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Rangiriri trenches

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Rangiriri trenches

Part of the Rangiriri pā has been preserved, and the remaining trenches and banks show how impressive the fortification was. The pā remains are in a historic reserve beside State Highway 1, half a kilometre north of Rangiriri township, which has a small cemetery with the graves of some of the British soldiers who died in the battle.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Hūnua to Te Kauwhata, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27278/rangiriri-trenches (accessed 14 July 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.