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Pioneer turret NZ Wars memorial, Ngaruawahia
Three paddle-steamers – Avon, Pioneer and Koheroa – served during the Waikato War, along with four armoured barges and several smaller barges.
Ngaruawahia NZ Wars memorial
Memorial to imperial and colonial troops at Ngaruawahia cemetery
Old Taupiri Road NZ Wars memorial
This memorial near Ngaruawahia is dedicated to unknown men who died during the New Zealand Wars and are thought to be buried nearby.
Reporting the Ngaruawahia music festival
Newspapers and magazines were largely positive in their reporting of the 1973 Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, although those of a tabloidbent tended to focus on the nudity rather than the festival itself.
King Tawhiao's whare at Ngaruawahia

This photograph of King Tawhiao's whare at Ngaruawahia was taken after the Kingitanga's capital was occupied by the British in December 1863

Māori and English Queens, 1974
Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu and her husband, Whatumoana Paki, welcome Queen Elizabeth to Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, in 1974
American servicemen at Ngāruawāhia regatta, 1943
Visiting American servicemen and Tainui Māori watch the annual regatta and each other at Ngāruawāhia on 27 March 1943
Ngaruawahia First World War memorial
Ngaruawahia First World War memorial
American officer and Tainui kuia

An American officer and a Tainui kuia (elderly woman) share food from a hangi at Ngāruawāhia in February 1943.

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