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Maori tribal leader
Te Horetā Te Taniwha
Contemporary sketch of Te Horeta by Charles Heaphy
Bornc. 1757
Died21 November 1853 (aged about 96)
Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

Te Horetā Te Taniwha (c. 1757 – 21 November 1853) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Whanaunga iwi.

In November 1769, as a young boy, he witnessed HMS Endeavour, captained by James Cook, arrive in Mercury Bay.

In 1840 Te Horeta was a signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi.

He died at Coromandel Harbour on 21 November 1853. Tukumana Te Taniwha was his grandson.

Portrait of Te Horetā, by Gottfried Lindauer, almost certainly painted from a photograph many years after the subject's death.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Ballara, Angela. "Te Horeta". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. Beaglehole 1956, p. 429.
  3. Royal, Te Ahukaramu Charles. "Tukumana Te Taniwha". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. Lindauer, Gottfried; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Te Horetā by Gottfried Lindauer". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

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