Te Ahuahu

Te Ahuahu is a 373 m (1,224 ft) high andesitic basaltic scoria cone to the east of Lake Ōmāpere, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand.^[1]

Te Ahuahu
Te Ahuahu, looking from Waimate North
Highest point
Elevation	373 m (1,224 ft)
Coordinates	35.339284°S 173.84109°E / -35.339284; 173.84109
Geography
Te Ahuahu (red marker) and associated scoria and lava fields. Tarahi is to the south. Legend Key for the volcanics that are shown with panning is: '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"'  basalt (shades of brown/orange) '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000006-QINU`"'  monogenetic basalts '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000007-QINU`"'   undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000008-QINU`"'  arc basalts '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000009-QINU`"'  arc ring basalts '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000A-QINU`"'   dacite '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000B-QINU`"'  andesite (shades of red) '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000C-QINU`"'  basaltic andesite '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000D-QINU`"'   rhyolite (ignimbrite is lighter shades of violet) '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000E-QINU`"'  plutonic White shading is selected caldera features. Clicking on the rectangle icon enables full window and mouse-over with volcano name/wikilink and ages before present.
Geology
Rock age	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Basaltic scoria cone
Rock type	Basalt

History

It was the site of the pā of Hōne Heke – a highly influential Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) – that was the scene of the Battle of Te Ahuahu during the Flagstaff War of 1845–46. Here on 12 June 1845 a Maori raiding party led by Tāmati Wāka Nene captured the pā after Heke left it to gather food. During failed attempts to retake the pā, Heke was seriously wounded when shot in the thigh and at least 30 of his men were killed or wounded.^[2]