In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand?

The story behind the answer

Māori is correct because the mid-19th-century conflicts in New Zealand are commonly called the New Zealand Wars or Māori Wars. They began in 1845 with the Northern War, sparked by disputes over sovereignty and land following the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi—famously ignited when Māori leader Hōne Heke cut down the British flagstaff at Kororāreka. The wars continued into the early 1870s between British/colonial forces and various Māori iwi (tribes).

Remember it this way: Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), Aborigines are from Australia, Papuans from New Guinea, and Polynesians is a broad cultural group that includes Māori. So when wars in New Zealand are named after an indigenous people, think Māori.