White Cliffs Memorial (2008)

This is a roadside memorial to those killed during the raid on Pukearuhe settlement in February 1869. The memorial, unveiled on 18 July 2008, was the initiative of heritage group SOS (Save our Sites) to replace the cairn to the Reverend John Whiteley on the nearby Pukearuhe pā which was demolished as part of Ngāti Tama's Raupatu settlement in 2006.

Bronze plaque on large bolder:

IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WHITELEY 1806-69 METHODIST MISSIONARY

LT BAMBER GASCOIGNE 38 / HIS WIFE ANNIE 27

THEIR CHILDREN LAURA 5, JOHN 3, LOUISA ANNIE 1

JOHN MILNE 40 MILITARY SETTLER

EDWARD RICHARDS 35 MILITARY SETTLER

KILLED IN THE FINAL ACTION OF THE / TARANAKI LAND WARS 13TH FEB 1869

Related documents:

Two Sides to Whiteley (Taranaki Daily News 10 April 2004)

New Whiteley Memorial Erected (Taranaki Daily News 15 May 2008)

Editorial (Taranaki Daily News 16 May 2008)