![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Queen's Redoubt was abandoned for military use in March 1867, with the buildings of the redoubt sold off by auction soon after. The Māori village of Pokino to the north of Queen's Redoubt was deserted in July 1863 just prior to the start of the invasion (officially the village was listed as abandoned, though likely it had been ransacked by unauthorised soldiers). In mid-1862, work began on Queen's Redoubt, a military base which would become General Cameron's base of operations for the Invasion of the Waikato, housing 450 soldiers. A military installation, Pokino Camp, was set up in the area in December 1861 after Governor George Edward Grey called for a road to be completed from Drury to the Waikato River, Great South Road. The town is named for the Ngāti Tamaoho settlement in the area called Pokino, located to the northwest of the current town centre.
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