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The sacking of Kororareka shook the settler population. Over £50,000 worth of property was lost. In Auckland panic set in. Some settlers sold their land for whatever price they could obtain, and left the country as quickly as possible.

Grave marking the resting place of six men from the 18-gun sloop HMS Hazard who died defending Kororāreka on 11 March 1845