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Monument at Ōrākau

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Monument at Ōrākau

This monument marks the site of the battle of Ōrākau. The battle site is now farmland, and no traces of the remain.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Waikato tribes – War and its aftermath, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4343/monument-at-orakau (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.