Name Date Location Deaths Notes Mohaka massacre 10 April 1869 Mohaka, Hawke's Bay 68 Part of Te Kooti's War Pukearuhe massacre 13 February 1869 Pukearuhe, Taranaki 8 Attack on Pukearuhe Redoubt by a Ngāti Maniapoto war party Ngatapa massacre 5 January 1869 Ngatapa, Gisborne 120 Part of Te Kooti's War Poverty Bay massacre 10 November 1868 Poverty Bay, Gisborne 54 Part of Te Kooti's War Rangiaowhia massacre 21 February 1864 Rangiaowhia, Waikato 11 Part of the Waikato War Gilfillan family killings 18 April 1847 Wanganui 4 An act of utu (revenge) for the killing of a Māori chieftain during the Wanganui Campaign Wairau Affray 17 June 1843 Tuamarina, Marlborough 26 8 wounded Invasion of the Chatham Islands November 1835 Chatham Islands 2000 Part of the Musket Wars Siege of Pukerangiora[1] November 1831 Waitara River, Taranaki 1200 Part of the Musket Wars