The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids Attack fought Hostile_encounter throughout New Zealand ( including the Chatham Islands ) among Māori between 1807 and 1837 , after Māori first obtained Getting muskets and then engaged Participation in an intertribal arms race in order to gain Getting territory or seek revenge for past defeats .

In 1835 the fighting Hostile_encounter went Motion offshore as Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama launched Military_operation devastating Destroying raids Attack on the pacifist Moriori in the Chatham Islands .

By September 2010 , 44 suits had been filed Submitting_documents in Chatham County Court against Imperial Sugar and/or its cleaning contractor .