Annabelle Lee-Mather

When a succession of ex-wives show up to out-do- each other at a tangi of a man who was beloved by many, a flamboyant display of karanga takes place.

The 1863 invasion of the Waikato was the defining conflict of New Zealand, reinforcing the Crown’s power, entrenching one of Aotearoa’s oldest political institutions (the Kiingitanga) and resulting in land confiscations that continue to shape New Zealand today.