Description
Redcoats and Maori in the foreground amongst low scrub, including flax and toetoe. A cleared hill (right) and bush-clad hill in the background.To the left in the middle distance can be seen the palisades of Kapotai Pa, alongside a stream at Waikare Inlet (Bay of Islands) surrounded by soldiers with smoke and flames visible. To the right is a small European house, with a fenced garden, with soldiers in formation in front of it, ordnance, and further soldiers moving up the hill behind it, with puffs of gunfire smoke coming from the hill.
Other Titles - Kapotai Pa
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)
