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Opepe was a settlement in New Zealand, a few miles southwest of Taupo. It was the scene of an attack on European militia by Maori on 7 June 1869, in which nine members of the militia were killed. The Opepe Maori settlement was at the intersection of two major pre-European walking tracks (Taupo-Napier and Urewera-Tokaanu). It was the birthplace of the Maori leader Te Rangitahau. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the moth" for Ōpepe.

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  • Opepe was a settlement in New Zealand, a few miles southwest of Taupo. It was the scene of an attack on European militia by Maori on 7 June 1869, in which nine members of the militia were killed. The Opepe Maori settlement was at the intersection of two major pre-European walking tracks (Taupo-Napier and Urewera-Tokaanu). It was the birthplace of the Maori leader Te Rangitahau. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the moth" for Ōpepe. (en)
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  • Opepe was a settlement in New Zealand, a few miles southwest of Taupo. It was the scene of an attack on European militia by Maori on 7 June 1869, in which nine members of the militia were killed. The Opepe Maori settlement was at the intersection of two major pre-European walking tracks (Taupo-Napier and Urewera-Tokaanu). It was the birthplace of the Maori leader Te Rangitahau. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the moth" for Ōpepe. During Te Kooti's War, in early June 1869 Te Kooti and about 150 of his supporters moved towards Lake Taupo in the center of the North Island. At Opepe, just short of Taupo, they ran into party of fourteen Militia, who were camped in the abandoned village.Nine of the militia were killed with no loss to Te Kooti. One of the men, who was drying his uniform, escaped completely naked across rough country in mid-winter, and was awarded the . A military stockade was built at Opepe in 1869 but closed in 1885. The township thrived for several years in the late 19th century. Today there is a very small cemetery on the Napier-Taupo road with five graves maintained by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Two of the graves hold the bodies of the nine members of the Bay of Plenty Cavalry who were killed on 7 June 1869 by Te Kooti's advance guard. The other three are the graves of later settlers. New Zealand State Highway 5 passes through Opepe today. Little remains of the settlement. (en)
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