Gate Pa Historic Reserve - Gate Pa

Name: Gate Pa Historic Reserve - Gate Pa
Address: Historic Reserve, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand, 3112, Zealand

4.5/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

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Address :	Historic Reserve, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand
Postal code :	3112
Website :	https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/gate-pa-memorial-reserve
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Historic Reserve, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand

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d	douglas coleman on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very surreal place, definitely do some research on the battle of gate pa prior to going.
J	Jonatan Almanza V. on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 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.
S	Sherman Ng on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Learnt a lot about the history of an important war fought here between Maori and Pakeha. Driven a hundred times pass this place and never knew how historically significant it was.
J	Joady Robinson on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No toilets but lovely park to stroll around
E	Elizabeth MacLean on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 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.
P	Peter B Sykes on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A deeply moving reminder of confrontation and honour at many levels ... and a challenge to the honoring of te tiriti
G	Glen C on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Serene and moving place to visit. Good descriptions of the significance. The wooden carvings are powerful.
H	Helen Gardner on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 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.