Renata is named as an unwounded prisoner and acted as the informant for the Mahoetahi casualties.

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 Taranaki Herald reported on 10 November 1860 that the lists are those identified by Renata, who was ordered to pass along the row of bodies and give their names to Mr Parris and Mr Hay.

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