Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 3, 2024 4:35:58 GMT 12
ŌRĀKAU ANNIVERSARY REOPENS WAR WOUNDS
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.
The defending group drawn from Tuhoe, Ngāti Raukawa, Waikato and Maniapoto were greatly outnumbered by British forces during the three day battle, and more then 150 Māori men, women and children died during the retreat from the pa south to the Pūniu River.
Kaawhia Muraahi says in the past decade the Crown bought the 9.7 ha property where the battle took place and signed an agreement to return the land to iwi.
Legistation to vest the whenua in the names of the tupuna who fought and fell at Ōrākau so will be introduced in the coming weeks.....
waateanews.com/2024/04/02/orakau-anniversary-reopens-war-wounds/
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.
The defending group drawn from Tuhoe, Ngāti Raukawa, Waikato and Maniapoto were greatly outnumbered by British forces during the three day battle, and more then 150 Māori men, women and children died during the retreat from the pa south to the Pūniu River.
Kaawhia Muraahi says in the past decade the Crown bought the 9.7 ha property where the battle took place and signed an agreement to return the land to iwi.
Legistation to vest the whenua in the names of the tupuna who fought and fell at Ōrākau so will be introduced in the coming weeks.....
waateanews.com/2024/04/02/orakau-anniversary-reopens-war-wounds/