The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Taranaki_War" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Taranaki War">First Taranaki War</a> begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranaki" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taranaki">Taranaki</a>, New Zealand, a major phase of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Wars" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand Wars">New Zealand Wars</a>.