List of wars involving New Zealand
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This might be a list of wars involving New Zealand. New Zealand has participated in many armed conflicts, often alongside its allies such as the United Kingdom.
- New Zealand victory
- New Zealand defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive)
- Ongoing conflict
List
[edit]Colonial New Zealand (1841–1907)
[edit]Conflict | New Zealand | Opposing Combatant | Result |
Casualties |
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Flagstaff War
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Māori | Inconclusive
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60–94 killed |
First Taranaki War
(1860–1861)![]() |
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Ceasefire
|
200 killed and wounded |
Second Taranaki War
(1863–1866) |
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Inconclusive
|
~34 killed |
Waikato Wars
(1863–1864)![]() |
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Victory |
1000 killed and wounded |
East Cape War
(1865–1866) |
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Whakatohea Māori
Urewera Māori Ngai Tama Māori |
Victory
|
35 killed |
Titokowaru's War
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Victory
|
11 killed |
Te Kooti's War
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Ringatū adherents |
Victory
|
~60 killed |
Second Boer War (1899–1902) ![]() |
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Victory
|
230 killed |
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901) |
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Victory
|
? |
New Zealand (1907–Present)
[edit]Conflict | New Zealand | Opposing Combatant | Result |
Casualties |
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World War I (1914–1918) ![]() |
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Victory
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16,711 to 18,060 killed |
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) |
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Defeat
|
? |
World War II (1939–1945) ![]() |
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Victory
|
11,700 killed |
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) |
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Victory
|
15 killed |
Korean War (1950–1953) ![]() |
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Ceasefire
|
45 killed |
Borneo Confrontation (1963–1966) |
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Victory
|
12 killed |
Vietnam War (1965–1973) ![]() |
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Defeat
|
37 killed |
Gulf War (1990–1991) |
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Victory
|
? |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ![]() |
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Defeat
|
10 killed |
Iraq War (2003–2004) |
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Victory
|
? |
East Timorese Crisis (2006–2013) ![]() |
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Victory
|
5 killed |
War on ISIL (2014–present) |
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Ongoing
|
? |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Belich, James (1986). The New Zealand Wars. Auckland: Penguin. pp. 119–125. ISBN 0-14-027504-5.
- ^ Michael King (2003). The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books. p. 214. ISBN 0-14-301867-1.
- ^ Dalton, B.J. (1967). War and Politics in New Zealand 1855–1870. Sydney: Sydney University Press. pp. 176–179.
- ^ King, Michael (1977). Te Puea: A Life. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited (published 2013). ISBN 9781742539683. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
The 'fertile and most beautiful fields' [...] and the river itself [...] provided the incentive and the means for an invasion of the Waikato. Auckland was swelling with new settlers; government ministers and land purchase officers were determined to acquire the fruitful acreage south of the city; the fact that it was controlled by a movement pledged not to sell land damned the Kingites in the eyes of most Europeans [...].
- ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ Michael Petrou (9 September 2011). "The decline of al-Qaeda". Maclean's.
George W. Bush gambled on surging thousands more troops to the embattled country. It paid off. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is now a diminished force without territory.
- ^ Spencer C. Tucker (14 December 2015). U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror. ISBN 978-1440838798.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was decimated by the end of the Iraq War in 2011