Maori Warfare

The war party was called a taua involved a very large amount of toa, rangatira, and tohunga, All these warriors would usually travel to battle in a waka taua.

 Maori warfare would break out in between the villages for a number of reasons, these would include a fight for land, Mana of the tribe, food and resources, and utu towards the other tribe. The victors would take prisoners of the defeated tribes people, They would go to their villages and enslave their women and children.

But at the end of all conflict, it was always important for both villages to make peace. After a very long sequence of battle and war, the Moriori tribe from the Chatham Islands declared a end to war and did have a very long period of peace.