Harata Rewiri Tarapata

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Title

Harata Rewiri Tarapata

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This portrait by Vera Cummings depicts Harata Rewiri Tarapata, Ngāpuhi, daughter of Te Wharerahi of the Hokianga and a descendant of two noted chiefs, Tāmati Waaka Nene and Eru Patuone, both early signatories of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Harata was the second wife of Paora Tuhaere, a paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua tribe of Ōrākei, Auckland together they had a daughter, Mere. In her youth Harata was acknowledged as a great beauty and became a familiar figure around the Orakei area. As ...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1910

Creator

Ms Vera Cummings

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1914007

Related subjects

Harata Tarapata / Ngā Puhi / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / works of art / Auckland

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