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Events on Saturday 17 June 1843 1
1843Wairau AffrayFirst armed clash between Maori and British settlers in New ZealandA New Zealand Company party tried to arrest the Ngati Toa chiefs Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata over a land dispute in the Wairau Valley. Twenty-two settlers and at least four Maori were killed, the first serious armed clash after the Treaty of Waitangi.