As a major in the New Zealand Militia, Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe led a contingent of the Te Arawa tribe, which pursued the rebel leader Te Kooti into the Urewera region.
Te Arawa
Main image: Captain Gilbert Mair and his Arawa Flying Column
Captain Gilbert Mair and his Arawa Flying Column at Rotokakahi Pa, Kaiteriria, in February 1870.