The Invasion of the Waikato was against which people?
Ngāpuhi
Tainui
Kiingitanga
British settlers
Answer
The Invasion of the Waikato was a military campaign carried out by the British colonial government of New Zealand in the 1860s. The aim of the campaign was to suppress Māori resistance to colonial expansion and to confiscate land from Māori. The campaign was directed against the Tainui people, who were one of the largest and most powerful Māori tribes in the region.
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