Te Papa Mission Cemetery

There are graves here of both Maori and the British Forces who were killed in the battles at Gate Pa and Te Ranga in 1864.

In total the cemetery is thought to contain the remains of about 100 imperial and colonial troops and 14 Maori warriors who died while on active service in the Tauranga district during the New Zealand Wars.

The grave of British Naval Commander John Fane Charles Hamilton is here. He lasted only a few seconds at Gate Pa, but Hamilton City was named after him.

"Captain Hamilton sprang upon the parapet, and shouting 'follow me, men!' dashed into the fight. That moment was his last. He fell dead, pierced through the brain by a bullet." (The Daily Southern Cross of May 31, 1864)