Portrait of Rangihaeata

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Title

Portrait of Rangihaeata

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Te Weriweri o te Tonga – The Dread of the South                           A name that northern tribes used for the chief Te Rangihaeata Te Rangihaeata loomed large in Māori and European imaginations in the early 1800s. He was one of Ngati Toa’s most feared warriors, and a staunch defender of its land rights. This watercolour by Charles Barraud shows Te Rangihaeata later in life, when his appetite for war was waning. Shortly before his death in 1855, he told Governor George Grey that ‘the spir...

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Format

Image

Date created

1864

Creator

Charles Decimus Barraud

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/629130

Related subjects

Porirua (New Zealand) / Te Rangihaeata / Ngāti Toa / watercolour / paper / watercolours / portraits / works on paper / Kāpiti Island / New Zealand

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