Attack by the Crown on the Te Koheriki-Ngāti Pāoa encampment, Hūnua, Sunday 13 December 1863

Although 19th-century open conflict between the Crown and Hauraki iwi did not generally take place within Hauraki itself, Hauraki was not unaffected by conflict during the Waikato War. Various sections of Hauraki iwi - particularly Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa - became involved in aspects of the war on the Waikato side of the Hūnua Ranges and elsewhere too (such as at Rangiriri). In their report on the Hauraki claim, the Waitangi Tribunal relates two events which were direct conflicts with Hauraki people. The first was the well known shelling of Pūkorokoro-Miranda. The second was the less well known attack on the Te Koheriki-Ngāti Pāoa encampment at Paparata in the Hūnua Ranges on 13 December 1863. The Tribunal also mentions that they heard evidence from elders of Ngāti Rongoū that Papaaroha in Coromandel was also shelled. Here is what the Tribunal says: