Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2020 3:29:41 GMT 12
175TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION - BATTLE OF KORORĀREKA
On March 11 it will be 175 years (11/03/1845) since Māori first signalled, courtesy of Hone Heke, their dissatisfaction with the state of things post the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, signed only five years earlier.
The tensions between Rangatiratanga and the imposition of British Sovereignty, plus a sense that Ngāpuhi independence and authority were being quickly and stealthily undermined, led to the symbolic act of the felling of the Flagstaff on Te Maiki in Kororāreka/ Russell and the ensuing bloodshed that killed around 13 Māori and 20 Britons. The bloodshed spread across Northland and over time further south, often for similar reasons, and ended up involving much of the country.
The battle is commemorated every year by local tangata whenua and the Kororāreka community, including descendants and representatives of ngā hapū/iwi who took part in the fighting......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2003/S00106/175th-anniversary-commemoration-battle-of-kororareka.htm
On March 11 it will be 175 years (11/03/1845) since Māori first signalled, courtesy of Hone Heke, their dissatisfaction with the state of things post the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, signed only five years earlier.
The tensions between Rangatiratanga and the imposition of British Sovereignty, plus a sense that Ngāpuhi independence and authority were being quickly and stealthily undermined, led to the symbolic act of the felling of the Flagstaff on Te Maiki in Kororāreka/ Russell and the ensuing bloodshed that killed around 13 Māori and 20 Britons. The bloodshed spread across Northland and over time further south, often for similar reasons, and ended up involving much of the country.
The battle is commemorated every year by local tangata whenua and the Kororāreka community, including descendants and representatives of ngā hapū/iwi who took part in the fighting......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2003/S00106/175th-anniversary-commemoration-battle-of-kororareka.htm