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history of Maori people
...Many Maori were determined not to sell. In 1859 Te Teira, a Maori of the Taranaki area, sold his Waitara River land to the colonial government without the consent of his tribe, precipitating the First Taranaki War (1860–61). Only the extremist wing of the King Movement joined in the First Taranaki War.
Fox reentered politics in 1861, concerned about the first Taranaki War (1860–61) between settlers and the native Maori. As colonial secretary and minister of native affairs (1863–64), he advocated a vigorous war effort against the Maoris and confiscation of their land, policies that brought him into conflict with the governor, Sir George Grey. He defended his government’s actions in...