Battle of Kororāreka

Battle of Kororāreka
	Part of the Flagstaff War
	; Hōne Heke removing the British colors from Flagstaff Hill in Kororāreka
Date	11 March 1845
Location	Kororāreka / Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand35°15′17.7″S 174°07′11.9″E / 35.254917°S 174.119972°E
Result	Māori victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom: Colony of New Zealand	Māori
Commanders and leaders
David Robertson-Macdonald (WIA); George Phillpotts; Edward Barclay; John Campbell; Cornthwaite Hector	Hōne Heke; Te Ruki Kawiti; Pūmuka †
Units involved
Royal Navy HMS Hazard; Royal Marines; British Army 96th Regiment; Civil volunteers Civic Guard;	Taua Hōne Heke; Te Ruki Kawiti; Pūmuka;
Strength
~90 sailors & marines; ~52 soldiers; ~70 armed civilians	~600 warriors
Casualties and losses
Military (11 March); 10 killed; ~22 wounded; Civil (11-17 March); ~13 killed; >13 wounded	~34 killed; Unknown wounded
	Kororāreka / Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

The Battle of Kororāreka, or the Burning of Kororāreka, on 11 March 1845, was an engagement of the Flagstaff War in New Zealand. Following the establishment of British control of the islands, war broke out with a small group of the native population which resulted in the fall of the town of Kororāreka, present day Russell, to Māori warriors.