te hapuku

Personal details

Full Name:

  • Te Hāpuku

Lifetime:

  • ?23 May 1878
Biography

Hawke's Bay chief, Te Hāpuku, signed the 1835 Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi. He opposed the King Movement fought against the Hauhau and Te Kooti.

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  • Main image: Te Hapuku

    Carte de visite portrait of Te Hapuku, taken in the 1870s by Samuel Carnell of Napier.