Rawiri Puhirake

Rawiri Puhirake
Rawiri Puhirake
Died	21 June 1864; Te Ranga
Burial place	Te Ranga (1864–74); Plot 57, Mission Cemetery, Marsh Street, Tauranga, New Zealand
Monuments	Mission Cemetery
Notable work	Gate Pā, Tauranga

Rawiri Puhirake (? – 21 June 1864) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāi Te Rangi iwi. He was killed in the Battle of Te Ranga.^[3]

Thumb — The monument at Mission Cemetery, Tauranga, in August 1967. Photo: T. Ahern

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