Māori to start with settled in Rotorua inside the 14th century, plus a flourishing pā was recognized at Ohinemutu by the those who would become Ngāti Whakaue. The city turned carefully connected with conflict in the Musket Wars from the 1820s. Ohinemutu was invaded by a Ngāpuhi-led coalition in 1823, commanded by Hongi Hika and Pōmare I. durin