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Monument at Kaiapoi

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Monument at Kaiapoi

In 1898, largely on the initiative of the missionary James Stack, who was based in the nearby Ngāi Tahu village of Tuahiwi, a monument was erected on the site of Kaiapoi . This lay to the north of the present-day town of Kaiapoi. The tall column rises from a bank reconstructed on the ’s original defences.

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Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tahu – Wars with Ngāti Toa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1656/monument-at-kaiapoi (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Maire Tau, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.