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Kōrero: Taranaki region

Te Ngutu-o-te-manu memorial

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Te Ngutu-o-te-manu memorial

The memorial at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu, north-west of Hāwera, records the names of Pākehā settlers and soldiers who died in two battles there on 21 August and 7 September 1868, fighting Māori led by Ngāti Ruanui chief Tītokowaru.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Caren Wilton

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ron Lambert, Taranaki region – Māori–Pākehā conflict, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26106/te-ngutu-o-te-manu-memorial (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ron Lambert, i tāngia i te 23 February 2010, updated 1 August 2015.