The conflict , which overlapped the wars in Waikato and Tauranga , was fuelled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by a combination of factors : lingering Māori resentment over the sale of land at Waitara in 1860 and government delays Change_event_time in resolving Resolve_problem the issue ; a large-scale land confiscation policy launched Process_start by the government in late 1863 ; and the rise of the so-called Hauhau movement , an extremist part of the Pai Marire syncretic religion , which was strongly opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the alienation of Māori land and eager to strengthen Māori identity .

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 .

The east coast hostilities came Motion at the close of the Waikato wars Hostile_encounter and before the outbreak Attack of Te Kooti 's War , both fought Hostile_encounter nearby , but sprang from causes Causation more closely related to the Second Taranaki War—namely , Māori resentment of punitive government land confiscation coupled Cause_to_amalgamate with the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the so-called Hauhau movement , an extremist part of the Pai Marire religion ( also called Name_conferral the Hauhau ) , which was strongly opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the alienation of Māori land and eager to strengthen 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 .