discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou shotgun human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa Kōrero NoashotgunIngoa Kēshotgun, percussion (descriptive name)Kupu whakaahuaShotgun, NZ Warsshotgun; percussion; 12 gauge double barrel; muzzle-loading; shield shaped escutcheon on wrist, blank; chequering on wrist; engraved on body, plates, trigger guards, and butt tang; worn at end of barrels; corroded bore; cracked left hand side of forestockmarkings:on lock plates: J ASTON MAKERmissing: right hand hammer; left hand nipple has rusted away; ramrod; tunnelsMaker: J Aston, Hythe, Kent, EnglandWāhiHythe/Kent/EnglandWāhi HāngaiTauranga/Bay of Plenty/New ZealandRā Tāpiringa01 Mar 1956Tohu Tuakiri KēW1242 (war)A7023 (arms)WāhangaHistoryWar History Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete shotgun, W1242, A7023, Photographed by Richard NG, digital,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W1242, A7023Kaiwaihanga Matua James Aston (Maker)WāhiHythe/Kent/EnglandRā19th CenturyTuhipoka HāngaiShotgun description: shotgun; percussion; 12 gauge double barrel; muzzle-loading Maker: J Aston, Hythe. History Stated by donor to have been captured by his father John Shaw, Waikato Militia, from a Maori during fighting near Tauranga. "Belonged to a British Officer of the 1st Div. to land at Tauranga (1860) - the Maoris cut them up and drove them well back… a second division landed they were also repelled, a 3rd was sent, fortunately they beat them and drove the Maoris away fleeing to the Waikato. Waikato at this stage the militia was called up comprising all the settlers. During the Waikato struggle my father as leader through a dense bush a cap snapped, looking up the puriri tree a big Maori aimed the gun, my father drew his revolver killed him, he fell to the ground, my father picked the gun up & he thought it a wonderful gun that he took it to headquarters saying that he would like to buy it, as he got it for 12 pounds and used it throughout the Waikato struggle between 1860 & 1865, This gun has been in our family of 16 at last handed down to me some 50 years ago (donor's letter)Mahi HāngaiNZ WarsTangata Hāngāi [Pte] John Shaw Waikato Militia : 2nd RegimentWāhi HāngaiTauranga/Bay of Plenty/New ZealandRā Hāngai1864WāNew Zealand Wars/WarsPāohosteel/iron alloy/metal/inorganic materialwood/plant materialRaraunga Ine1165mm761mm50mm155mmTaumata whakarōpūshotgunlongarmsfirearmsarms & armaments ShotgunLongarmsFirearmsArmaments05 Tools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyWhakahounga o Mua05 Apr 2024 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60