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The Pioneer

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The <em>Pioneer</em>

In advancing into Waikato, Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron made full use of the river to transport supplies. Some steamers were reinforced with iron plates and used as gunboats to attack . In this image, the gunboat Pioneer is firing on the at Meremere in August 1863.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-110-006

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Danny Keenan, New Zealand Wars – Waikato War: beginnings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/36915/the-pioneer (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Danny Keenan, published 11 June 2012, updated 29 November 2022.