New Zealand Wars Day
New Zealand Wars Day is held on October 28. This event in the third decade of the month October is annual. Help us
This is the National Day marking the 19th-century New Zealand Wars.
Te Pūtake o Te Riri also means the reason or source of anger or rage, a reference to the lasting importance and disastrous impact these wars and conflicts had on Māori.
It is a day of remembrance where stories about the New Zealand Wars are enacted, shared, remembered, and discussed by Māori and Pakeha.
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