Taratoa, Henare Wiremu, 1830?-1864

Date: 1864 - 1958 - 1959

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :[Illustrations for Heroes of peace and war by A. H. Reed. 1958 or 1959]

Reference: A-060-003

Description: Shows Henare Taratoa giving water to a dying Pakeha soldier at Gate Pa in 1864 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 349 x 283 mm

Date: 1919

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-94

Date: 28 Mar 1864

By: Taratoa, Henare Wiremu, 1830?-1864

Reference: MS-Papers-3557

Description: This letter is written by Taratoa to Colonel Cleary (ie Colonel Carey). It outlines offences against the tribes and issues a challenge to fight on the first day of Apr 1864. Henare Wiremu Taratoa was leader of the Ngai Te Rangi of the Tauranga district. He was taught and baptised by Henry Williams and studied at St John's College, Auckland. He travelled extensively with Bishop Selwyn but returned to the Tauranga district as the Waikato wars of 1863-64 spread to the Tauranga district. He was present at the victory at the battle of Gate Pa on 29 Apr 1964 but was killed at the battle of Te Ranga on 21 Jun 1864. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: 15 Aug 1863

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0687D-05

Description: Letter describing battles being lost by Waikato Quantity: 1 piece (1 page on 1 leaf).

Date: [ca 1860]

Reference: 1/2-011005-F

Description: Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1864

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-033-011

Description: A three-quarter length portrait of Taratoa seated on a hillside in front of a palisade fence on the skyline 60 paces away. A flag flies on the flagpole by the fence. The flag has a red background, with (top left to bottom right) a Christian cross, an inverted new moon, and a 5-pointed star. Taratoa wears a rural European grey smock and bark (grey?) neckerchief. Based on a photograph. Robley is not thought to have met Taratoa Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - H G Robley; Recto - bottom left - The flagstaff 60 paces in rear; Verso - Portrait of Taratoa lay preacher (Selwyn), a Ngaiterangi chief killed at Te Ranga 21 June 64 / whose name is on the RAWIRI monument at Te Papa cemetry / who was Maori commander [may refer to Rawiri]. A window at Lichfield Cathedral placed by Bishop Selwyn to this lay preacher who drew up the humane order for fighting; as to protecting wounded men and bodies of the dead from desecration (as had lately happened at Te Ahu Ahu fight). (old native manner there)(at Te Ahu Ahu Captain Lloyds 57th Regt head was cut off, and some of the mens and Victorians History; Verso - top centre - [Labelled sketch of flag] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 230 x 183 mm. Transfers: May have been transferred from Robley papers in Manuscripts and Archives..

Date: 22 Dec 1859

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0683D-3

Description: Letter written from Otaki Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 12 Jan-17 Mar 1849

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

Reference: MS-1224

Description: The bulk of the volume is made up of diary entries describing meetings and travels relating to negotiations for land in Rangitikei and Manawatu. These entries continue from those in MS-1222. Included are accounts of meetings in Manawatu, Otaki and Waikanae and a visit to meet with officials in Wellington. Other - transcripts of the entries are in MS-1285 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1864 - 1875

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-172-033

Description: A depiction of an incident at Battle of Gate Pa, 1864, where Booth was mortally wounded. Shows a Maori man, intended for Wiremu Taratoa, kneeling beside the recumbent figure of Lieutenant Colonel Booth, holding a bowl to his lips. A simplified rendering of the trenches of Gate Pa and a Maori whare and pataka inside a fence are seen in the background, close to a bay in Tauranga Harbour. Cabbage trees are on the right Formerly attributed to Robley. H G Robley's portraits of Wiremu Taratoa, along with photographs of him, show no moko. The Maori man offering water in this view has moko. If the subject is Wiremu Taratoa, it is not an accurate depiction of his appearance. It is likely to have been drawn after the event and not from life. It is very naive in style Other Titles - A Maori giving a wounded soldier drink near Gate Pa, Tauranga, 1864 On verso: Account of the Maori treatment of dying pakeha (pencil inscription): "Gate Pa, Tauranga. Sir D Cameron was commander of the forces, with the 68th Infantry, and the 43rd Flying Column, on the night of the 29th April 1864. The Maoris remembered mercy in the hours of victory, and treated our dying officers with humanity worthy of the imitation and admiration of all civilized nations. No hostile hand tried in the hour of death, alread [sic] fast approaching. Their persons and their property were alike respected. An effort was made by the Maori to relieve the sufferings of those who were still alive. Lieu-Colonel Booth, was shot through the spine and arm, his wounds were mortal, but did not produce immediate death. Then behold a Rebbel [sic] Maori stole up to him. The heart of the Maori was touched by the sad sight of the Pakeha and Booth called out for "water". The Maori shook his head, saying no water in the Pa". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Painting on card, monotone wash and Chinese white 231 x 185 mm Provenance: Unknown. The work was earlier attributed to H G Robley, and located with work by Robley, location A-033-020. However it is not in Robley's style Transfers: Transferred from A-033-020..

Date: 1826-1879

From: Baker family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10816-5

Description: Folder comprises miscellaneous family correspondence, partial letters and private jottings. One letter is addressed `To The Colonel' from Henare Wiremu Taratoa (1864). Includes a recollection of growing up in New Zealand by Charles Pratt Baker and other personal histories by unidentiified authors. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1918

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0039-10C

Description: Contains notes about the Tauranga campaign in the New Zealand Wars; also contains notes about Maori life in Tauranga, place names and settlements in the Tauranga district, native plants and their uses, Maori fisheries in the Tauranga district and biographies of Tauranga Maori Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Digitisation details - Newspaper cuttings have been digitised in situ