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Battles of Gate Pā and Te Ranga Tour Brochure (2014)
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DescriptionHeritage Sites Self-Guided Tour Tauranga in the 21st century looks peaceful For more information:The and prosperous. But in the 1860s it was at the Tauranga City Libraries-centre of conflict. Early in 1864 troops were sent BATTLES tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/battle_of_gate_pa_1864from Auckland to the Tauranga district to stop the of www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/war-in-taurangaflow of warriors and supplies going into the Waikato in support of the Kingite Māori. As a GATE PĀ &consequence fierce fighting occurred, with Imperial Published (2014) by:Produced with the finanial support of several soldiers, the Naval Brigade, and the militia on one organisations & individuals TE RANGAside, and Māori warriors on the other. including:Two of the most significant battles of the New Zealand wars were fought around Tauranga, at Gate Pā and Te Ranga. Their aftermath - land confiscation and dispossession - still resonates today. Take a tour to see where it all really happened...Troops on horseback in front of the The redoubt built on the Gate Pā military redoubt, late 1864.Gate Pā site, late 1864.Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ.Tauranga Library collection
3 Surrender of arms5 Monmouth Redoubt / WALKING TOURThe main surrender of arms took place on 26 July Taumatakahawai Pā 1864 on the lawn outside the house occupied by Soldiers of the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry Colonel Greer, at what is now the intersection of refortified an old pā site, Taumatakahawai, Harington and Durham Streets. In the presence of 1 The Elms / which looked eastward over Tauranga Harbour. military officers, missionaries and government Te Papa Mission StationThis redoubt was later a place of refuge for officials, 156 Māori warriors handed over muskets, women and children when attacks by Māori On 28 April 1864, the eve of the Battle of Gate Pā, rifles, taiaha and mere.were feared in the mid 1860s. all the officers not on duty dined with Archdeacon Dive CresAlfred Brown and his wife Christina, around the 65Cliff RdThe Strandoval table still in the dining room of the mission MBMMH 4rHW6 Mission Cemetery /iaDsoocevswnLrahonphouse. After the meal Brown administered Holy iomrtinmena Rdoag Otamataha Pā nir SontlfCommunion, then everyone joined in singing the 1 t ESut ooSlttSnntihz t ahymn Abide with Me, accompanied by Mrs Brown All the soldiers and sailors who died at the SSS3bttteDurham Stthon the small piano. Battles of Gate Pā and Te Ranga were buried in St2Cathe cemetery established by the missionaries in meroThe next day all their guests were killed, except nThe Domain Rd1838. It is also the resting place of many Māori for Dr William Manley, who received a Victoria warriors who fell in battle or died in the military Cross for his bravery during the battle.hospital. For many years the cemetery was referred to as the Military Cemetery. 2 Durham RedoubtThere are monuments to the Naval Brigade, the 4 Camp Te Papa43rd Monmouth Regiment, and a mass Māori Built on high land by the 68th Durham Light grave. Rāwiri Puhirake, leader of the iwi at Gate Infantry to guard against invasion from the west, The peninsula on which the town of Tauranga was Pā, who was killed at Te Ranga, was exhumed the Durham Redoubt was flattened in the 1870s established was originally known as Te Papa, and and reinterred here in 1870. Hōri Ngātai, whose to raise the level of Hamilton Street. The southern so the military camp was referred to as Camp Te account of Gate Pā appears in Mair's The Story of part of the Tauranga Domain was used as a Papa. The area stretching from Beach Road (now Gate Pā, was buried here when he died in 1912.parade ground by the 68th.The Strand) below the Monmouth Redoubt west as far as Cameron Road, and from Brown Street to about Hamilton Street is still known as The Camp Te Papa Cemetery, 1860s.by older residents. Barracks and tents for the troops were set up in this area.Robley sketch of military camp, c.1865. Tauranga Library collectionPhotoDurham Light Infantry, c.1864.Tauranga Library collectionTauranga Library collection
