Hutt Valley and Whanganui campaigns
- When
- 1846–1847
- Where
- Hutt Valley · Te Awa Kairangi
- Reach
- Several regions
Fighting over disputed Company purchases spread through the Hutt and up to Whanganui. Governor Grey seized Te Rauparaha from his bed without charge.
Grey arrived determined to be decisive where FitzRoy had been conciliatory. Troops cleared Māori settlements from the Hutt, and in July 1846 a naval party took Te Rauparaha at Taupō pā near Plimmerton. He was held without trial for eighteen months — an act of raw executive power that told Māori leaders a great deal about what kāwanatanga was going to mean in practice.
Regions affected
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