The Story Of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [title page]
  • Preface
• • Native Tribes of Tauranga — A Brief History up to the date of the Gate Pa Battle
  • Gate Pa, or Pukehinahina — Captain Mair's Graphic Account of the Memorable Battle
    • [sub-subsection]
    • Troops Arrive
    • Natives' Chivalrous Fighting Rules
    • Preliminary Skirmish
    • East Coast Rebels Arrive
    • General Cameron Reaches Tauranga
    • Gate Pa Defences Erected
    • Sham Attack Launched
    • The Attack Commences
    • A Sad Spectacle
    • Treatment of the Dead and Wounded
    • The Debacle — Unforeseen Contingencies
    • Killed and Wounded
    • Employed in the Attack — Troops
    • Artillery
    • Prior to the Fight — Fraternising with the Natives
    • Special Service and Supper
  • A Maori Survivor's Story — How the Ngaiterangi repulsed the Pakeha at the Battle of Gate Pa
    • An Introduction by Mr James Cowan — by Tangiwai
    • The Warrior Speaks
    • The Maori's Challenge
    • The Building of the Fort
    • Men and Guns Landed
    • In Battle Array
    • The Attack
    • The Fate of the Maori Chaplains
    • Stormed at with Shot and Shell
    • The British Repulsed
    • A Maori Toa
    • Maori Chivalry
    • The Maori Retreat
  • Victory at Te Ranga — End of Hostilities between Natives and Europeans in Tauranga District
  • The Official Reports
    • On the Battle of Gate Pa
      • 1. General Cameron's Despatch to His Excellency the Governor, Sir George Grey
      • 2. Colonel Greer's Report to the Deputy Adjutant General
    • Reports on the Engagement at Te Ranga
      • 3. Leiut.-General Cameron, C.B., to His Excellency the Governor, Sir George Grey, K.C.B
      • 4
      • 5. Lieut.-General Cameron to His Excellenty Sir George Grey, K.C.B
      • 6
  • Prior to the Battle — Ministerial Reasons for sending Troops to Tauranga
    • [subsection]
    • [correspondence]
      • No. 1
      • No. 2
      • No. 3
      • No. 4
      • No. 5
      • No. 6 — Minutes by Mr Fox and Mr Whitaker, with statements by John Faulkner and Daniel Sellars, as to disposition of Tauranga natives
      • No. 7
      • No. 8
      • No. 9
      • No. 10
      • No. 11
      • No. 12
      • No. 13
      • No. 14
  • A Few Reflections — Where Is Gate Pa?
  • A Contemporary Story — The Battle of Gate Pa
    • [subsection]
    • The War in New Zealand
    • Tauranga and the Te Papa Station
  • The Last Resting Place — The Old Mission Cemetery
  • Winners of the V.C. — Heroes who won the Victoria Cross at Gate Pa and Te Ranga
  • An Interesting Sidelight — English Memorial to a Maori
    • [subsection]
    • [letter]
    • [subsection]

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Title: The Story of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864

Author: Gilbert Mair

Publication details: Bay of Plenty Times, 1937, Tauranga

Part of: New Zealand Wars (1845–1872)

This text is the subject of: National Library of New Zealand

Keywords: New Zealand Wars History

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