A British fleet of 24 ships of the line under Sir Edward Hawke tracked Motion down and engaged Hostile_encounter a French fleet of 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans .

The government , claiming Statement that one of Volkner 's killers was being given Giving sanctuary Preserving by Māori in the remote Urewera region , confiscated Removing northern parts of the Urewera land in January 1866 in a bid to break down Destroying Māori resistance and confiscated Removing additional land in Hawke 's Bay a year later after a rout of a Māori party Participation it deemed Coming_to_believe to pose a threat Warning to the settlement of Napier .

In 2013 the Crown paid Commerce_pay $ 23 million in financial redress and expressed Expressing_publicly `` profound regret '' over the `` unjust attacks Attack '' in Hawke 's Bay in 1866 and apologised Judgment_communication for subsequent land confiscations .

Several years earlier , while Labor was in opposition , Hawke was seeking the leadership .

It is believed that Hawke told Telling Keating that `` two terms should do him '' .

This resulted in Causation Keating throwing his support behind Hawke , causing then-Leader Bill Hayden to resign and make way for Hawke to become Leader .

This resulted in Causation Keating throwing his support behind Hawke , causing then-Leader Bill Hayden to resign and make way for Hawke to become Leader .

In 1988 , Hawke was enjoying high approval ratings , and leadership questions were not covered Hiding_objects in the media often .

The two men came to Self_motion an agreement , that presuming Hawke won the 1990 Australian election Choosing ( which he did ) , he would step down as Prime Minister and hand over power to Keating – sometime during that term .

Hawke made clear that if any details of their deal were made public , the entire agreement would be terminated Process_end .

As the years went on , the relationship between Keating and Hawke deteriorated Cause_change_of_strength .

Hawke won the 1990 federal election Choosing with a very slim majority .

During his final two years in office , Hawke 's popularity collapsed Destroying .

In June 1991 Keating decided Deciding to challenge for the leadership of the Labor party , which Hawke decided to contest .

During the final months of the Hawke Government , the economy weakened Cause_change_of_strength , and the government 's popularity was falling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , which prompted many high profile Labor caucus members to throw their support behind Keating .

Keating decided Deciding to challenge Hawke once more in December 1991 .

Keating won the leadership against Hawke , with 56 votes to 51 .

In recent times there has been continued tension between Hawke and Keating , which has been deliberately made public .

In a biography of Hawke by Blanche d'Alpuget , Hawke 's later second wife , d'Alpuget outlines Recording a scathing attack on Keating and many senior members of his government .

In a biography of Hawke by Blanche d'Alpuget , Hawke 's later second wife , d'Alpuget outlines Recording a scathing attack on Keating and many senior members of his government .

Meanwhile Keating wrote Writing a letter outlining his disapproval of Hawke 's perceptions of him and leaked Reveal_secret it to `` The Australian '' .