AN UNBIASED VIEW OF GEEDUP

Māori 1st settled in Rotorua during the 14th century, plus a thriving pā was established at Ohinemutu from the people that would come to be Ngāti Whakaue. town grew to become closely related to conflict through the Musket Wars from the 1820s. Ohinemutu was invaded by a Ngāpuhi-led coalition in 1823, commanded by Hongi Hika and Pōmare I. In the