Ngāruawāhia - December 1863
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Images and articles on the Māori King Tawhiao Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero, and the occupation of Ngāruawāhia by the British in 1863.
Tawhiao Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero, Ngāruawāhia, War in the Waikato, New Zealand wars
Ngāruawāhia - headquarters of the Māori king
Ngāruawāhia has been an important Māori settlement for centuries. In 1858 the first Māori king, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, was crowned there, establishing his headquarters on a point between the confluence of the Waikato and Waipā rivers.
Source: Nancy Swarbrick, 'Waikato places - Ngāruawāhia', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/waikato-places/page-5 (accessed 4 November 2019)
Ngāruawāhia
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Tawhiao Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Potatau Te Wherowhero's pa
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
HOUSE OF POTATAU TE WHEROWHERO
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Ngāruawāhia
Seat of Kingitanga
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Tūrangawaewae
The seat of the King movement is Tūrangawaewae, a marae located at Ngāruawāhia.
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Potatau Te Wherowheros tomb at Ngaruawahia, 1864
Auckland Libraries
Ngaruawahia. The native capital of New Zealand
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
The occupation in 1863
Ngāruawāhia was occupied by troops after the battle of Rangiriri in November 1863, and was settled by Pākehā in 1864. Renamed Queenstown and then, in 1870, Newcastle, the town became Ngāruawāhia again in 1877.
Source: Nancy Swarbrick, 'Waikato places - Ngāruawāhia', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/waikato-places/page-5 (accessed 4 November 2019)
Ngaruawahia flagstaff
Alexander Turnbull Library
Soldiers of the 12th Regiment at Ngaruawahia
Alexander Turnbull Library
Ngaruawahia
MTG Hawke's Bay
Letters between Penē Te Wharepu and Governor Grey
NGARUAWAHIA. (Taranaki Herald, 19 December 1863)
National Library of New Zealand
LETTERS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS AT NGARUAWAHIA. (Wellington Independent, 24 December 1863)
National Library of New Zealand
CAPTURE OF NGARUAWAHIA. (Wellington Independent, 15 December 1863)
National Library of New Zealand
ADVANCE UPON NGARUAWAHIA. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 06 January 1864)
National Library of New Zealand