Events In History
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3 November 1863Naval attack on Pūkorokoro, Firth of ThamesDuring the first phase of the Waikato War, the colonial government sent HMS Miranda, a screw corvette (steamship), and the gunboat HMS Sandfly to blockade the Firth of Thames. Read more...
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Locality at the south-west corner of the Firth of Thames, known to Māori as Pūkorokoro. In November 1863 HMS Miranda and the gunboat Sandfly shelled Pūkorokoro; 900 government soldiers later landed from a flotilla of vessels and stormed and captured the settlement.
Meaning of place name
The first redoubt set up on the shore of the firth was named by officers after the warship HMS Miranda.
