Description
The British attack on Kapotai Pa, Waikare Inlet, Bay of Islands. Several armed redcoats by a clump of bushes in the foreground, other soldiers and "friendly" Maori firing from behind a line of bushes in the middle distance towards the fenced pa site set against hills. A European house outside the fencing on the right has other Maori around it.
This attack took place in the Omapere area, a week after the attack on Puketutu Pa. Kapotai Pa was on one of the head creeks of the Waikare Inlet. Bridge organised a boat expedition to Kapotai Pa and burned the pa while the friendly Maori, under Tamati Waka Nene, fought the Kapotai in the bush. (Information from James Cowan's "The New Zealand Wars" (1922), p.45, where this image is reproduced.
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Waikare, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
The pa was located at Waikare; at the head of Waikare Inlet, east of Opua (https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/sap261entire.pdf)
