Whanganui campaign

Wanganui campaign
	Part of the New Zealand Wars
Date	16 April – 23 July 1847
Location	New Zealand
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United Kingdom: Colony of New Zealand	Māori
Commanders and leaders
George Grey; William McCleverty; Joseph Henry Laye; John Hoseason	Topine Te Mamaku; Maketu †; Te Pehi Pakarao; Ngapara
Units involved
Royal Navy HMS Inflexible; HMS Calliope; Gunboat; Royal Marines; British Army 58th Regiment; 65th Regiment; Ordnance Royal Engineers; Royal Artillery; HM Treasury Commissariat; Armed Police; Māori allies Ngāti Awa; Ngāti Toa; ; ;	Taua Ngāti Haua-te-rangi; Ngāti Patutokotoko; Ngāti Ruaka;
Strength
188 sailors & marines; 534 soldiers; 1 engineer; 22 artillerymen; 50 warriors[non-primary source needed]	600 warriors
Casualties and losses
19 May; 0 killed; 0 wounded[non-primary source needed]; 19 July; 4 killed[non-primary source needed]; 11 wounded[non-primary source needed]	19 May; 2 killed; ≥10 wounded[non-primary source needed]; 19 July; 5 killed[non-primary source needed]; 10–30 wounded[non-primary source needed]

The Whanganui campaign was a brief round of hostilities in the North Island of New Zealand as indigenous Māori fought British settlers and military forces in 1847. The campaign, which included a siege of the fledgling Whanganui settlement (then named "Petre"),^[8] was among the earliest of the 19th century New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land and sovereignty.

^ Waitangi Tribunal (1999), The Whanganui River Report (PDF), Wellington: GP Publications
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference Collinson1855 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Wanganui". Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 175. 16 June 1847. p. 3.
^ Cite error: The named reference cowanwanga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Official Despatches". The Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 172. 5 June 1847. p. 3.^{[non-primary source needed]}
^ ^a ^b "Official Despatches". The Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 190. 7 August 1847. p. 2.^{[non-primary source needed]}
^ "The Wellington Independent". Vol. 3, no. 188. 31 July 1847. p. 2.
^ Beaglehole, Diana. "Whanganui Places: Petre, Wanganui or Whanganui?'". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[1] Waitangi Tribunal (1999), The Whanganui River Report (PDF), Wellington: GP Publications

[Collinson1855-2] Cite error: The named reference Collinson1855 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Wanganui". Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 175. 16 June 1847. p. 3.

[cowanwanga-4] Cite error: The named reference cowanwanga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[WI18470605.2.7-5] "Official Despatches". The Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 172. 5 June 1847. p. 3.^{[non-primary source needed]}

[WI18470807.2.7-6] "Official Despatches". The Wellington Independent. Vol. 3, no. 190. 7 August 1847. p. 2.^{[non-primary source needed]}

[WI18470731.2.5-7] "The Wellington Independent". Vol. 3, no. 188. 31 July 1847. p. 2.

[Beaglehole2015-8] Beaglehole, Diana. "Whanganui Places: Petre, Wanganui or Whanganui?'". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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