By 2022, New Zealand history will be compulsory in New Zealand schools.

But until then, today’s detour will no doubt fill in some gaps for some of us.

Every day of our Summer Breakfast programme we’re looking at a different stop-off you can take on your summer road trips, and today we’re in the Bay of Plenty at Tauranga’s Gate Pa, the site of an infamous battle of the Land Wars.

Local iwi representative and Historian Buddy Mikaere joined Tim Dower to discuss why the site is worth a visit.

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