Other and historians all have stories of what happened during in 1845.
In establishing a memorial walk on the site, we as are for the first time sharing from stories handed down by our , combined with our ongoing research.
We welcome you all to stand on the where the events of 1845 happened, and to understand them through our eyes.
Our , Pene Taui, was a fighting chief. As Colonial Government forces moved inland after Māori allies burned their base at in March 1845, Pene Taui prepared. He oversaw a groundbreaking engineering feat – the first trench . and our from assisted in it’s construction and defence.
The Colonial officers and men had no idea what lay in wait…