This roadside cairn marks the site of the Waihi Redoubt, the main military and Armed Constabulary base of south Taranaki.
Text on Plaque reads:
SITE OF THE WAIHI REDOUBT
1866 - 1886
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT-COLONEL THOMAS MCDONNELL, N. Z. CROSS
IN 7 YRS OF ACTIVE SERVICE HE WAS FOUR TIMES WOUNDED
DURING HIS TERM OF SERVICE, OUT OF 136 ENGAGEMENTS IN
NEW ZEALAND HE WAS UNDER FIRE IN FORTY OF THEM.
HE WAS DEFEATED ONLY ONCE BY
TITOKOWARU, FIGHTING CHIEF OF NGATI RUAHINE, TARANAKI
TO WHOSE MEMORY THIS CAIRN IS ALSO ERECTED.
ERECTED BY THE N.Z. FOUNDERS SOCIETY, 1975
Documents
Waihi Redoubt, Historic Sites and Technological Change in South Taranaki by Ian Church
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