Forgotten ruins New Zealand · Northland
Ruapekapeka Pā
The earthworks of the Māori fortress that ended the Northern War in 1846, a hilltop of trenches, rifle pits and palisade lines whose design anticipated trench warfare by seventy years.
- Coordinates
- 35°25′60″S 174°11′60″E
- Crowds
- Usually empty
- Landscape
- Forest
- Best season
- Best in Summer