Waitara and the Question of Street Names
Channel: Difficult Histories: The New Zealand Wars
Date: 2021-03-22

On 17 March 1860 the first Taranaki War began at Waitara when British troops fired on Te Ātiawa occupants of Te Kōhia pā, setting off a series of conflicts across much of the North Island that would continue for the next twelve years. 


Today, many of the streets in the township of Waitara are named after the politicians and military officers responsible for waging war against Māori communities and implementing raupatu (land confiscations). 


In this latest video, Professor Joanna Kidman and Dr Vincent O’Malley discuss two prominent examples of such street names.