Ōhaeawai is a small village at the junction of State Highway 1 and State Highway 12 in the Far North District of New Zealand, some 250 km (160 mi) from Auckland. The town of Kaikohe is 10.4 km (6.5 mi) to the west, and the Bay of Islands is a short drive to the east.

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Artist: Cyprian Bridge, Major, 58th Regiment. The Battle of Ōhaeawai, part of the Flagstaff War, was fought in July 1845 at Ōhaeawai [4] in Northland, New Zealand.

History, place and faith layer and merge in *Eden to Ohaeawai*, 1998–2000. Arranged in a cruciform shape also resembling a navigational compass, words and symbols lead our eyes on a journey through floating time and space.

On 1 July 1845, a major offensive was launched by British and kūpapa (‘friendly Māori’) forces against Hōne Heke ‘s pā at Ōhaeawai, in retaliation for Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti ‘s siege of Kororāreka (now also known as Russell) earlier in the year.

About a New Zealand Battlefield — Historic Ohaeawai - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 3 (June 1, 1939) Victoria University of Wellington

Having learned a little from their experience at Te Kahika, the British bought with them four artillery pieces. However, they were greatly hampered by a lack of drays for transportation. Food supplies ran short and there were few tents.

Te Ruki Kawiti's pa at Ohaeawai, in the Bay of Islands, was assaulted by the 58th, 96th and 99th Regiments, including a Naval Brigade, under Colonel Despard, on 25 June 1845. The attack was repulsed. Kawiti and his followers evacuated the pa on July 10th.

Description: Section, elevation and ground plan of Heke's pa at Ohaeawai, Northland. The section shows a Maori man kneeling in a trench with a rifle aimed through gun-holes in the palisade and two Maori seated inside a shelter beyond the palisade area.

Te Pakanga o Ōhaeawai, located near Kaikohe in Te Tai Tokerau Northland, is the second project completed from a $20 million Historic Sites of National Importance allocation from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), which is administered by Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit.