Battle of Gate Pa

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• They take their land and now they want to take away their history.
• Some people think that the story of Heni te Karamu and the giving of war to the soldiers was made up.
• Jane Fowley was her european name.
• The fighters all went to tauranga to stop the flow of weapons and food through thompsons track.
• the woman and children were told to leave but she ignored the command.
• She was in a small stockade before the first shot was fired.She was also holding a prayer service.
• her anger against the pakeha was building.
• the guns fired all day long as she stayed in her pitiful shelter.
• They stormed out and surprised and shocked the pakeha soldiers.
• When she heard the cries of the soldiers something stirred in her, she thinks it was compassion.
• She also remembered a pledge they made, if the enemy wants mercy we give it.
• She went to the cooking area to find some water but her brother Neri said to get undercover but she said “i am going to give the soldiers water.”
• She went to a english colonel, cupped some water in her hands and held it to his lips, he said “God bless you” and she went on to do that with three other soldiers.