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Charles Heaphy's sketch of Meremere from Whangamarino Redoubt, 1863

Mt Egmont from the southward, 1840. Painting by Charles Heaphy.

Wellington Harbour by Charles Heaphy

Wellington Harbour by Charles Heaphy

Photo of Charles Heaphy wearing the Victoria Cross he was awarded in 1867

The multi-faceted Charles Heaphy made quite an impact on colonial New Zealand as an artist, explorer, soldier and colonial administrator. He was the first colonial soldier to win the Victoria Cross

Charles Heaphy's pen drawings show a cross-section of the defences at Kawiti's Pa at Ruapekapeka

Painting of Wellington's harbour c1843.

The New Zealand Company party, which included William Wakefield and his nephew Jerningham, was sent to make preparations for organised settlement.

This journey was part of Thomas Brunner's epic 1846-48 exploration of the South Island. He was accompanied by Kehu, a Ngati Tumatakokiri Maori, and Charles Heaphy, a draftsman and artist with the New Zealand Company.

Recommended for a Victoria Cross after rescuing a soldier while under fire in 1864, Heaphy was eventually awarded the VC in 1867 - the only one awarded to a member of New Zealand's colonial forces.

1839 Charles Heaphy painting of Kohukohu, Northland

Ngai Tahu's sacred maunga (mountain) Aoraki or Mt Cook, in 1846. Watercolour by Charles Heaphy