Hakopa, chief, is named as died in a Maori letter, from Rewi at Huirangi, dated 13 November 1860, to Wi One who was wounded and taken to the New Plymouth hospital: ‘Listen, ...and Hakopa (chiefs) the whole of you, thirty seven, are completely taken away by the Pakeha.’ published in The Taranaki Herald 17 November 1860.
Hakopa (Chief) Ngatikoura is listed in the detailed information on Maori casualties in General Pratt’s report to Browne, dated New Plymouth, 6 November 1860 (GBPP 1861), the names are published in The New Zealand Gazette, number 33, dated 7 November 1860, and published in The Taranaki Herald of 10 November 1860. Identifications in both lists were made by Renata, who was the only unwounded prisoner and said to be a Ngati Haua of rank (Maunsell to Richmond 15 November 1860, Scholefield 1960 I:659). The names were recorded by Robert Parris of the Native Department. Prickett (2005) notes that Pratt’s report names only those identified at Mahoetahi after the battle.
Hakopa Ngaruhi, Ngatikaora or Ngatikoroki – Hakopa was identified by Renata, The Taranaki Herald reported on 10 November 1860 noting that he identified the bodies of the rebels, who were lying after being placed in a row at Mahoetahi, the prisoner (Renata by name) was ordered to pass along and give their names to Mr Parris and Mr Hay. The list being described as mostly chiefs and Hakopa Ngaruhi, being head chiefs of Waikato.
Prickett (2005) observes of the different spelling that this "is to be expected in the transmission of hand-written information.
Prickett (2005) writes "It is not easy to derive an authoritative list from the various sources, given inconsistent spelling, more than one person sharing a name (Hakopa), or sharing name and tribal affiliation. The 19 names listed by Robert Parris in Pratt’s report are of those recovered dead on the battlefield. Four additional names in the newspaper list are likely to be the wounded who died soon after. Three more names are given only by Cowan or Grayling. A list of 19 dead in Gilbert (1861:193) generally follows the order of Parris’s list in Pratt’s report, but gives some alternative spellings (see Table 3)."
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