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    The Battle of Kororāreka, or the Burning of Kororāreka, on 11 March 1845, was an engagement of the Flagstaff War in New Zealand. Following the establishment...
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    including the Battle of Kororāreka on 11 March 1845, the Battle of Puketutu on 8 May 1845, the Battle of Ōhaeawai on 23 June 1845 and the siege of Ruapekapeka...
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    Te Ruki Kawiti (category Signatories of the Treaty of Waitangi)
    was built at Ruapekapeka to engage the British forces. After the Battle of Kororāreka, Heke and Kawiti and the warriors travelled inland to Lake Ōmāpere...
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    Hōne Heke (category Signatories of the Treaty of Waitangi)
    the number of whaling ships that visited Kororāreka (over 20 whaling ships could anchor in the bay at any time); a reduction in the number of visiting ships...
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    1840 the family had moved to Kororāreka, New Zealand. At ten years of age, Hector was present at the Battle of Kororāreka. He became notable for his "gallant...
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    participated in the looting. The loss of Kororāreka was humiliating for the colonial government. On hearing news of Kororāreka, receiving its refugees and fearing...
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    capital not long after. Kororāreka was part of the Port of Russell, and after Russell (now Okiato) became virtually deserted, Kororāreka gradually came to be...
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  • blockhouse when captured by a large Māori force during the Battle of Kororāreka in the Bay of Islands on 11 March 1845; the blockhouse crew were forced...
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    After several major conflicts, such as the Battle of Kororāreka, the Battle of Ōhaeawai, and the siege of Ruapekapeka, the flagstaff was ultimately removed...
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  • Joel Samuel Polack (category American people of British-Jewish descent)
    his store was destroyed again in 1845, when Kororāreka was attacked by Hōne Heke—the Battle of Kororāreka commencing the Flagstaff War. He moved to Auckland...
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