Later campaigns Military_operation were aimed Aiming at quashing Removing the so-called Hauhau movement , an extremist part of the Pai Mārire religion , which was strongly opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the alienation of Māori land and eager to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength Māori identity .

Pai Mārire arrived Arriving on the east coast from Taranaki about 1865 .

The subsequent ritual killing Killing of missionary Carl Volkner by Pai Mārire followers at Opotiki on 2 March 1865 sparked Causation settler fears of an outbreak of violence Violence and later that year the New Zealand government launched Motion a lengthy expedition to hunt Scrutiny for Volkner 's killers Killing and neutralise the movement 's influence .

Rising Expansion tensions between Pai Mārire followers and conservative Māori led to Causation a number of wars Hostile_encounter between and within Māori `` iwi '' , with `` kūpapa '' or `` loyal '' Māori armed Bearing_arms by the government in a bid to exterminate Destroying the movement .