The First Taranaki War in New Zealand and its causes. Occurrence and effect of intertribal issues

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2.0, Technical University of Braunschweig (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: New Zealand: The Events that have helped shape Modern New Zealand and New Zealanders, language: English, abstract: The First Taranaki War was heavily impacted and engendered by differing cultural beliefs between the opposing parties, an ambiguous translation of the Treaty of Waitangi, and intertribal disputes. In the following essay, the course of the war will be described, and the essential parts highlighted. The impact of the differing cultural beliefs and attitudes between the Taranaki tribes and the European migrants will be clarified. Additionally, the result of the equivocal translation of the Treaty of Waitangi in this war will be discussed and scrutinized. The occurrence and effect of intertribal issues are a further topic of this essay.