Rangiriri trenches near completion

The newly constructed Pa site at Rangiriri is near completion. This will be the latest tourist attraction to showcase the history behind the New Zealand Wars.

he Battle of Rangiriri was a major engagement in the invasion of Waikato, which took place on 20–21 November 1863 during the New Zealand Wars.

British and colonial forces eventually won by using overwhelming firepower and went onto confiscate the entire Waikato region.

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Ngāti awa journalist and film maker based in Kirikiriroa Hamilton.

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