OLD MAKETU AND FORT COLVILLE. Maketu is a picturesque little Maori settlement on the coast of the Bay of Plenty, 35 miles from Rotorua. It was the scene of some lively episodes during the war period of 1864-70. About the year 1864 a British force occupied Maketu, and converted the ancient stronghold Pukemaire, a celebrated Maori pa, into a commodious redoubt, shown on the hilltop in the drawing. The redoubt was constructed by the 68th Regiment, tinder Colonel Colville, aitei whom tho fortification was named. The colonel lived in the house on the left, on the flat below the redoubt. The Maori in the foreground was a typical warrior of those days, an Arawa chief named Aokapua.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 24 (Supplement)

OLD MAKETU AND FORT COLVILLE. Maketu is a picturesque little Maori settlement on the coast of the Bay of Plenty, 35 miles from Rotorua. It was the scene of some lively episodes during the war period of 1864-70. About the year 1864 a British force occupied Maketu, and converted the ancient stronghold Pukemaire, a celebrated Maori pa, into a commodious redoubt, shown on the hilltop in the drawing. The redoubt was constructed by the 68th Regiment, tinder Colonel Colville, aitei whom tho fortification was named. The colonel lived in the house on the left, on the flat below the redoubt. The Maori in the foreground was a typical warrior of those days, an Arawa chief named Aokapua.