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The fortifications were built from British designs adapted to New Zealand conditions. They typically included gun emplacements, pill boxes, fire control or observation posts , camouflage strategies, underground bunkers , sometimes with interconnected tunnels, containing magazines , supply and plotting rooms and protected engine rooms supplying ...
Pages in category "Forts in New Zealand" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Te Pōrere Redoubts are historic fortifications of the New Zealand Wars, located at Te Pōrere, to the southwest of the current site of Tūrangi, in New Zealand.Built by the Māori warrior Te Kooti and his Ringatū followers in September 1869, the following month they were the site of the Battle of Te Pōrere, between Te Kooti's forces and those of the New Zealand colonial government's ...
A walled fort, initially named Fort Ripa, was built on Ripapa in 1886 as part of a nationwide coastal defence system constructed due to the Russian scare, a fear that Russia would invade New Zealand. One of four fortifications set up to protect Lyttelton Harbour, it was renamed Fort Jervois after Lieutenant General Sir William Jervois in 1888
The coastline of New Zealand was fortified in two main waves. The first wave occurred around 1885 and was a response to fears of an attack by Russia. The second wave occurred during World War II and was due to fears of invasion by the Japanese. [15] The fortifications were built from British designs adapted to New
Forts in New Zealand (1 C, 23 P) N. Castles in New Zealand (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Fortifications in New Zealand" This category contains only the following page.
Coastal fortifications were built around the New Zealand coast line in two separate times: in 1885 during the "Russian scare" and during World War II as a defence against the perceived threat of a Japanese invasion. Some of the installations have been restored and are open to the public.
Pā sites occur mainly in the North Island of New Zealand, north of Lake Taupō. Over 5,000 sites have been located, photographed and examined, although few have been subject to detailed analysis. No pā have been yet located from the early colonization period when early Polynesian-Māori colonizers lived in the lower South Island.