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Armed Constabulary, Ōpepe

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Armed constabulary, Ōpepe

After Te Kooti’s men killed a number of colonial soldiers at Ōpepe in 1869, an Armed Constabulary post was set up there, and remained until 1885. These soldiers are outside the stockade in the early 1870s.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau places – Kāingaroa to Kaimanawa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15077/armed-constabulary-opepe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.