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Tītokowaru's war

In the 1980s James Belich argued that Tītokowaru’s war had become a ‘dark secret’ of New Zealand history, ‘forgotten by the Pākehā as a child forgets a nightmare’. For Belich, Tītokowaru was ‘arguably the best general New Zealand has ever produced’. Read the full article

Page 7 - Taurangaika

Taurangaika measured 140 m across at its widest point and was without doubt Tītokowaru’s ‘most formidable