Whanganui campaign

Wanganui campaign
	Part of the New Zealand Wars
Date	16 April – 23 July 1847
Location	New Zealand
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United Kingdom: Colony of New Zealand	Māori
Commanders and leaders
George Grey; William McCleverty; Joseph Henry Laye; John Hoseason	Topine Te Mamaku; Maketu †; Te Pehi Pakarao; Ngapara
Units involved
Royal Navy HMS Inflexible; HMS Calliope; Gunboat; Royal Marines; British Army 58th Regiment; 65th Regiment; Ordnance Royal Engineers; Royal Artillery; HM Treasury Commissariat; Armed Police; Māori allies Ngāti Awa; Ngāti Toa; ; ;	Taua Ngāti Haua-te-rangi; Ngāti Patutokotoko; Ngāti Ruaka;
Strength
188 sailors & marines; 534 soldiers; 1 engineer; 22 artillerymen; 50 warriors	600 warriors
Casualties and losses
19 May; 0 killed; 0 wounded; 19 July; 4 killed; 11 wounded	19 May; 2 killed; ≥10 wounded; 19 July; 5 killed; 10–30 wounded

The Whanganui campaign was a brief round of hostilities in the North Island of New Zealand as indigenous Māori fought British settlers and military forces in 1847. The campaign, which included a siege of the fledgling Whanganui settlement (then named "Petre"), was among the earliest of the 19th century New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land and sovereignty.

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