Let's go back again to the 160th anniversary of the battle of Ōrākau, where dignitiries have gathered to remember the most famous of the New Zealand Wars.
The battle in 1864, which took place east of Kihikihi, involved Māori from Tūwharetoa, Tauranga Moana, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa and Tūhoe defending the site from more than a thousand British soldiers.
About 160 Māori died, along with seventeen British troops.
Reporter Pokere Paiwai spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
