Ngā Pakanga

Aotearoa's history, mapped

Reconstructed landscape at Ruapekapeka, Northland

Storming of Ruapekapeka

Ruapekapeka, Northland · January 1846

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

Where

Ruapekapeka, Northland, Northland.

What happened

The 'bat's nest' — a deeply bunkered artillery-proof pā — was entered while largely empty on a Sunday. Both sides claimed the outcome; the Flagstaff War ended without confiscation in the north.

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