Record status: Source needed. The reconstruction is a visual interpretation, never evidence.
Location unconfirmed
The map point for this place has not been confirmed against a published reference yet. Treat it as indicative only.
Where
Te Ranga, near Tauranga, Bay of Plenty.
What happened
Caught digging unfinished trenches, Tauranga Māori fought hand to hand and lost heavily, including the chief Rāwiri Puhirake. Estimates of Māori dead vary; NZHistory records more than 100 killed or mortally wounded. The Tauranga campaign ended, followed by land confiscation.
Continue the story
- 29 April 1864Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā)Tauranga
- from 1835Te Papa Mission Station, TaurangaTe Papa, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
- 1867-1870Tauranga Bush CampaignKaimai/Whakamarama hinterland, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
- January 1867Invasion of Te Irihanga, KaimaiTe Irihanga, inland from Whakamarama, foothills of the Kaimai Range, Tauranga