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Hidden places in New Zealand

1 uncrowded place in New Zealand, away from Wellington: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Battle of Ruapekapeka, 1845–46 New Zealand engagement between British and Ngāpuhi
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