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Pukekawa
Pukekawa volcano is located in the Lower Waikato area of the Waikato District, New Zealand. It was in the Franklin District until 2010. It is 66 km south of central Auckland. Pukekawa, an extinct volcano, is one of the oldest volcanic cones in the Auckland region. The area's fertile soils are used to grow a range of vegetables, including onions, potatoes and carrots. There is the Pukekawa primary school which is located at Tuakau. All Pukekawa's service centres appear to be elsewhere. The Onewhero Golf Club is listed by newzealand.com as the sole recreational activity in Pukekawa. State Highway 22 runs through Pukekawa.
An ancient Maori paa (fortress) lies on the summit of Pukekawa hill. Otherwise Pukekawa shows no signs of pre -European contact Maori settlement. Its name pukekawa ( bitter hill ) tells why. The hill could not grow the kumera (sweet potato).
In the 1920s James Cowan described Pukekawa as a "beautiful round green hill on the west side of Waikato".
==The New Zealand Wars==
From the beginning of the Waikato military campaigns, Ngati Maniapoto made Pukekawa their entrenched headquarters. From Pukekawa they launched raids upon the neighbouring British settlements. From a raid from Pukekawa the British army supply depot Cameron town was raided and burnt to the ground in 1863. A British detachment sent to attack the about one hundred men Maori raiding war party was scattered by gun fire and through the night the soldiers were hunted down in the bush.〔James Cowan ''The New Zealand Wars'' Chapter 32〕
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