Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Camp Opunake Roll 1865-1867 On 29 April 1865 the steamship ‘Wanganui’ arrived at Opunake Bay. Passengers included five natives (one is Kerepa); surf & life boat crews; 85 men of the 70 th Regiment; 26 Bushrangers; three Artillery men; two men of the Royal Engineers. The canoe with the five natives “ascertained from two old men who came down that there would be no obstruction made to landing” in Opunake Bay. Also seen were “two armed natives, one of them on horseback” on the other side of the Waiaua River. They were later described as “rebels who had just come up the coast from Ngatiruanui.” Wiremu Kingi Moki Te Matakatea was accompanied by 19 men and 4 women (including his wife) “who all made due submission” to Colonel Warre. 1 On the 1 st June 1865 the ‘Ahuriri’ landed 150 men of the 70 th Regiment at Opunake. On the 5 th of June the ‘Ahuriri’ landed Colonel Warre and 60 bushrangers at Opunake. 2 On Sunday 11th June “two Maoris rode into the camp at Opunake and were captured.”3 1 Taranaki Herald 06 May 1865 Occupation of Opunake Bay, Entrance of Cook’s Strait 2 Daily Southern Cross 14 Jun 1865 – Shipping Miscellaneous ‘Ahuriri’, Captain Shuttleworth – report from the Wanganui Chronicle of 07 Jun 1865 3 New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian 14 Jun 1865 Wanganui Dawn Chambers – Email:
[email protected] Last updated 11 January 2020 Page 1 of 127 Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Alfred ANSTEE4 or ANSTED 43 rd Light Infantry Regiment No.838 1864 Dec 24 Commenced service in New Zealand 5 1865 Jul-Sep Worked 37 days Roadmaking at Opunake 6 1866 Mar 08 Ended service in New Zealand 7 1871 at Fermoy, Ireland (Private) 8 4 Claims to New Zealand Medal under General Order 17 of 1869 – National Archives WO100/18 5 The 43 rd Light Infantry in New Zealand compiled by Leonard.