Tauranga, New Zealand
Gate Pa
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Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
I joined a school trip and listened to the reverend of Gate Pa, a chapel on the Pa site, give a very informative engaging and relevant talk about the history of the local Iwi and the first European missionaries, the musket wars and the British troops the renal of land and how this had lead to the ongoing land disputes.
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What a peaceful place, even being next to the main road. Lots of history written about the site around the domain. Beautiful carvings too. Definitely worth a visit or even just to sit down and enjoy with friends and family.
Informative reserve with a historical history.worth checking out
Great place for a picnic
Heard the history of Gate Pa at the church . Makes you think twice about NZ history
A history to be remembered by all cultures.
Historic place where a war took place in which hundreds of natives perish due to the colonization of the place. Historical marks with the history are located around to tell the story about it, Carved totems surround the park and 2 carved-death trees are beautiful staying, telling the history of the local people.
Quite why this ancient battle site has the ignominious name of Gate Pa Domain on the maps, I don't know. Here lies the site of one of the greatest battle scenes of the 1864 New Zealand Wars and the defeat of supposedly superior British forces. It was the magificent acts of Maori such as Henare Taetari and Heni Te Kiri Karamu who provided safe provision for she passage of British wounded, women and children cared for wounded British troops, obeying the Scriptural injunction 'If your enemy is hungry, feed him.' Beautiful po line the entrance and plaques tell the battle story. The wooded gully at the rear is where unnamed wounded Maori fell and were buried. Lest we forget.
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