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The Crown planned a war against Kīngitanga (Māori King movement) it involved over 12,000 British and colonial forces.
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An order was sent to the people of Ihumatao for them to immediately move to the Waikato or take an oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria
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The people of Ihumatao left for the Waikato with what they could only carry, everything else was taken from them all of their houses where either looted or destroyed.