Breach at Gate Pa, morning of April 30, 1864

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Breach at Gate Pa, morning of April 30, 1864

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This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). Horatio Gordon Robley, artist, collector and soldier, arrived in New Zealand on 8 January 1864. As an ensign of the 68th Durham Light Infantry, he joined General Cameron’s forces for the 29 April attack on Gate Pā, near Tauranga, one of the great battles of the New Zealand Wars. It was a shock defeat for the British: seventeen hundred of their troops were repulsed by two hundred and fifty Māori, who then vaca...

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Date created

1864

Creator

Major General Horatio Robley

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/139061

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War casualties / soldiers / Rifles / Tauranga (New Zealand) / Gate Pā (New Zealand) / New Zealand Wars / wash / ink / graphite pencil / paper / watercolours / works on paper / British / Fighting / War / Te Arawa / Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāti Ranginui / Gate Pā

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