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Te pā i Ōhaeawai

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Pā near Ōhaeawai

Kei te whakahouhia e mātou te whārangi reo Māori nei

He whakaahua tēnei nā Cyprian Bridge e whakaatu ana i te pā maioro i hangaia e Te Ruki Kawiti ki te pā o Pene Taui, e whā kiromita mai i Ōhaeawai. E rua, e toru rānei ngā pekerangi e whai tūwatawata ana me ngā awarua. Kei waho ko tētahi pakitara harakeke (e kitea ana i te whakaahua) i āhei ai te wero i ngā pū ki waenganui i ngā harakeke, engari ka ārai anō ngā harakeke i ngā kariri. He pūrepo anō ā ngā Māori, engari inā noa atu te tokomaha o ngā hōia o Kānara Henry Despard e 600 tōpū. I muri i te kotahi wiki o te pahū i te pā ka tuku a Despard i te kōkiri, arā i te 1 o Hūrae 1845. Engari ka turakina rātou e ngā Māori. E 41 ngā Pākehā i mate, me te tokoiti toa Māori. I te 10 o Hūrae ka whakarērea te pā i te pō.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-079-055

by Cyprian Bridge

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Danny Keenan, New Zealand Wars – Northern War, 1845–1846, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/37839/te-pa-i-ohaeawai (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Danny Keenan, i tāngia i te 11 June 2012, updated 29 November 2022.