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Battle of Ruapekapeka

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New Zealand

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Ruapekapeka (1845), part of the 1st New Zealand War. United Kingdom defeated Hone Heke, Kawiti.

Belligerents3

United Kingdom
Hone Heke
Kawiti

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1837)

Conflict graph

PART OFNew Zealand Land Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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