"...never dare to set down what is false... never dare to conceal the truth... be no suspicion of either favouritism or prejudice..." Cicero (106 BC to 43 BC) The New Zealand Wars started when the second canoe landed and continued without break until 1840, and then ignited again shortly after as an intermittent civil war against the government. The modern history of the New Zealand Wars breaches all three of Cicero's laws. By deconstructing the self-serving myths that have arisen around the New Zealand Wars, we seek to solve the problems these myths have caused. Many would construe this as politically incorrect, but how else can we commemorate the past and learn from the lessons bequeathed...