Click on this tab and you will discover the work done by students in HIST 316 New Zealand Social History at Victoria University of Wellington. Starting with primary sources (newspaper reports of casualties, official lists of those who surrendered, inscriptions on monuments, regimental records) the groups of students have listed the names and details of many of those who fought at the battle of Te Ranga and at Gate Pa. Both Māori and British fighters are listed.
They have organised the information in such a way as to make it searchable by name and by category (eg hapu, regiment). The results now constitute a resource that can be used by anyone interested in these events. This work has been produced as a course assignment; all details can be checked against the original sources.)
They have also produced carte de visites - photographic portraits in small size - for some of those who appear in the lists. Carte de visites were very popular in the 1860s.
Commentaries on how the work was done also appear for each group.
Here are just 3 of carte de visites. Click on 'Who was there?' to see them all.