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Ihaka Whaanga NZ Wars memorial
This memorial stands in front of Te Kotahitanga Hall – also known as Unity Hall – on Ngatirangi Street (SH2) in Nūhaka, a small settlement on the east coast of the North Island. Nūhaka is north-east of...
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Ōmarunui NZ Wars memorial
The Māori settlement (kāinga) of Ōmarunui was on the south bank of the Tūtaekuri River, about 13 km south-west of Napier. On the morning of 12 October 1866, the kāinga was the scene of a battle in...
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Pētane NZ Wars memorial
This memorial is located beside the Napier–Taupo Road (State Highway 5) about 15 km north-west of Napier. Standing between the road and the railway line next to Shaw Road, it commemorates the Pētane...
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Pioneer turret NZ Wars memorial, Ngaruawahia
Nine steamers plied the Waikato and Waipā rivers between 1863 and 1870 to supply the British and colonial military forces stationed in the area. This river fleet was a key means of implementing British...
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Honiana Te Puni NZ Wars memorial
This memorial stands in the Te Puni Street urupā – burial ground – in Petone, a seaside suburb of Lower Hutt City whose correct Māori name (Pito-one) means ‘end of the sand beach’. It commemorates the...
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Jean Guerren NZ Wars memorial
This memorial stands on Taneatua Road, about 5 km south of the eastern Bay of Plenty town of Whakatāne. It commemorates French miller Jean Guerren, who died defending the Te Poronu flour mill on 11...
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Te Ranga NZ Wars memorial
The New Zealand Wars battle site of Te Ranga is located in a paddock on Pyes Pa Road (SH36) near the corner of Joyce Road, about 10 km south of the centre of the Bay of Plenty city of Tauranga. Here,...
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Nixon memorial, Ōtāhuhu
The Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu, 13 km south-east of the central city, straddles the narrow strip of land between the head of Manukau Harbour and the estuary of the Tāmaki River. Ōtāhuhu was established...
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Moturoa NZ Wars memorial
This memorial to the battle of Moturoa stands a short distance south of the pā site. It was unveiled on 7 November 1993, the 125th anniversary of the battle.The memorial records the names of 22...
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Keepa Te Rangihiwinui memorial
The memorial to Taitoko Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) stands in Moutoa Gardens (Pākaitore), Whanganui. Nearby are the Moutoa monument and the Whanganui Māori war memorial.Te Keepa was a rangatira...
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Howick NZ Wars memorial
On 1 November 1930 a substantial wooden lychgate was dedicated at the Selwyn Road entrance to All Saints Anglican Church, Howick. This was built to serve as a memorial to men of the imperial and...
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Drury NZ Wars soldiers memorial
On 6 June 2012 a memorial headstone to nine soldiers who had died of ‘non-battlefield causes’ (accident or disease) between 1862 and 1864 was unveiled in the churchyard of St John’s Anglican Church,...
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Tītī Hill NZ wars memorial
On 23 October 1965 a concrete memorial cairn commemorating the battle of Tītīi Hill was unveiled alongside the Waiuku to Pukekohe road, near Mauku. The event was organised by members of the Franklin...
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Waikaraka Cemetery veterans’ memorial
In 1883 the NZ Government granted Onehunga Borough an area of 47 acres on the edge of the Manukau Harbour for use as a recreation ground, rifle range and public cemetery. This area became known as...
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St Paul's Church memorials, Auckland
For some years Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in Symonds Street boasted an unusual memorial outside the church: a First World War memorial tram shelter. This was demolished in 1971, but there remain a...
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Gate Pā memorial reserve
The Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina) near Tauranga on 29 April 1864 was notable for the ferocity of the fighting, the initial repulse of the British and colonial forces, and an act of chivalry by one...
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New Zealand Wars memorial, Howick
At midday on 29 August 1920 Sir Frederick Lang, Speaker of the House, unveiled two wooden memorial tablets in Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Picton Street, Howick. These were inscribed with...
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Symonds Street cemetery NZ Wars memorial
This small obelisk was erected in Symonds Street cemetery in 1912 in memory of troops who died during the New Zealand Wars.The inscription reads:Erected to the Memory of the 80 men of the Imperial and...
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Howick NZ Wars memorial
On 1 November 1930 a substantial wooden lychgate was dedicated at the Selwyn Road entrance to All Saints Anglican Church, Howick. This was built to serve as a memorial to men of the imperial and...
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Drury NZ Wars soldiers memorial
On 6 June 2012 a memorial headstone to nine soldiers who had died of ‘non-battlefield causes’ (accident or disease) between 1862 and 1864 was unveiled in the churchyard of St John’s Anglican Church,...
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