Once a heavily fortified settlement, Ōtūmoetai Pā came under fierce attack throughout the 1820s and 1830s by Northern tribes armed with muskets - but its strong defences held and it was never taken. It was also the site where local rangatira rejected the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The site of Ōtūmoetai Pā was occupied first by the Ngamarama people, then by Ngati Ranginui, and then later by Ngaiterangi.
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Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. A meeting of visitors Mounganui...
Date: 1843
From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
Reference: E-216-f-119
Description: View of a powhiri or welcome between two Maori groups, outside Ōtūmoetai Pa, with the outline of Mount Maunganui in the background at the east entrance to Tauranga Harbour. Both groups are standing with bowed heads (remembering the dead) and some of the hosts are raising their arms, while some of the guests are seated, some standing. Two of the guests are holding taiaha, while one holds a tewhatewha (weapons). There are two very similar drawings by Merrett in the Grey Album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, p. 58 plate 170 and p. 43 plate 124, both untitled. These lack the details of the pa palisade and Mount Maunganui in the background. The British Library drawings show only the two groups of figures Other Titles - Maunganui. Tauranga Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink and wash, 166 x 246 mm