Hero Stories of New Zealand
A Taranaki Military Post. — The Opunake Redoubt, garrisoned by the New Zealand Armed Constabulary. The Redoubt (now demolished) — was a massive earthwork, a parapet and trench, with two loopholed blockhouses at diagonally — opposite angles; barrack buildings inside the work. From a drawing by G. Sherriff, 1881
A Taranaki Military Post.
The Opunake Redoubt, garrisoned by the New Zealand Armed Constabulary. The Redoubt (now demolished)
was a massive earthwork, a parapet and trench, with two loopholed blockhouses at diagonally
opposite angles; barrack buildings inside the work. From a drawing by G. Sherriff, 1881.