SummaryThe Battle of Gate Pa Poem by Briana from Kopukairoa, Arataki Primary School was part of an entry by Room 10 into the 150th Battle of Gate Pā Poetry Poster Competition (2014). Main BodyBritish and Maaori attacking one another. Canon bombs getting fired from British, toward the Māori side. While the Maaori men lay dead on the whenua. Their women and children are screaming and crying for their loved ones. While the seagulls were squawking in the sky. Maaori and the British were defending themselves at the battle of Gate. Pa.
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