Pukerangiora Pa

A pā situated on high cliffs above Waitara River, Taranaki, about 8 km from the river mouth. Occupied by the Pukerangiora hapu of Te Atiawa in the early 1800s. In 1821 a war party was beseiged at the pā by Te Atiawa, who nicknamed the pā Raihe Poaka (or the pig sty). In 1831, the Waikato forces besiged the pā and as the Te Atiawa people escaped, they were killed. The pā was also a site of battle between Maori and colonial forces during the First (1860-1861) and Second (1863-1866) Taranaki wars. A fortification called Te Arei Pā was erected to protect Puekrangiora Pā.

Since 1910, the reminder of the pā site was deemed a Crown reserve, called Pukerangiora Pā Historic Reserve.

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Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :Native pahs taken and destroyed - Taranaki, June 4 1863 ...

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-038

Description: A list of 20 pa sites, including Kaitikara, Te Tutu, Ahu Ahu, Kaitahe, Mohituua [?], Huirangi, Pahuia, Poatiki, [?] ...Hihi (Morire), Manutatu, Mangakara, Mataitama, Kaikatea, Waruanga, Pukerangioria, Pekitu, Paparata, Kaipikari, Opunaki, Pukearuhe. Other Titles - Pa Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook] 1864-1865. p.38 Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Pencil, 173 x 105 mm

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Te Arei Pa, Pukerangiora

Date: ca 1861

From: Urquhart album

Reference: PA1-q-250-07-1

Description: Photograph of a pencil sketch of Te Arei Pa at Pukerangiora, Taranaki, by Lieutenant E Foster of the 12th Regiment of Foot (East Suffolk), possibly dated 1861. Photographer unidentified. Nigel Prickett of Auckland Museum suggests the drawing may be dated 1861, when Te Arei Pa fell to British forces. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Te Arei Pah. Pukerangiora Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 10.8 x 14.7 cm, on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm

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Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :Te Arei. Oct 17. [1864]

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-010/011

Description: Mount Taranaki to the right in the middle distance. In the foreground is the earth and palisade fortification at Pukerangiora Pa, Te Arei, on the Waitara River. Two European soldiers are in the trenches, overlooking the wooded valley below. To the left, beyond the palisade are the the Maori dwellings of the pa. The Union Jack is flying on a flagpole in the centre. The National Library of Australia holds a watercolour from a similar angle, entitled 'The interior (or rather exterior works) of the rebel pah at Te Arei' (photograph held) showing the trenches and Maori firing at the European soldiers climbing the steep hill to the right. The view is presumably a reconstruction. Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p. 10 to 11 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 97 x 345 mm (double page spread)

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Note book - Ngatiawa notes

Date: 1910

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10I

Description: Contains notes about Maori place names and settlements in the Auckland region and in the Wellington region; notes about a battle at Pukerangiora (c 1830); narratives about Maori history, and biographies of Rawiri Te Motutere, Topeora and Te Rangihaeata. Also contains narrative about the deaths of the Ngati Toa chiefs Tuhaha and Kimihia. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume).

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[Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :Pukiangioria (Te Arei) Oct 17 [1864].

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-006/007

Description: Shows rounded hill topped by Pukarangiora pa at Te Arei, near the Waitara River. A road leads from the foreground to the pa whose palisades are visible. Other Titles - Pukerangiora Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour drawing 105 x 346 mm; image spread over double page.

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Diary and letterbook

Date: 17 Jul-6 Sep 1844

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1192

Description: This volume contains McLean's earliest diary, from 17 July to 6 September 1844, recording his activities as Sub-Protector of Aborigines in the Taranaki area. It has also been used as an outwards letterbook and letters from McLean include requests for a list of names of chiefs who have sold land to the New Zealand Company; report on land claimed by New Zealand Company; absent natives disputing Waitara purchase and line of demarcation cut between Maori and European lands, New Plymouth area. Also includes a brief census of the Maori population of Moturoa, Huatoki and Waiwakaio taken on the 17 October 1844 Source of title - First page Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 43 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms (32 cm; blue cloth)

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Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :From Pukeangiora. Oct 31 1864

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-020/021

Description: View from Pukerangiora Pa looking into a valley and across at steep hills, possibly limestone cliffs and across water to bush-clad hills. Pukerangiora Pa was on the Waitara River. The pa is not visible in the view. Warre has used only ultramarine, sepia and touches of purple for his colouring Other Titles - Pukerangiora Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p. 20 to 21 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 97 x 345 mm (double page spread)