Description

The Pāterangi War Memorial, a square obelisk erected in 1921, commemorates local men who died in World Wars I and II, most prominently listing eight names from WWI alongside the biblical verse, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15):

“In proud & loving memory of the men of Paterangi who fell fighting for their country in the Great War.
1914-1918.”

It stands on the site of the former Pāterangi Presbyterian Church, destroyed by fire after being deconsecrated. Situated near Pāterangi Pā, a major fortification of the New Zealand Wars, the memorial is also part of a region deeply tied to colonial history, particularly between Māori and the Crown.