List of wars involving New Zealand

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

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Conflict New Zealand Opposing Combatant Result

Casualties

Flagstaff War (1845–1846)
 
The bombardment of Ruapekapeka, January 1846.
  British Empire

  Māori Kupapa

Māori Inconclusive
  • Kawiti and Heke's rebellion defeated
  • British claimed a tactical victory
  • British negotiate peace with Kawiti in 1846
  • British negotiate peace with Heke in 1848.

60–94 killed

First Taranaki War (1860–1861)
 
British troops defending their positions during the Battle of Waireka.
  British Empire   Taranaki Māori
  Kīngitanga
Ceasefire
  • Truce agreed to after the surrender of the Te Ārei
  • Waikato Invasion plans made[1]
  • Māori remained in possession of the European-owned

Tātaraimaka

200 killed and wounded

Second Taranaki War

(1863–1866)

  British Empire   Taranaki Māori Inconclusive
  • Tribes either surrendered or withdrew towards the mountain.

~34 killed

Waikato Wars (1863–1864)
 
Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Orakau, 1 April 1914. All but Hekiera shared in the defence of Orakau pa, and fought through to the Puniu River in the retreat.
  British Empire   Kīngitanga

  North Island allies

Victory

1000 killed and wounded

East Cape War

(1865–1866)

  British Empire

Arawa

Ngāti Porou

Ngāti Kahungunu

Whakatohea Māori

Urewera Māori

Ngai Tama Māori

Victory

35 killed

Titokowaru's War (1868–1869)
 
The death of Gustavus von Tempsky at Te Ngutu o Te Manu by Tītokowaru's forces.
  British Empire

  Māori Kupapa

  Ngāti Ruanui Iwi

Ngāruahine tribes

Victory
  • Ngāti Ruanui and Ngaruahine withdrawal

11 killed

Te Kooti's War (1868–1872)
 
Poverty Bay Massacre (Battles of the nineteenth century, no. 3, 1901).
  British Empire

  Māori Kupapa

Ngāti Porou

Ngāti Kahungunu

  Māori Iwis

Ringatū adherents
Pai Mārire adherents

Victory

~60 killed

Second Boer War
(1899–1902)
 
The first contingent of New Zealand soldiers embarking for South Africa, October 1899.
  British Empire   Orange Free State
  South African Republic
Victory
  • British sovereignty over the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in accordance with the Treaty of Vereeniging

230 killed

Boxer Rebellion
(1900–1901)
  British Empire

  Japan
  Russia
  France
  United States
  Germany
  Austria-Hungary
  Italy

  Yihetuan
  Qing China
Victory

Boxer Protocol:

  • Anti-foreign societies banned in China

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New Zealand (1907–Present)

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Conflict New Zealand Opposing Combatant Result

Casualties

World War I
(1914–1918)
 
New Zealand WWI Troops in Trench - Front line of the Somme.
  France
  British Empire

  Russia
  United States
  Italy
  Serbia
  Montenegro
  Belgium
  Japan
  China
  Romania
  Portugal
  Brazil
  Hejaz
  Greece
  Armenia
  Nejd and Hasa
  Siam

  Germany
  Austria-Hungary
  Ottoman Empire
  Bulgaria
Victory

16,711 to 18,060 killed

Armenian–Azerbaijani War
(1918–1920)
  FR Armenia
  RM Armenia
  British Empire

  Centrocaspian Dictatorship

  Azerbaijan
  Ottoman Empire
  Russian SFSR
  Turkish Revolutionaries
  Azerbaijan SSR
Defeat
  • Sovietization of Armenia and Azerbaijan
  • Disputes over Karabakh and Nakhichevan settled in favor of Soviet Azerbaijan
  • Zangezur gained by Soviet Armenia

?

