
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
Pencil and watercolour sketch 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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