Battle of Ōkaihau

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Battle at Puketutu Pā, near Ōkaihau, at Lake Omapere on 8th May 1845

New Zealand Wars, Northern War, Ōkaihau, Puketutu Pā

Image: Illustrated London news :The recent conflict at New Zealand - from a sketch by a correspondent. The Illustrated London news, Dec. 13, 1845, [page] 372

Illustrated London news :The recent conflict at New Zealand - from a sketch by a correspondent. The Illustrated London news, Dec. 13, 1845, [page] 372

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Williams, John] d 1905 :Okaihou

[Williams, John] d 1905 :Okaihou

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Williams, John] d 1905 :Mawe, nr Okaihau, N.Z. [Between 1845 and 1850?]

[Williams, John] d 1905 :Mawe, nr Okaihau, N.Z. [Between 1845 and 1850?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Artist unknown :O'Kaihau. Points of attack. Flag staff. Heki's house. Kawiti's ambush. [1846?]

Artist unknown :O'Kaihau. Points of attack. Flag staff. Heki's house. Kawiti's ambush. [1846?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Page, George Hyde] 1823-1908 :[The battle of Okaihau. 1845]

[Page, George Hyde] 1823-1908 :[The battle of Okaihau. 1845]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :Sketch of the action at Mawe, New Zealand, on the 8th May, 1845 by the forces under command of Lt Colonel Hulme 96th Regt. Composed of Head Quarter Division of 58th. Details &c of 96th - a few Marines & Sailors of H. M. Ships North Star and Hazard against the combined forces of the Rebels Heke & Kawiti / C. Bridge.

Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :Sketch of the action at Mawe, New Zealand, on the 8th May, 1845 by the forces under command of Lt Colonel Hulme 96th Re...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Book

The Mawe Pa at Lake Omapere - The Pa Maori

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Plan of Mawe Pa, Lake Omapere

Plan of Mawe Pa, Lake Omapere

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Article

Puketutu and Te Ahuahu - The Northern War

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: From a drawing by Sergeant J. Williams (58th Regt.)] The Battle of Puketutu (8th May, 1845)

From a drawing by Sergeant J. Williams (58th Regt.)] The Battle of Puketutu (8th May, 1845)

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: The British Attack on Hone Heke's stockade, Puketutu Pa, Lake Omapere, May 8, 1845. This was the first inland battle of a British military force in New Zealand. — (From a watercolour drawing by Sergeant J. Williams, 58th Regiment)

The British Attack on Hone Heke's stockade, Puketutu Pa, Lake Omapere, May 8, 1845. This was the first inland battle of a British military force in...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: The British Attack on Hone Heke's stockade, Puketutu Pa, Lake Omapere, May 8, 1845. This was the first inland battle of a British military force in New Zealand. — (From a watercolour drawing by Sergeant J. Williams, 58th Regiment)

The British Attack on Hone Heke's stockade, Puketutu Pa, Lake Omapere, May 8, 1845. This was the first inland battle of a British military force in...

Trove

Image: [Bridge, Cyprian], 1807-1885 :[Battle for Puketutu Pa. 1845]

[Bridge, Cyprian], 1807-1885 :[Battle for Puketutu Pa. 1845]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ōkaihau NZ Wars memorial cross

Ōkaihau NZ Wars memorial cross

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Plan of Hone Heke's pa at Okaihau, Bay of Islands, 1845

Plan of Hone Heke's pa at Okaihau, Bay of Islands, 1845

Auckland Libraries

Image: Artist unknown :Attack on Heke's Pa, Okaihau. May 8th 1845.

Artist unknown :Attack on Heke's Pa, Okaihau. May 8th 1845.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Okaihau, Northland

Okaihau, Northland

MTG Hawke's Bay

Book

The Attack at Okaihau - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: RIWHTTETEI POKAI. This fime old warrior chief, one of the highest in rank in the Ngapuhi tribe, died in the Bay of Islands district during 1904, at the age of over 80 years He was a typical toa or brave of the- old school. In 1845-46 he played a conspicuous part m the Northern War waged by Hone Heke against the British troop?. He was ono of Heke's most dashing lieutenants, and distinguished himacllf just before the war began by capturing the blockhouse at the foot of the flagstaff, which crowned the hill above the town of Kororareka, now known as Russell, and cutting down the obnoxious staff. He snared in all the engagements which followed, and was wounded by a bayonet thrust at Okaihau. Pokai was related to the famous Hongi Hika, the Napoleon of North New Zealand. One of the late chief's nephews is Hone Hcke, M.H.R. (Otago Witness, 21 December 1904)

RIWHTTETEI POKAI. This fime old warrior chief, one of the highest in rank in the Ngapuhi tribe, died in the Bay of Islands district during 1904, a...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Percussion musket

Percussion musket

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Newspaper

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL STAPP. (Wanganui Herald, 07 August 1900)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Report on an investigation to locate the site of Hone Hekes Pa at Lake Omapere, near Okaihau

Report on an investigation to locate the site of Hone Hekes Pa at Lake Omapere, near Okaihau

Whangarei Libraries

Book

Chapter 6: The Fighting at Omapere - The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)

Victoria University of Wellington

Book

On the Maori Battlefield - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 7 (October 1, 1936)

Victoria University of Wellington

Book

“King Hongi” meets King George IV - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 9 (December 2, 1935)

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: 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....

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; TUKU...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ena te Papatahi, a chieftainess of the Ngapuhi tribe, and a younger relation of the one »ime celebrated northern chiefs Tamati Waka and Patuone As a girl she was present at an infertrifeaFbattle at Oruru between the Ngapuhi and Rarawa Mbes in the year 1843, and also went through Heke's War in 1845 with Tamati Wakas men, who fought on the British side. She witnessed the famous fights at Ohaewai. where the British lost heavily, Te Ahu Ahu, and Okaihau, and can tell many tales of those stirring events. From a painting by C. F. Goldie. (New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 01 May 1903)

Ena te Papatahi, a chieftainess of the Ngapuhi tribe, and a younger relation of the one »ime celebrated northern chiefs Tamati Waka and Patuone As ...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: The location of Heke's Pa, Te Kahika, Okaihau, NZ. A field analysis

The location of Heke's Pa, Te Kahika, Okaihau, NZ. A field analysis

Whangarei Libraries