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 .

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 .

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 .