Assailants in the Battle at Pukehinahina, 1864

Toward the conclusion of the New Zealand Wars, a sentiment began to emerge among ordinary settlers and soldiers - a realization that their aspirations for a better life had been co-opted to serve the interests of influential land speculators by the mechanism of war.

"They had no wish to be shot down, riddled, or hacked and hewn to pieces — for what? For the glory of Old England? For the protection of their altars and hearths, their wives and families? For vengeance? For justice and mercy? No, for none of these things, but just to clear off some poor fellows from their own native land, and obtain the title clear of encumbrances for the speculators at Auckland."

Killed or died later from wounds

• AUDLEY, James (Private, 43rd) - Tomahawk injury to the head
• BLACKWELL, James (Bugler, 43rd) - Gunshot to the breast
• BOOTH, Henry Jackson Parkin (Lieutenant-Colonel) - Gunshot to the spine and right arm
• BRADBROOK, George (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the abdomen
• BRADHURST, John (Private, 43rd)
• BRISSINGTON, William (Private, 12th) - Gunshot to the chest
• CLARK, Henry (Boy, RN Harrier) - Gunshot to the throat
• DALTON, William (Quarter-Master, RN Esk)
• FITZGERALD, Philip (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the head
• FULLER, R (OS, RN Esk) - Shrapnel to the leg
• GLOVER, Frederick Guy Eaton (Lieutenant, 43rd) - Gunshot to the abdomen
• GLOVER, Robert Coke (Captain) - Gunshot to the head and tomahawk injuries
• GOFF, Henry (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the chest
• GREENHORN, Andrew (RN Harrier)
• HAMILTON, Robert Thomas Francis (Captain) - Gunshot to the head
• HAMILTON, John Fane Charles (Captain, RN Esk) - Gunshot to the head
• HARDING, Henry (Sergeant, RMLI Eclipse)
• HARMER, James (Sergeant, H. M. 68th D. L.) - Gunshot to the chest
• HARRIS, James (OS, RMarines Curacoa) - Gunshot wound
• HAY, Edward (Commander, RN Harrier)
• HILL, Charles (Lieutenant, RN Curacoa)
• HOLDBROOK, J (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot wounds to the chest and breast
• HORNBY, S (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the breast
• KEANE, Levi (PM, RN Miranda) - Gunshot to the left thigh
• LANE, James (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the chest
• LANGLANDS, Charles John Langlands (Lieutenant, 43rd) - Gunshot to the chest
• LEIGH, W (Stoker, RN Esk)
• MADDER, Thomas (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the chest
• Mc. DONALD, Patrick (Private, 68th) - Gunshot wounds to the chest and left arm
• Mc. GOUGH, Thomas (Private, 68th) - Gunshot wounds to the neck and chest
• MURE, Charles Reginald (Captain) - Gunshot to the heart
• PHELAN, Robert (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot to the head
• PLATT, John (Private, 68th) - Gunshot to the chest
• ROBBINS, George (Private, 43rd) - Gunshot wounds to the right lung and brain
• TRAN, Fred (Private, 43rd) - Tomahawk wounds to the shoulder and head
• UTTERTON, Edwin (Captain) - Gunshot to the neck
• VANCE, J (Sergeant-Major, 43rd) - Gunshot to the chest
• WATTS, M (Gunner, RN Miranda) - Killed
• YOUNG, G (AB, RN Harrier) - Killed
  
  "We are driving …(mana whenua)… from one resting point to another, that we are doing our work with that weapon which strikes down women and children even before it touches the fighting men — starvation"
  
  THE NEW ZEALAND WAR. WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT, VOLUME XIX, ISSUE 2107, 22 SEPTEMBER 1864, PAGE 3
  
