The Old Frontier : Te Awamutu, the story of the Waipa Valley : the missionary, the soldier, the pioneer farmer, early colonization, the war in Waikato, life on the Maori border and later-day settlement
The Battlefield of Orakau (Present Day) — The bluegum tree in the foreground marks the site of the gun emplacement, — the Armstrongs were posted to shell the pa. The site of the pa is in the — middle distance, on the roadway marked by the row of trees. The artillery was 350 yards
The Battlefield of Orakau (Present Day)
The bluegum tree in the foreground marks the site of the gun emplacement,
the Armstrongs were posted to shell the pa. The site of the pa is in the
middle distance, on the roadway marked by the row of trees. The artillery was 350 yards.