Pages tagged with: nga puhi

Governor-General Lord Bledisloe gifted the Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi to the nation in 1932. Two years later there were celebrations at Waitangi to mark the date of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

In 1805 the Nga Puhi chief Ruatara left New Zealand on the whaling ship Argo with the intention of meeting King George III.

Charlotte lived with a Nga Puhi chief and refused to be 'rescued' on at least two occasions, before disappearing from the record.

The Rev. Thomas Kendall and the Maori chiefs Hongi Hika and Waikato, 1820.

Nga Puhi women perform a poi dance of welcome for other tribal representatives at Te Tii, Waitangi in 1934.

On 7 March 1842 Maketu Wharetotara, the 17-year-old son of the Nga Puhi chief Ruhe of Waimate, became the first official execution in New Zealand.

A Nga Puhi leader, Moka Te Kainga-mataa was an original signatory of the 1835 Declaration of Independence. Moka's name – but not his signature – also appears on the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi

biography of Nga Puhi leader, soldier, farmer, and community leader

Nga Puhi chief who was the first influential Maori leader to have significant contact with British colonial officers

Founding member of the Kotahitanga movement, and signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi

Son of Rawiri Taiwhanga, Hirini Taiwhanga petitioned Queen Victoria to change the laws that breached the Treaty of Waitangi

Biography of Pomare II, a prominent Nga Puhi chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi

Portrait of Nga Puhi Chief Tamati Waka Nene

Image of this Nga Puhi warrior and chief

Biography of this prominent Nga Puhi leader and Maori MP.

Biography of this leading Nga Puhi chief

Biography of this 19th-century Nga Puhi warrior and chief

Bay of Islands Nga Puhi chief Hone Heke was an influential Maori voice in favour of the Treaty of Waitangi. However he later became a leading opponent of British rule in New Zealand.

Head and shoulders profile portrait of Nga Puhi chief Hone Heke

The Nga Puhi waka taua (war canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua, built for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty signing, was the largest of five waka in the Bay of Islands waters for Waitangi Day 2002.