Titokowaru's War was a military conflict that took place in the
South Taranaki region of
New Zealand's
North Island from June 1868 to March 1869 between the
Ngati Ruanui Maori tribe and the New Zealand Government. The conflict, near the conclusion of the
New Zealand wars, was a revival of hostilities of the
Second Taranaki War as
Riwha Titokowaru, chief of the Ngati Ruanui's Ngaruahine
hapu (sub-tribe), responded to the continued surveying and settlement of confiscated land with well-planned and effective attacks on settlers and government troops in an effort to block the occupation of Maori land.