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Camp Waitara

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Camp Waitara

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gold painted this watercolour of the 65th Regiment in camp at Waitara in early 1860, when Gold commanded the British forces. His troops made forays from this base to inland areas controlled by Māori.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-103-011

by Charles Emilius Gold

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Danny Keenan, New Zealand Wars – North Taranaki War, 1860–1861, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/36909/camp-waitara (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Danny Keenan, published 11 June 2012, updated 29 November 2022.