File:Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā)- Taumatakahawai (Monmouth Redoubt) & Mission Cemetery, Tauranga (17193912776).jpg
Original file (6,716 × 2,240 pixels, file size: 8.24 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
editDescriptionBattle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā)- Taumatakahawai (Monmouth Redoubt) & Mission Cemetery, Tauranga (17193912776).jpg |
On 29 April 1864, the Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā) took place in Tauranga. 250 Ngāi Te Rangi inflicted a heavy defeat on a much larger British force of 1700 men. This defeat embarrassed the British military and its leadership, and was a significant event in the New Zealand Land Wars. Months earlier, in January 1864, British troops were sent from Auckland to Tauranga. Soldiers of the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry refortified an old pa site, Taumatakahawai, pictured here on the left (the canon and earthworks are visible). The aim was to prevent the flow of reinforcements and supplies from local Ngāi Te Rangi to the main Kīngitanga force in Waikato. Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and other Tauranga Māori who had been fighting in Waikato returned home to oppose what they saw as the occupation of their lands. Ngāi Te Rangi rebuilt an old pā at Te Waoku, 15 to 20 km from the British camp at Te Papa. The new British commander, Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Greer, was invited to ‘bring his soldiers to fight at Te Waoku.’ The British were goaded further when the Ngāi Te Rangi leader Rāwiri Puhirake offered to build a road for the ‘convenience’ of the troops. When the challenge still went unheeded, the potential battle site was moved closer: the fortifications that became known as Gate Pā were built at Pukehinahina, just 3 km from Te Papa. Here the British soldiers met defeat. A full account of the battle can be found at www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/war-in-tauranga/gate-pa The images above come from a series of National Publicity Studios prints of the Tauranga sites. Taumatakahawai, or Monmouth Redoubt, is on the left. The middle image is of a monument to Ngāi Te Rangi leader Rāwiri Puhirake, located in Mission Cemetery (also known as Military, or Old Military, Cemetery). On the right is another monument in Mission Cemetery, marking the burial site of Ngāti Rehu and Ngāi Te Rangi Māori. They were taken by T. Ahern in August 1967. Archives Reference: AAQT 6539 Box 1 R4032, R4038, R4036 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24843256 More about the War in Tauranga can be found at www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/war-in-tauranga. Images from the 2014 centennial of the battle can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/manatu_taonga/sets/72157644442100381/ For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand |
Date | |
Source | Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā): Taumatakahawai (Monmouth Redoubt) & Mission Cemetery, Tauranga |
Author | Archives New Zealand from New Zealand |
Licensing
edit- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Archives New Zealand at https://flickr.com/photos/35759981@N08/17193912776. It was reviewed on 8 September 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
8 September 2016
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 21:09, 8 September 2016 | 6,716 × 2,240 (8.24 MB) | Vanished Account Byeznhpyxeuztibuo (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Width | 2,258 px |
---|---|
Height | 2,889 px |
Bits per component |
|
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 350 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 350 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 15:42, 21 April 2015 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Unique ID of original document | F0C1ECCE5D7304FF90DD26F9F83E85FA |
Date and time of digitizing | 03:29, 22 April 2015 |
Date metadata was last modified | 03:42, 22 April 2015 |
IIM version | 49 |