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Tauranga campaign

Tauranga · Gate Pā (Pukehinahina) · Te Ranga · Bay of Plenty · New Zealand

Estimated casualties

150 – 200estimated dead

At Gate Pā British losses were 31 killed and 80 wounded; Māori losses ~25–30. At Te Ranga over 100 Māori were killed or fatally wounded. Total killed across the campaign roughly 150–200.

SOURCENZ History / Wikipedia battle tallies

A six-month conflict in the Bay of Plenty in early 1864 between Ngāi Te Rangi and British forces, marked by the British defeat at Gate Pā (Pukehinahina) on 29 April and their decisive victory at Te Ranga in June. The campaign led to the confiscation of large tracts of Tauranga Māori land.

Belligerents2

  • Ngāi Te Rangi and allied Māori
  • British Empire and colonial forces

Conflict graph

PART OFNew Zealand Land Wars

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Tauranga campaign
  2. NZ History (Manatū Taonga): Gate Pā
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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