Significant1864
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
- Wikipedia: Tauranga campaign
- NZ History (Manatū Taonga): Gate Pā
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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