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Note.

Archbishop McKeefry and Father McGrath (Island Bay, Wellington) kindly supplied some of the information used in this sub-section.

Siege of Ngatapa. Sketch of fort (1868). del. O. W. L. Bousfield.

Siege of Ngatapa. Sketch of fort (1868).
del. O. W. L. Bousfield.

Gisborne's Blockhouse, 1869. Site now occupied by Police Station.

Gisborne's Blockhouse, 1869.
Site now occupied by Police Station.

Major Ropata Wahawaha, n.z.c. Celebrated Ngati-Poron warrior.

Major Ropata Wahawaha, n.z.c.
Celebrated Ngati-Poron warrior.

2nd. Lt. Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, v.c. Killed in action, 27th March, 1943, at Te Baga Gap, Tunisia.

2nd. Lt. Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, v.c.
Killed in action, 27th March, 1943, at Te Baga Gap, Tunisia.

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Title: Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.

Author: Joseph Angus Mackay

Publication details: Joseph Angus Mackay, 1949, Gisborne

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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