Tauranga Harbour, 23 April 1864. Tauranga Library collectionView harbour from 1 Port of TaurangaDive CrescentA blockade of the port of Tauranga DRIVING TOURwas imposed on 2 April 1864, to stop reinforcements and supplies going to the Kingite Māori in the Waikato. Corner Church St 4 St George's Church7 Poteriwhi PāVicinity of 20th Ave & Cameron Rd2 Pukereia (Green Hill)and Cameron Rd The first St George's church was At this pā on the lower Wairoa The Royal Artillery and the Naval built in 1900 as a memorial to the battle. The church River, Hēnare Taratoa and other Brigade set up heavy artillery in four separate was extensively damaged by fire in 1982, and virtu-chiefs drew up the Code of positions to the north of Gate Pā. The range varied ally destroyed by fire in 1992. The present church Conduct, in which Māori promised from 800 to 350 yards. From these positions a dates from 1993. There is a stained glass window to treat their enemies well. The bombardment of the fortifications was kept up until Mauaocommemorating water being given to the dying Christian ideals embodied in the late afternoon on 29 April. General Duncan Cameron Colonel Booth by Heni Te Kirikaramu (Jane Foley). document, and the honourable way had his base at the Headquarters camp, close to the Three tukutuku panels also relate to the battle.in which Māori behaved to the Hēnare Taratoamain artillery position on Pukereia.fallen soldiers, are part of the Painting by Horatio Robley, Adams Collection, Tauranga legend of Gate Pā Pukehinahina.Heritage CollectionCorner Cameron Rd 4 kilometresPyes Pa Road3 Gate Pā Battle SiteAfter the Battle of Gate Pā on 29 5 Te Ranga Battle Siteand Church StTauranga HarbourAt the time of April 1864 Māori retreated to The main fortifications, designed A sign on Pyes Pa Road (to Rotorua), about 2.5 km writing this site is Poteriwhi, although imperial troops and built by Pene Taka Tuaia, were located on high from the Barkes Corner roundabout, marks the not accessible or 8found it deserted several days land to the east of the track to the Kaimai Range, now entrance to the battle site. Major site enhancement clearly visible to later. The palisades were known as Cameron Road. The pā was just outside the Ngatai Rworks are planned over the next five years. the public but its ddismantled and burnt, and the gate in the fence which enclosed land purchased by the dgeneral location is On the morning of 21 June 1864 soldiers on patrol original pā modified into a redoubt. Church Missionary Society in 1839. It was therefore Otumoetaishown on the map.from the 68th Durham Light Infantry encountered The site is now on private land.known as 'The Gate Pā'. The hill was called oetai Rseveral hundred Māori fortifying a position south of Pukehinahina, and this name is also used to refer to Dive CrGate Pā. Reinforcements were called for and an the battle. Soon after the battle the 68th regiment tumOTaurangaCBDengagement took place at Te Ranga. Although Māori 29 Levers Roadconverted the pā into a redoubt. In 1877, the remains 8 Otumoetai PāBethlehemfought bravely, the result was a victory for the British of the trenches were filled in by Greerton residents - 6troops. Among the Māori dead were Rawiri Puhirake Before the wars of 1864 this pā was densely obliterating all sign of its former use. The site is now a SH2Wwho led the defence at Gate Pā and Henare Taratoa, populated. Otumoetai Pā was an economic, political ahistoric reserve with interpretation panels and waharoa ihi Rosaid to be the main author of the Code of Conduct.and religious centre between 1836 and 1865. As it (gateway).7aderon Rdwas situated in the land confiscated by the CamThe Māori defeat at Te Ranga was followed by the A smaller pā was built to the west of the track and r egovernment, the people who lived there were forced confiscation of 50,000 acres of their land in the vjoined to the main fortification by a trench. This site i2to leave their ancestral home. Western Bay of Plenty as punishment for rebellion. Rwas also completely flattened, and is now a recreation 3This site is now a