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Story: Tauranga Moana

Site of battle of Te Ranga

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Site of battle of Te Ranga

Tauranga Māori were finally defeated at the battle of Te Ranga on 21 June 1864. One hundred years later the Historic Places Trust put this marker on the site.

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Te Awanuiārangi Black, Tauranga Moana – From Gate Pā to the present, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3881/site-of-battle-of-te-ranga (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Awanuiārangi Black, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.