- Russell, also
known by the Māori name
Kororāreka, is a town in the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand's far north. It was the
first permanent European settlement...
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British by
cutting down the
flagstaff on
Flagstaff Hill (Maiki Hill) at
Kororāreka (now Russell). The
flagstaff had been a gift from Hōne Heke to
James Busby...
- 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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kilometres (4.3 mi)
south of present-day Russell,
which was then
known as
Kororareka.
Okiato was New Zealand's
first national capital, for a
short time from...
- Hōne Heke, who
instigated the war when he
chopped down the
flagpole at
Kororāreka to
commence what is
sometimes called the
Flagstaff War. The
British did...
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given to
fighting on the
beach at Russell, New Zealand, then
known as
Kororāreka, in
March 1830
between the
northern and
southern hapū (subtribe) within...
-
flagstaff on
Maiki Hill at the
north end
Kororāreka. When in
March 1845 Heke cut down the flag pole at
Kororāreka for the
fourth time,
thereby initiating...
- Hōne Heke is best known. He took part in the
fighting on the
beach at
Kororareka in 1830 that is
known as the Girls' War.
After that
fighting he parti****ted...
- muskets, double-barrelled guns and
tomahawks commenced the
Battle of
Kororāreka.: 11–15, 76–84
Lieutenant Phillpotts, in
command of HMS
Hazard after...
-
availability of land
suitable for
subdivision and on-sale to settlers.
Kororāreka (present-day Russell) was
discounted as it had
insufficient available...
