 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, ikoku kwakanga kuri pachena bedzi kwokutanga. Vagari vokuBritain vakanga vasina kugadzirira kutsigira kudzora uye kutonga kwavaMaori rutivi rukuru rwenyika muNorth Island. Hondo yakatangazve muna 1863 neInvasion of the Waikato. Kubetsera muhondo iyi, uto rehondo rengarava renguva pfupi rakagadzwa. Iyi yakanga iri Waikato Flotilla, yeNew Zealand yekutanga de facto navy, ine zvikepe zvisere zvomurwizi, zvikepe zvina zvehondo, zvikepe zvishanu zvomumahombekombe nechikepe chengarava. Hondo yeWaikato, kubatanidza Hondo yeTauranga, ndiyo yakanga yakakura kupfuura Hondo dzose dzeNew Zealand. Mugumisiro wehondo iyi wakanga uri kutorwa kwevhu guru raiva ravaMaori, iro rakakurumidza kukonzera Hondo yechipiri yeTaranaki. Pakazosvika pakati pema1860 kurwisana kwacho kwakanga kwakamanikidza kuvharwa kwezvikoro zvose zvomunzvimbomo. 