Bayden Barber | Chairman of the Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated Board

Ngāti Kahungunu is set to honor the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Pakake this weekend. Pakake was a small island Pā in the Ahuriri estuary where Ngāti Kahungunu stood […]


Ngāti Kahungunu is set to honor the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Pakake this weekend. Pakake was a small island Pā in the Ahuriri estuary where Ngāti Kahungunu stood to defend its lands and people from a confederation of iwi armed with over 600 muskets.

 

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