HEKE'S WAR IN THE NORTH; HOW KORORAREKA WAS WON; THE SIEGE OF OKAIHAU; THE STORMING OF OHAEAWAI; THE BATTLE OF RUAPEKAPEKA; THE PA IS ENTERED; TUKUTUTU SAVES HIS LIFE; END OF BATTLE - (Te Ao Hou - No....

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HEKE'S WAR IN THE NORTH; HOW KORORAREKA WAS WON; THE SIEGE OF OKAIHAU; THE STORMING OF OHAEAWAI; THE BATTLE OF RUAPEKAPEKA; THE PA IS ENTERED; TUKUTUTU SAVES HIS LIFE; END OF BATTLE - (Te Ao Hou - No....

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His reply to Heke was ‘Poroporoa i nga ringa-ringa me nga waewae’ meaning ‘Cut off the hands and legs’. Their plan was that Heke should fell the flagstaff above the settlement of Kororareka while Kawiti with Kapotai warriors attacked the town. The outcome of these encounters has been recorded before and there is little to add. From the point of vie...

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October 1956

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