Hirini of Ngatikahukura is listed in the Mahoetahi casualties identified by Renata and recorded by Robert Parris of the Native Department, enclosed in General Pratt’s report to Browne, dated New Plymouth, 6 November 1860 (GBPP 1861). The same list is in The New Zealand Gazette, number 33, dated 7 November 1860. and . Pratt’s report names only those identified at Mahoetahi after the battle.

Hirini Ngatikaukura is listed in The Taranaki Herald of 10 November 1860.

Renata, who identified the men was the only unwounded prisoner and said to be a Ngati Haua of rank (Maunsell to Richmond 15 Nov 1860, Scholefield 1960 I:659). ‘While the bodies of the rebels 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.They were recorded by Robert Parris of the Native Department.

Hirene is named by Gilbert (1861)

Prickett (2005) writes that "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", a summary is in Table 3.

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