Manaia Attractions

90km south of New Plymouth is Manaia (pop. 1000), the commercial center of a farming district. It has a large memorial to those who fell in the land wars. On the golf course are two blockhouses built in 1880 to provide protection against attacks by Te Whiti.

12km northeast of Manaia is the site of a battle between Maori warriors and British troops in 1868. The Maori leader Titiokowaru enticed the British force into an ambush and annihilated it.