historic reserve.reserve with bowling greens and tennis courts.4airoaW47 Judea Rd6 Judea RedoubtEarthworks and fence of the Gate Pā. 30 April 1864.Awaiting the order to advance for the Battle of Gate Pā. After the Gate Pā battle steps were taken to Tauranga Library collectionTaken at sunrise on 29 April 1864. General Duncan eron Rdsafeguard routes around Tauranga. Judea Redoubt Cameron is leaning on the wheel of the gun carriage was built to guard the western end of the ford CamSH29(fifth from right). across Waikareao Estuary complementing Durham dRedoubt at the eastern end. RaPJudea Redoubt, January 1865. National Library of AustarliaPyes 5Tauranga Library collection
3 Surrender of arms5 Monmouth Redoubt / WALKING TOURThe main surrender of arms took place on 26 July Taumatakahawai Pā 1864 on the lawn outside the house occupied by Soldiers of the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry Colonel Greer, at what is now the intersection of refortified an old pā site, Taumatakahawai, Harington and Durham Streets. In the presence of 1 The Elms / which looked eastward over Tauranga Harbour. military officers, missionaries and government Te Papa Mission StationThis redoubt was later a place of refuge for officials, 156 Māori warriors handed over muskets, women and children when attacks by Māori On 28 April 1864, the eve of the Battle of Gate Pā, rifles, taiaha and mere.were feared in the mid 1860s. all the officers not on duty dined with Archdeacon Dive CresAlfred Brown and his wife Christina, around the 65Cliff RdThe Strandoval table still in the dining room of the mission MBMMH 4rHW6 Mission Cemetery /iaDsoocevswnLrahonphouse. After the meal Brown administered Holy iomrtinmena Rdoag Otamataha Pā nir SontlfCommunion, then everyone joined in singing the 1 t ESut ooSlttSnntihz t ahymn Abide with Me, accompanied by Mrs Brown All the soldiers and sailors who died at the SSS3bttteDurham Stthon the small piano. Battles of Gate Pā and Te Ranga were buried in St2Cathe cemetery established by the missionaries in meroThe next day all their guests were killed, except nThe Domain Rd1838. It is also the resting place of many Māori for Dr William Manley, who received a Victoria warriors who fell in battle or died in the military Cross for his bravery during the battle.hospital. For many years the cemetery was referred to as the Military Cemetery. 2 Durham RedoubtThere are monuments to the Naval Brigade, the 4 Camp Te Papa43rd Monmouth Regiment, and a mass Māori Built on high land by the 68th Durham Light grave. Rāwiri Puhirake, leader of the iwi at Gate Infantry to guard against invasion from the west, The peninsula on which the town of Tauranga was Pā, who was killed at Te Ranga, was exhumed the Durham Redoubt was flattened in the 1870s established was originally known as Te Papa, and and reinterred here in 1870. Hōri Ngātai, whose to raise the level of Hamilton Street. The southern so the military camp was referred to as Camp Te account of Gate Pā appears in Mair's The Story of part of the Tauranga Domain was used as a Papa. The area stretching from Beach Road (now Gate Pā, was buried here when he died in 1912.parade ground by the 68th.The Strand) below the Monmouth Redoubt west as far as Cameron Road, and from Brown Street to about Hamilton Street is still known as The Camp Te Papa Cemetery, 1860s.by older residents. Barracks and tents for the troops were set up in this area.Robley sketch of military camp, c.1865. Tauranga Library collectionPhotoDurham Light Infantry, c.1864.Tauranga Library collectionTauranga Library collection
