Battle of Ruapekapeka
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battle-of-ruapekapeka-169-8963999
title:
Battle of Ruapekapeka
text:
The Battle of Ruapekapeka was an engagement that took place from late December 1845 to mid-January 1846 between British forces, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Despard, and Māori warriors of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand. The battle site was a pā located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kawakawa, which was one of the largest and most complex fortifications of its kind in New Zeala
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1845–46 New Zealand engagement between British and Ngāpuhi
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ruapekapeka
date created:
2009-03-22T23:17:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T12:10:09Z
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