"British victory" . "745" . "The New Zealand Wars, which were long known as the M\u0101ori Wars, were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand government and indigenous M\u0101ori. Though the wars were initially localised conflicts triggered by tensions over disputed land purchases, they escalated dramatically from 1860 as the government became convinced it was facing a united M\u0101ori resistance to further land sales and a refusal to acknowledge Crown sovereignty."@en . . "New Zealand Wars"@en . . "18,000 (peak deployment)" . . "M\u0101ori" . "5,000 (peak deployment)" .