Taranaki Wars
Podcast | Taranaki Wars: Waitara and One Family's Journey
17 Mar 2020
In 1860 the shots fired sparked decades - arguably generations - of conflict. RNZ's Tim Watkin looks at what sparked the conflict and his ancestors' arrival in the midst of these tensions. Audio
Pakeha Maori: the story of Kimble Bent
16 Apr 2018
Kimble Bent was one of a tiny handful of Europeans who switched sides during the New Zealand Wars, who deserted the British army to join Maori "rebels" in Taranaki. RNZ's Black Sheep podcast tells the… Audio
Kelvin Day - The Taranaki Wars
11 Jul 2010
Kelvin Day is manager of Heritage Collections at Puke Ariki Museum and Art Gallery in New Plymouth. His book is 'Contested Ground: Te Whenua I Tohea, The Taranaki Wars 1860 - 1881'. Audio
Land Wars Exhibition
14 Mar 2010
The Taranaki land wars are remembered in New Plymouth 150 years on with the most ambitious exhibition yet at Puke Ariki. Audio