Tuamarina Cemetery

Samuel Ironside interred most of the twenty two men who were killed during the Wairau Affray, the first clash of arms between British settlers and Māori in New Zealand after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

[2] After fighting began, many of the surviving party of British settlers retreated to the top of the hill, where they surrendered and were subsequently killed as utu.

Felix Wakefield designated the area as a cemetery and was instrumental in the installation of a monument to the deceased.

[5] Also present is a 1917 75 mm Skoda Howitzer, brought back to New Zealand in the 1920s, which acts as a memorial to all servicemen and women buried in the cemetery.

[6] The memorial was unveiled on the 7 October 2009 by then-Deputy Mayor Jenny Andrews as part of Marlborough's 150th Anniversary Celebrations.