February 20, 2025 | Paakiwaha
The passing of the Bill to return the whenua the battle site of Orakau 165 years ago was passed this week in Parliament. Descendants of those that fought came to witness the passing of the Bill.
July 24, 2024 | News
A Kiingitanga spokesperson says the battle site at Ōrākau will become a marker for generations to come.
July 23, 2024 | News
Labour Peeni Henare says there's an argument for land information to include tags if a property is of historic significance.
July 22, 2024 | News
Members of the Māori affairs select committee were at Ōrākau this morning to see the site where 300 Māori held off 1500 British troops for three days in 1864 in the last battle of the Waikato War.
June 21, 2024 | News
Ka Whawhai Tonu director Michael Jonathan says it's important for all New Zealander to acknowledge what happened in the New Zealand Wars.
May 16, 2024 | News
Māori scholar Tā Pou Temara has won the 2024 Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
May 2, 2024 | News
Te Arawhiti Māori Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka says getting Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara - The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill through its first reading felt like a personal honour.
May 1, 2024 | News
The return of the historic Ō-Rākau battle site to the descendants of those who fought there moved a step closer yesterday with the first reading of Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara - The Ō-Rākau Remembrance Bill.
April 2, 2024 | News
On the 160th anniversary of the Battle of O-Rākau , Transmission Films has released a trailer for a new film about the pivotal battle that marked the end of the fighting in the Waikato War.
April 2, 2024 | News
Descendants of those who fought Ōrākau have returned to the site south of Kihikihi have returned to the site this morning to mark the 160h anniversary of the battle.
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