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Also known as the New Zealand Wars or the Land Wars, the Maori Wars were a series of conflicts between the British settlers of New Zealand and various Maori opponents. The wars were concentrated on New Zealand's northern island and fell into three phases: the Northern War of 1845–1846, the 1860s wars against the Maori King movement and its allies, and those against Maori prophetic leaders from 1864 until 1872. The first of these phases took place near the island's northern tip, in the Bay of Islands; the second along the western coast in Waikato and to its south in Taranaki; and the third throughout the island.