Mr Mikaere said a number of important sites linked to the battle had been identified but a project to mark all of them with appropriate information panels had been put aside during the commemorations.
"With a much quieter year the time was probably right to pick up this project again."
Mr Mikaere said the proposed information panel would be a continuous reminder to the hapu of the lands they had lost in the confiscation and occupation that almost immediately followed the Battle of Pukehinahina.
The redoubt guarded the approaches to the western end of a ford crossing the Waikareao Estuary. The eastern end was guarded by the Durham Redoubt at the top of present day Durham St.
After the 68th Durham Light Infantry troops were withdrawn from Tauranga the redoubt had been garrisoned by Te Arawa soldiers in the employment of the government for a short time. It was later abandoned.
Mr Mikaere said three paintings by former soldiers Lt Horatio Robley and Lt William Kay, who were garrisoned at the redoubt, existed today and carried the same 1865 date.
He said the painting by William Kay was especially interesting as it showed a representation of the top of Mangamana, now known as Mangatawa hill, before it had been quarried away to be used for road, railway and port construction.
Buddy Mikaere wants the site's history recognised.
"The Judea Redoubt is one of the important sites associated with the Battle of Pukehinahina/Gate Pa and all the more important for our Ngai Tamarawaho hapu as it is within sight of the present marae. The paintings of the redoubt are also interesting because they give us a good idea of what the countryside was like at that time."
Mr Mikaere said other panels had been planned which, in time, would be the basis for a historic heritage tour of the city taking in all the sites associated with the 1864 fighting.
Tauranga City Council manager parks and recreation Mark Smith said the council had received a proposal to install an interpretation panel at Churchill Reserve to mark the Judea redoubt site.
"We will work with Ngai Tamarawaho on this project, which will be funded from our Parks and Recreation budget.
"We can't provide further details yet as the project is still in its very early stages."
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