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    Gate Pa, Tauranga (29 April 1864) AWMM
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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

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  • Pi Wharangi found on the 4 May, reported in the The Daily Southern Cross 7 May; in The New–Zealander of 7 May as Piuharangi and according to Mair (1926:17), Piwharangi.

    His body was both reported as buried where it was found and with the others killed at Gate Pa.

    The battle at Pukehinahina (Gate Pa), 29 April 1864, was a Maori victory. Mair (1926:17) describes the grave as west of Cameron Road, '. between it and the swamp in the grove of trees there.' The grave is understood to be in the reserve off St George St. AWMM
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    29 April 1864 Prickett, (2004).
    Pukehinahina (Gate Pa), Waikato Prickett, (2004).
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    Unmarked grave, West of Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
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    Gate Pa Memorial, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

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    • Prickett, N. (2004). Maori Casualties at Pukehinahina (Gate Pa), 29 April 1864. Records of the Auckland Museum, 41, 37-52. AWMM
    • Bay of Plenty Times AWMM
      Mair, G. (1926). The Story of Gate Pa. Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Times. AWMM
    • Daily Southern Cross AWMM
      Gate Pa Maori casualty list. (1864, 5 May). The Daily Southern Cross. AWMM
    • British Parliamentary Papers (GBPP) AWMM
      Smith, T. (1864). List of Casualties on the Side of the Native Insurgents at the Attack on Pukehinahina on the 29th April 1864. British Parliamentary Papers (GBPP), [3386], XLI, 63-64. AWMM
    • Belich, J. (1986). The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press. AWMM

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