Neville Ritchie

On 12 July 1863, British and colonial troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Duncan Cameron crossed the Mangatawhiri stream, Waikato Maori's northern border, instigating the Waikato War. In order to do so, they had amassed a vast infrastructure that included building the Great South Road (the 'Road to War'), establishing a military supply train capable of providing for the...