Paul Inch

Arrived on the William Bryan 1841. Paul Inch served in the Land Wars and was wounded in the breast at the battle of Waireka.

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Paul Inch, who arrived in Taranaki with Mr Chilman in the William Bryan in 1841, died last week. At the engagement at Waireka, Inch received a flesh wound in the chest. The poor old man has been failing in health for some time. On Friday morning, 6th instant, he was found near to the Native office, having lain out in the wet all night, and this exposure resulted in his death.

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Image from James Cowan's New Zealand Wars: 'The Battle of Waireka: defence of Jury's farmhouse by the Taranaki Volunteers and militia'. Kaipopo pā can be seen on the hill above.

Shortly after 3 p.m. on 28 March 1860 the militia force was seen by Māori at Kaipopo. Around 200 men armed mostly with double-barrelled shotguns and some rifles left the pā. They began firing on the militia and Volunteers from the cover of bush and flax in the gully between the two arms of the Waireka Stream. Some of the Europeans retreated to the safety of the farmhouse of settler John Jury. Another party led by future Premier Harry Atkinson moved to an ancient pā site overlooking one branch of the stream. A third group led by Captain Brown occupied land between the two branches. Throughout the afternoon both sides fired at each other from cover. Ammunition began to run low for both Māori and militia.

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE 'Scene from battle of Waireka', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/scene-battle-waireka, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-Jun-2014

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On the night of 15/16 March 1860, Te Ātiawa warriors led by Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke built Te Kohia pā, the ‘L-pā’. Te Kohia was not only on the land in dispute but was in plain view of Camp Waitara.

Colonel Emilius Gold, the commander of the British forces in Taranaki, observed that Te Kohia was ‘curiously hollowed out’ but failed to recognise its anti-artillery bunkers. Its two arms were both about 35 m by 10 m. Its shape also made it difficult to surround.

On 17 March, Gold and men from the 65th Regiment moved out from their camp and ordered Kīngi and his 70 or so men to surrender. This demand was predictably rejected. A concentrated bombardment of the pā by 24-pounder howitzers began. Māori responded with ‘a heavy and well-sustained fire’ that wounded several of the attacking force, two of whom later died. Approximately 200 rounds was fired into the pā during the day. At dawn next morning the British guns were moved forward but it was soon discovered that Kīngi and his men had left during the night with no loss of life. The British had captured a abandoned pā, the first of many such 'victories' in what was to be a frustrating campaign for the military hierarchy.

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE 'Site of Te Kohia pā', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/site-te-kohia-pa, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 13-Jan-2016

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War in Taranaki 1860-63 Page 4 – Fighting begins

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE 'Fighting begins', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/taranaki-wars/fighting-march-june-1860, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-Jun-2014

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