Māori very first settled in Rotorua while in the 14th century, plus a flourishing pā was set up at Ohinemutu from the individuals that would become Ngāti Whakaue. town turned closely connected to conflict during the Musket Wars of your 1820s. Ohinemutu was invaded by a Ngāpuhi-led coalition in 1823, commanded by Hongi Hika and Pōmare I. from t