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There were many disputes between the Maori and the colonist because of land. When a group of surveyors were sent to mark out land for settlement, the Maori who resisted the selling, pulled up the surveyor stakes. The government declared martial law, and sent troops to protect the surveyors.

War began when the government forces seized a Maori fort built on the disputed land.

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