Ripapa Island once held the German naval officer, Count Felix von Luckner, who was captured during World War I. Situated between Shelly Bay and Purau Bay, the island was used by early Maoris as a pa, and later by the settlers as a quarantine station. In the late nineteenth century the island was fortified because of fears of a Russian invasion.
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Press, 24 April 1984, Page 39
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61Ripapa Island once held the German naval officer, Count Felix von Luckner, who was captured during World War I. Situated between Shelly Bay and Purau Bay, the island was used by early Maoris as a pa, and later by the settlers as a quarantine station. In the late nineteenth century the island was fortified because of fears of a Russian invasion. Press, 24 April 1984, Page 39
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