This is a roadside memorial to those killed during the raid on Pukearuhe settlement in February 1869. This memorial - unveiled on 18 July 2008 - was the initiative of a heritage group, SOS (Save our Sites). It was 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 ANNIE1
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)
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