Tauranga Harbour, 23 April 1864. Tauranga Library collectionView harbour from 1 Port of TaurangaDive CrescentA blockade of the port of Tauranga DRIVING TOURwas imposed on 2 April 1864, to stop reinforcements and supplies going to the Kingite Māori in the Waikato. Corner Church St 4 St George's Church7 Poteriwhi PāVicinity of 20th Ave & Cameron Rd2 Pukereia (Green Hill)and Cameron Rd The first St George's church was At this pā on the lower Wairoa The Royal Artillery and the Naval built in 1900 as a memorial to the battle. The church River, Hēnare Taratoa and other Brigade set up heavy artillery in four separate was extensively damaged by fire in 1982, and virtu-chiefs drew up the Code of positions to the north of Gate Pā. The range varied ally destroyed by fire in 1992. The present church Conduct, in which Māori promised from 800 to 350 yards. From these positions a dates from 1993. There is a stained glass window to treat their enemies well. The bombardment of the fortifications was kept up until Mauaocommemorating water being given to the dying Christian ideals embodied in the late afternoon on 29 April. General Duncan Cameron Colonel Booth by Heni Te Kirikaramu (Jane Foley). document, and the honourable way had his base at the Headquarters camp, close to the Three tukutuku panels also relate to the battle.in which Māori behaved to the Hēnare Taratoamain artillery position on Pukereia.fallen soldiers, are part of the Painting by Horatio Robley, Adams Collection, Tauranga legend of Gate Pā Pukehinahina.Heritage CollectionCorner Cameron Rd 4 kilometresPyes Pa Road3 Gate Pā Battle SiteAfter the Battle of Gate Pā on 29 5 Te Ranga Battle Siteand Church StTauranga HarbourAt the time of April 1864 Māori retreated to The main fortifications, designed A sign on Pyes Pa Road (to Rotorua), about 2.5 km writing this site is Poteriwhi, although imperial troops and built by Pene Taka Tuaia, were located on high from the Barkes Corner roundabout, marks the not accessible or 8found it deserted several days land to the east of the track to the Kaimai Range, now entrance to the battle site. Major site enhancement clearly visible to later. The palisades were known as Cameron Road. The pā was just outside the Ngatai Rworks are planned over the next five years. the public but its ddismantled and burnt, and the gate in the fence which enclosed land purchased by the dgeneral location is On the morning of 21 June 1864 soldiers on patrol original pā modified into a redoubt. Church Missionary Society in 1839. It was therefore Otumoetaishown on the map.from the 68th Durham Light Infantry encountered The site is now on private land.known as 'The Gate Pā'. The hill was called oetai Rseveral hundred Māori fortifying a position south of Pukehinahina, and this name is also used to refer to Dive CrGate Pā. Reinforcements were called for and an the battle. Soon after the battle the 68th regiment tumOTaurangaCBDengagement took place at Te Ranga. Although Māori 29 Levers Roadconverted the pā into a redoubt. In 1877, the remains 8 Otumoetai PāBethlehemfought bravely, the result was a victory for the British of the trenches were filled in by Greerton residents - 6troops. Among the Māori dead were Rawiri Puhirake Before the wars of 1864 this pā was densely obliterating all sign of its former use. The site is now a SH2Wwho led the defence at Gate Pā and Henare Taratoa, populated. Otumoetai Pā was an economic, political ahistoric reserve with interpretation panels and waharoa ihi Rosaid to be the main author of the Code of Conduct.and religious centre between 1836 and 1865. As it (gateway).7aderon Rdwas situated in the land confiscated by the CamThe Māori defeat at Te Ranga was followed by the A smaller pā was built to the west of the track and r egovernment, the people who lived there were forced confiscation of 50,000 acres of their land in the vjoined to the main fortification by a trench. This site i2to leave their ancestral home. Western Bay of Plenty as punishment for rebellion. Rwas also completely flattened, and is now a recreation 3This site is now a historic reserve.reserve with bowling greens and tennis courts.4airoaW47 Judea Rd6 Judea RedoubtEarthworks and fence of the Gate Pā. 30 April 1864.Awaiting the order to advance for the Battle of Gate Pā. After the Gate Pā battle steps were taken to Tauranga Library collectionTaken at sunrise on 29 April 1864. General Duncan eron Rdsafeguard routes around Tauranga. Judea Redoubt Cameron is leaning on the wheel of the gun carriage was built to guard the western end of the ford CamSH29(fifth from right). across Waikareao Estuary complementing Durham dRedoubt at the eastern end. RaPJudea Redoubt, January 1865. National Library of AustarliaPyes 5Tauranga Library collection
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