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5: New Zealand Wars (Part 1)

Hunger for land and the rise of Kingitanga prompted Governor George Grey to invade Waikato in 1863. Fighting spread over years and into the Bay of Plenty, devastating Maori. But it was not as one-sided as the British had expected.

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  Season 2 Ep 12: Women's Suffrage

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  Season 2 Ep 14: New Zealand's Pacific Empire

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  Season 2 Ep 13: Why isn't New Zealand part of Australia?

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  Season 2 Ep 11: Number 8 Wire

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  Season 2 Ep 10: NZ Railways

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  Season 2 Ep 9: Whaling & Sealing

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  Season 2 Ep 8: The Musket Wars

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  Season 2 Ep 7: Moriori

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  Season 2 Ep 6: Native Land Court

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  Season 2 Ep 5: The Gold Rushes

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  Season 2 Ep 4: Epidemics

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  Season 2 Ep 3: Teenagers

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  Season 2 Ep 2: Māori: The First 500 Years

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  Season 2 Ep 1: Rabbits & other Pests

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  14: Modern New Zealand

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  13: Decades of Change