  
  Wounded
  
  
• ALLISON, W - (Leading - RN Esk) - GSW chest & thigh
• ALTON, George - (Gunner - Royal Marines Miranda) - GSW left thigh
• ARMSTRONG, William - (Sergeant - 14th) (age 28) - GSW right thigh
• ASHTON, William - (Private - 68th) (age 35) - GSW left arm, arm amputated
• ATHERON, William - (Sergeant - 68th) (age 27) - GSW leg
• BARRETT, Charles - (OS - RN Harrier) - GSW left thigh
• BAXTER, John - (Private - 68th) (age 27) - GSW left Nates, Scrotum
• BICKERS, Henry (c. 1827-1885)
• BIRCHILL, William - (OS - RN Harrier) - GSW right hip
• BLACK, Henry - (Private - 68th) (age 27) - GSW right arm
• BOWDEN, Alf - (AB - RN Esk) - GSW right heel
• BRIDGMAN, William - (Private - 43rd) (age 36) - GSW both arms, right arm amputated
• BRYAN, John - (Private - 43rd) (age 24) - GSW right shoulder
• BRYAN, William - (AB - RN Miranda) - GSW left leg
• BURDETT, Thomas - (Private - 14th) (age 23) - GSW right shoulder, ball extracted
• BYWATER, James - (Private - 68th) (age 30) - GSW head
• CAIN, John - (Sergeant - 43rd) (age 24) - GSW right forearm
• CASEY, Michael - (Private - 43rd) (age 32) - GSW right temple
• CHARMBOLD, George - (AB - RN Miranda) - GSW left leg
• CLARK, William (1843-1921) - (Ensign - 43rd) - GSW right arm
• CLARKE, George - (Private - 43rd) (age 22) - GSW left shoulder
• CLARKE, James - (Private - 43rd) (age 26) - GSW right shoulder
• COLLIER, Thomas - (Sergeant - 43rd) (age 38) - GSW left arm
• CONROY, Bernard - (Private - 43rd) (age 20) - Cutlass wound right thigh
• DONNELLY, F - (OS - RN Esk) - Sprained leg
• DUFF, George Graham (1835-1878) - (Lieutenant - RN Esk) - Two GSW back
• ENGLISH, James - (Captain Main Top - RN Miranda) - GSW left thigh
• EVERET, William - (Corporal - 43rd) (age 29) - GSW left shoulder
• FARRELL, Patrick - (Private - 68th) (age 28) - GSW chest
• FOX, William - (OS - RN Curacoa) - GSW jaw
• FOYER, W - (Bombadier - RMarines Esk) - GSW left arm
• GAMBLES, John - (Private - 68th) (age 28) - GSW forehead
• HALLIWELL, G - (Private - 65th) (age 38) - GSW left nates
• HAMMICK - (Lieutenant - RN Miranda) - GSW right shoulder
• HUNGLESS, James - (Private - 40th) (age 30) - GSW left hip
• HURLEY, John - (Sergeant - 43rd) (age 29) - GSW right arm & shoulder
• JEFFERY, R - (AB - RN Esk) - Sprained leg
• JOHNSON, William - (Private - 68th) (age 24) - GSW mouth & neck
• KNIGHT, James - (Captain Forecastle - RN Esk) - GSW right shoulder
• LAWRENCE, James - (AB - RN Esk) - GSW scalp
• LIVESAY, John - (Private - 43rd) (age 25) - GSW right jaw & chin
• LOCKIE, Alf - (AB - RN Harrier) - GSW right elbow
• LOGAN, John - (Private - 68th) (age 28) - GSW right hand & thigh
• MARTIN, Edwin - (AB - RN Esk) - GSW hip & loins
• Mc. ALISTER, Alex - (AB - RN Miranda) - GSW arm
• Mc. FARLANE, John - (Private, 43rd) (age 20) - GSW upper lip
• MITCHELL, Andrew - (Private - 12th) (age 22) - GSW right arm
• MOFFAT, John - (Private - 68th) (age 28) - GSW right knee joint
• MONAGHAN, Pat - (Private - 12th) (age 23) - GSW right thigh
• NICHOL, SPT - (Ensign - 43rd) - GSW scalp
• NOAKES, John - (Bosuns Mate - RN Miranda) - GSW left shoulder
• NOBLE, John - (Private - 43rd) (age 23) - GSW left shoulder
• O'NEILL, Edward - (Private - 68th) (age 26) - GSW left thigh
• POWER, William - (Private - 14th) (age 22) - GSW both shoulders
• PULLETT, James - (AB - RN Harrier) - GSW finger
• PURVIS, Francis John (1818-1914) - (H.M.S Miranda) - GSW, bullet in body
• ROBERTS, Thomas - (AB - RN Esk) - GSW abdomen
• RUTH, John - (Private - 14th) (age 27) - GSW left foot
• RUTHVEN, Sam - (AB - RN Miranda) - GSW left lung & arm
• SERGEANT, William - (Private - 43rd) (age 35) - GSW right thigh
• SIMMONS, John - (Private - 43rd) (age 35) - GSW left arm
• SLOAN, William - (Private - 68th) (age 30) - Shell wound right foot
• SMITH, Amos - (OS - RN Curacoa) - GSW groin
• SWEENEY, Daniel - (Private - 68th) (age 25) - Shell wound right knee
• TENAN, Thomas - (OS - RN Curacoa) - GSW hip
• TONER, Hugh - (Private - 68th) (age 27) - GSW chest
• WALSH, Martin - (Private - 43rd) (age 30) - GSW right shin, leg amputated
• WARBURTON, James - (Private - 43rd) (age 37) - GSW right side of face
• WARD, R - (Gunner - Royal Marines Esk) - GSW right thigh
• WATSON, James - (Private - 68th) (age 25) - GSW face
• WATSON, John - (OS - RN Curacoa) - GSW left knee
• WATSON, William - (Private - 68th) (age 30) - Shell wound right hand
• WEEN, Charles - (Gunner - RN Curacoa) - GSW lower jaw
• WRIGHT, Thomas - (Drummer - 43rd) (age 20) - GSW left leg
• YOUNG, Edwin - (Sergeant - 43rd) (age 30) - GSW jaw
  
