Map created by Howard Hill to show Colonel George Whitmore’s campaigns of 1868–9. Battle sites mentioned in this feature that are marked on the map include Turuturumōkai, Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, Moturoa, Nukumaru (Taurangaika) and White Cliffs (Pukearuhe) - click on thumbnail to see these.
Tītokowaru’s theatre of war was the 110-km coastal strip between Whanganui and Mt Taranaki.
See a zoomable version of the map on the National Library website.
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Tītokowaru's war
Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: MapColl-832hkm/1868-1869/Acc.5862
Cartographer: Howard Hill.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
How to cite this page
'Map showing Tītokowaru's southern Taranaki campaigns', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/map-showing-titokowarus-southern-taranaki-campaigns, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 9-Jun-2015
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