spies by Cliff Simons

Author:Cliff Simons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Massey University Press
Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

The decision to stop fighting prevented the bloodbath that would surely have ensued had the troops stormed the pā. Hapurona signed peace terms and agreed to return plunder from the settlers’ homes and submit Te Ātiawa to the queen’s authority. Kīngi did not sign, and went into self-exile near Kihikihi in the heart of the Kīngitanga in Upper Waikato. The Waikato tribes agreed to return to their homeland and were able to maintain that, as Te Ārei had not been lost, they were undefeated.57 The government promised to investigate the legality of its title to the Waitara Block but failed to do so; and Pratt returned to Australia, where he was knighted for his efforts. But the peace was illusory. Tensions remained, particularly as Te Ātiawa grievances over the sale of the Pekapeka Block remained unresolved. On 11 May 1863, Governor Grey renounced the government’s claim on the Waitara Block, but this only came one week after the outbreak of conflict in Taranaki for a second time. This was a short campaign and the government’s focus was firmly on its imminent invasion of Waikato. Taranaki remained a hotbed of unrest and fighting continued sporadically through to Major General Chute’s campaign in 1866, Tītokowaru’s War in 1868, and even during the years up to the government’s invasion of Parihaka in 1881.

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