  Māori whose interests aligned with, and therefore fought with the British during the assault
• HIAHIA, Ranieri Te (?-1902) Otago Witness, 21 December 1904, p. 26
• TAKA, Daniel (c1811-1901) Bay of Plenty Times, Wed 3 Jul 1901, p2
• TAPSELL, Philip (c. 1842-1913) Bay Of Plenty Times, 24 February 1913, p. 2
• TAPSELL, Retreat (c. 1833-1913) Bay of Plenty Times, 23 Apr 1913
• Hohepa Te Mea (Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemesis by Ron Crosby, p. 24)
• TU, Hamiora (1825-1880) Bay of Plenty Times 15 May 1908
• TE Paea (sister to Hamiora TU) Bay of Plenty Times, 5 Jun 1905, p2
• TUPOTAHI (Account by Hori Ngātai (1903) in Mair's "The Story of Gate Pā, April 29th, 1864")
• WHAREPOHUE, Te Kura (c. 1836-1917) Te Puke Times, 27 July 1917, Page 2
  
  Assailants who survived uninjured
• CAMERON, Duncan Alexander (1808-1888). General - Commanded forces at the Battle of Gate Pā
• CONNOR, James (c.1835-1918). Crimean and Māori Wars veteran - Fought at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Gate Pā
• CRABBE, George Alfred (?-1905). Gate Pā survivor
• DOUGLAS, Edward (c.1838-1916). Fought at Battle of Gate Pā and ran a half-way house between Tauranga and Rotorua
• FOLEY, Edmund (1811-1884)
• GAMBLE - Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster-General Colonel
• GARDNER, R. R. Lieutenant-Colonel - Commanded Royal Marines in the New Zealand War, including Gate Pā
• GREEN, William. Sailor
• GREER, Henry Harpur (1821-1886). Lieutenant-Colonel - Commanded forces at the Battle of Te Ranga
• HARDING - Dr. Harding - Awarded the NZ Medal for his attention to wounded troops at Gate Pā
• HARINGTON, Philip - Lieutenant Colonel - Officer in charge of the 1st Waikato Militia at Tauranga
• HARTLEY-CARTMAN, R (c.1836-1916). Participated in the expedition against Te Kooti and fought at Orakei and Gate Pā
• HENRY, Joseph (?-1894) Doctor - 1st Waikato Regiment
• HOTHAM, Charles. Lieutenant - (later Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hotham)
• HUNTER. Captain
• HUSSEY. Sergeant
• JENKINS, Robert (1825-1894). Admiral - Commanded the Thames on the Tauranga and Maketū expeditions
• KELLY. Corporal
• KENNEDY, Denis (1830-1914). Fought at Gate Pā, resided there until his death
• KERR. Sergeant Major
• MACKINNON, William Alexander (1830-1897). Surgeon-Major-General - Sanitary officer in the New Zealand Force
• MANLEY, William George Nicholas (1831-1901). Assistant Surgeon - Received Victoria Cross for gallantry at Gate Pā
• MATHEWS, Albert. Private
• MATTHEWS, Henry (c.1836-1866). Private - 1st Waikato. Killed in an explosion while trying to open a shell
• Mc. GREGOR, John (c.1834-1912) - Māori War veteran, fought at Gate Pā
• MIDDLETON, William (c.1836-1917). Fought in the Crimean War and Māori Wars, including Gate Pā
• MITCHELL, Samuel (1841-1894). Coxswain
• MUIR, James (?-1915). Fought and was wounded at Gate Pā
• NICHOLL, Spencer Perceval Talbot (1841-1908). Kept a diary of his experiences
• PURVIS, William. Guided Colonel Greer's forces to Gate Pā
• ROBLEY, Horatio Gordon (1840-1930). Lieutenant-Colonel
• ROLFE, Charles William - 1st Waikato Militia. Served in New Zealand
• RYLANCE, William. Sergeant
• SHUTTLEWORTH,Charles Ughtred (1824-1883). Major - Fought at Gate Pā and Te Ranga
• SMITH. Sergeant
• TRENT-STOUGHTON, Harrison Walke John (c.1831-1899). Captain - Fought at Gate Pā and Te Ranga
• RIGGER, H. Drummer
• VENEY, William (1831-1907)
  
  Sources
• Bay of Plenty Times
• Otago Witness
• Te Puke Times
• Taranaki Herald (7 May 1864, p.3.).
• Wellington Independent (22 September 1864, p. 3).
• Mair, Gilbert (1926). The Story of Gate Pā, April 29th 1864
• Ngātai, Hōri (1903). A Māori Survivor's Story: How the Ngāi Te Rangi repulsed the Pakeha at the Battle of Gate Pā.
• Clement, Christine Bay of Plenty Deaths 1872-1920 on Pae Korokī: Tauranga Archives Online
• Napier-Walker, Wendy Participants of the Battles of Gate Pā and Te Ranga 1864 on Pae Korokī
• Pugsley, Chris (Summer 1997, n19, pp. 32-38). New Zealand Defence Quarterly: Walking the Waikato Wars: Māori Triumph at Gate Pā, 29 April 1864.