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Duncan Cameron and troops

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Duncan Cameron and troops

Soon after daybreak on 29 April 1864, Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron ordered an artillery bombardment of Pukehinahina (Gate ), which had been built by Rāwiri Tuaia Puhirake, a rangatira of Ngāi Te Rangi. It was the beginning of the assault on the . In this photograph taken at sunrise on that day, Cameron is fifth from right, standing in front of the wheel of the gun carriage.

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Danny Keenan, New Zealand Wars – Gate Pā, Tauranga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36924/duncan-cameron-and-troops (accessed 24 June 2026).

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