Ngātapa is a rural community in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island.
[1] In late 1868 and early 1869 between 86 and 128 followers of Te Kooti were executed on nearby Ngātapa hill after the siege of Ngatapa.
[2] The Waitangi Tribunal described the siege as "one of the worst abuses of law and human rights in New Zealand’s colonial history".
[8] Ngātapa is the terminus of the former Ngatapa Branch railway that closed in 1931.
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