Ngā Pakanga

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Reconstructed landscape at Ōhaeawai, Northland

Battle of Ōhaeawai

Ōhaeawai, Northland · 1 July 1845

Record status: Source needed. The reconstruction is a visual interpretation, never evidence.

Where

Ōhaeawai, Northland, Northland.

What happened

Kawiti's flax-padded palisades absorbed cannon fire, and a frontal charge cost the British around a third of the attacking force in minutes. The engineering here influenced pā design for the rest of the wars.

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