World War II
(1939–1945)
 
Members of the 28th Battalion performing a haka, Egypt (July 1941).
  United States
  Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  China
  France
  Poland
  Yugoslavia
  Greece
  Netherlands
  Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Denmark
  Norway
  Czechoslovakia
  Canada
  Australia
  New Zealand
  India
  South Africa
  Philippines
  Ethiopia
  Brazil
  Mexico
  Mongolia
  Germany
  Japan
  Italy
  Hungary
  Romania
  Bulgaria
  Slovakia
  Croatia
  Finland
  Iraq
  Thailand
Victory

11,700 killed

Malayan Emergency
(1948–1960)
  United Kingdom

  Australia
  New Zealand

  MCP Victory

15 killed

Korean War
(1950–1953)
 
New Zealand gunners providing artillery support for Australian forces across the Imjin River, April 1951.
  South Korea
  United States
  United Kingdom
  Canada
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Turkey
  Philippines
  Thailand
  Ethiopia
  Greece
  France
  Colombia
  Belgium
  South Africa
  Netherlands
  Luxembourg
  North Korea
  China
  Soviet Union
Ceasefire

45 killed

Borneo Confrontation
(1963–1966)
  Malaysia
  Singapore
  United Kingdom
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Indonesia Victory

12 killed

Vietnam War
(1965–1973)
 
New Zealand soldier with an Australian M113 in South Vietnam during 1968.
  South Vietnam
  United States
  South Korea
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Thailand
  Philippines
  Laos
  Cambodia
  Khmer Republic
  North Vietnam
  Viet Cong
  Pathet Lao
  Khmer Rouge
  China
  Soviet Union
  North Korea
Defeat

37 killed

Gulf War
(1990–1991)
  Kuwait
  United States
  United Kingdom
  Saudi Arabia
  France
  Canada
  Egypt
  Syria
  Qatar
  New Zealand
  Iraq Victory

?

War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021)
 
Two members of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team provide security in Shebar district, Bamyan province, July 23.
  Afghanistan
  ISAF
  Taliban
  al-Qaeda
  IMU
  HI-Gulbuddin
  HI-Khalis
  Haqqani network
  Lashkar-e-Taiba
  JeM
  ETIM
  TTP
  IEW
  TNSM
  IJU
  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Defeat

10 killed

Iraq War
(2003–2004)
  Iraq
  Iraqi Kurdistan
  United States
  United Kingdom
  South Korea
  Italy
  Poland
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Georgia
  Ukraine
  Netherlands
  Spain
  Romania
  Bulgaria
  Denmark
  Thailand
  SCJL
  Naqshbandi Army
  ISI
  al-Qaeda
  Ansar al-Islam
IAI
  Mahdi Army
  Badr Brigades
  Kata'ib Hezbollah
  Ba'athist Iraq
Victory

?

East Timorese Crisis
(2006–2013)
 
A New Zealand ISF soldier patrols Dili on polling day. Support for candidate Horta is displayed in background.
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Malaysia
  Portugal
  East Timor
  FTDL Rebels Victory
  • Violence ends

5 killed

War on ISIL
(2014–present)
  United States
  Iraq
  United Kingdom
  Canada
  Jordan
  Morocco
  Australia
  Belgium
  Denmark
  France
  Germany
  Italy
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
  Norway
  Portugal
  Spain
  Bahrain
  Saudi Arabia
  United Arab Emirates
  Egypt
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  Boko Haram

  al-Qaeda

Ongoing
  • Coalition airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Nigeria
  • Multinational humanitarian effort conducted by various nations.
  • ISIL loses 30% of its territory in Iraq
  • Over 350 Christians are in ISIL captivity.
  • Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee from their homes to escape advancing ISIL forces.
  • Thousands of Syrian and Iraqi civilians killed by ISIL forces.
  • Boko Haram joins ISIL, establishing a presence in Nigeria and surrounding African countries.
  • Arming and support for Iraq and the Syrian Opposition along with various militias opposed to ISIL.
  • ISIL controls over 50% of Syria by May 2015.
  • ISIL presence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and the Philippines.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Belich, James (1986). The New Zealand Wars. Auckland: Penguin. pp. 119–125. ISBN 0-14-027504-5.
  2. ^ Michael King (2003). The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books. p. 214. ISBN 0-14-301867-1.
  3. ^ Dalton, B.J. (1967). War and Politics in New Zealand 1855–1870. Sydney: Sydney University Press. pp. 176–179.
  4. ^ 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 [...].
  5. ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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