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    Rangiaowhia (or Rangiawhia, or Rangiaohia) was, for over 20 years, a thriving village on a ridge between two streams in the Waikato region, about 4 km...
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    village, the assault on Rangiaowhia was an almost "incomprehensible act of savagery". The role of Bishop Selwyn in the Rangiaowhia attack is unclear. He...
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    Maungakawa, Maungatautari, Mohoaonui, Otawhao, Patetere, Rangataiki, Rangiaowhia, Taupō, Te Kopua, Te Rore, Tireke, Tuakau, Waitetuna, Whaingaroa and...
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    defeat at the Battle of Rangiriri and war crimes at the trading centre of Rangiaowhia, Tāwhiao led the exodus of Tainui to the land of Ngāti Maniapoto, establishing...
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    was designed to block the main approaches to the agriculturally rich Rangiaowhia district, east of Te Awamutu. On 20 February 1864, Cameron by-passed...
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  • 1868 Poverty Bay, Gisborne 54 Part of Te Kooti's War Rangiaowhia massacre 21 February 1864 Rangiaowhia, Waikato 11 Part of the Waikato War Gilfillan family...
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    Parewaeono, and the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Ngutu and Ngāti Paretekawa. Rangiaowhia, or Rangiaohia Highway Board administered the roads in the town until...
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    moved out with at least 700 heading for Rangiaowhia. Reaching an old pā site at Hairini, on the road to Rangiaowhia, the Māori began entrenching themselves...
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    attack mounted on 21 February 1864 by government forces on the village of Rangiaowhia near Te Awamutu in 1864. His sister was killed in defence of nearby Hairini...
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    Waipa county in 1876: Newcastle, Hamilton, Mangapiko North and South, Rangiaowhia, and Pukekura. In 1902, it covered 282 sq mi (730 km2) and had an additional...
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